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A Matching Model of Endogenous Growth and Underground Firms

Lisi, Gaetano; Pugno, Maurizio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

Economic growth and unemployment exhibit an ambiguous relationship – according to empirical studies. This ambiguity can be investigated by observing the role of the underground economy in shaping the productivity of firms. Indeed, unemployment may be absorbed by underground firms, which adopt...

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The return-to-entrepreneurship puzzle

Hyytinen, Ari; Ilmakunnas, Pekka; Toivanen, Otto - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

The returns to entrepreneurship are monetary and non-monetary. We offer new evidence on these returns using a large …

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The Development of Knowledge in Portugal: A Slow and Unsustainable Progress

Chagas Lopes, Margarida - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Abstract Development of knowledge in Portugal occurred late and slowly, mainly as a result of political and institutional factors which persisted with democracy. Amongst knowledge key areas, education, research and development (R&D) and innovation advanced with frequent setbacks. This irregular...

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Do innovation dimensions matter in China’s cross-regional income differences?

Yang, Jingjing; Khalil, Sana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper studies the interlinks between innovation inputs and outputs and between innovation outputs and economic development. Using a panel data-set from 31 regions of China, we show that the difference in regional innovation output can be significantly explained by R&D manpower and...

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Education, Development and Knowledge: New Forms of Unequal Change Under Globalization. The Case of SSA Countries

Chagas Lopes, MARGARIDA - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

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The impact of ICT on educational performance and its efficiency in selected EU and OECD countries: a non-parametric analysis

Aristovnik, Aleksander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The purpose of the paper is to review some previous researches examining ICT efficiency and the impact of ICT on educational output/outcome as well as different conceptual and methodological issues related to performance measurement. Moreover, a definition, measurements and the empirical...

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What can we learn from privately held firms about executive compensation?

Cole, Rebel; Mehran, Hamid - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This study examines executive compensation using data from two nationally representative samples of privately held U.S. corporations conducted ten years apart—in 1993 and 2003—and uses these data to test a number of hypotheses. We find that: (i) the level of executive pay at privately held...

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ROLE MODELS' EFFECT ON STUDENTS ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION

Garo, Elona; Kume, Vasilika; Basho, Suada - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2015

Entrepreneurship is affecting economic growth worldwide. In a time of economical crises the creation of new ventures … would be an ideal solution. Understanding entrepreneurship's importance and positive contribution to the economy of a … country, it is significant studies to be undertaken in order to boost the development of entrepreneurship. Thus, in focus must …

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Do Credit Constraints Matter more for College Dropout Entrepreneurs?

Werner, Arndt - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Start-ups and their respective market partners are faced with severe problems of asymmetric information due to their lack of prior production history and reputation. Given this situation, it is most likely that outside financiers will not be informed about the potential gains, losses, and risks...

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