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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212957
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008924822
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168467
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168665
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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
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111126
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114556
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008614999
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789869
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The Role of Education and Culture in the Development of Youth Entrepreneurship in European Union
Jakubczak, Jacek; Rakowska, Anna - ToKnowPress
European Commission in its Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan stress importance of entrepreneurship for economic growth … European Union especially among youth is much lower than in China or USA. The article compares selected Global Entrepreneurship … Monitor data with other sources of research in order to present level of entrepreneurship activities in European Union. Basing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010684180
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Cultural Values and Entrepreneurship: Pilot Study
Jakubczak, Jacek; Rakowska, Anna - ToKnowPress
economical factors, but are also affected by cultural norms and standards. As both entrepreneurship and culture are complex areas … aim of this paper is to present results of pilot study on how cultural values and entrepreneurship education affect … entrepreneurship intensions and activities of management students. Article presents issues connected with measuring cultural values on …
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