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The Advantage of Experienced Start-Up Founders in Venture Capital Acquisition: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs
Zhang, Junfu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Existing literature suggests that entrepreneurs with prior firm-founding experience have more skills and social connections than novice entrepreneurs. Such skills and social connections could give experienced founders some advantage in the process of raising venture capital. This paper uses a...
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A Study of Academic Entrepreneurs Using Venture Capital Data
Zhang, Junfu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Academic entrepreneurship has become an increasingly important channel through which universities contribute to economic development. This paper studies academic entrepreneurs using a comprehensive venture capital database. I find that about two-thirds of the academic entrepreneurs locate their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763766
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Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship
Hsieh, Chihmao; Parker, Simon C.; van Praag, Mirjam - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper proposes that risk aversion encourages individuals to invest in balanced skill profiles, making them more … the impacts both of risk aversion and balanced skills on the likelihood individuals choose entrepreneurship. Data on Dutch … university graduates provides evidence which supports this contention. It thereby raises the possibility that even risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395440
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Start-Up Subsidies in East Germany: Finally, a Policy that Works?
Caliendo, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
The German government has spent between 7bn and 11bn Euro per year on active labor market policies (ALMP) in East Germany in the last decade. The effectiveness of the most important programs (in terms of participants and spending) such as job-creation schemes and vocational training has been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822210
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The Impact of Risk Attitudes on Entrepreneurial Survival
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Risk attitudes have an impact on not only the decision to become an entrepreneur but also the survival and failure … rates of entrepreneurs. Whereas recent research underpins the theoretical proposition of a positive correlation between risk … posits an inverse U-shaped relationship between risk attitudes and entrepreneurial survival. On the basis of recent waves of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822682
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What Is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research
Praag, Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively and systematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822686
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Personality Characteristics and the Decision to Become and Stay Self-Employed
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
specific characteristics in particular "risk attitudes" and "locus of control" have strong effects on entry and survival. With …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868132
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Searching for the Entrepreneurial Personality: New Evidence and Avenues for Further Research
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
conclusion is based on new insights into the effects that variables, such as risk tolerance, trust and reciprocity, the value for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147304
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Transitions to Entrepreneurship and Industry-Specific Barriers
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy; Parker, Simon C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Drivers of entrepreneurial entry are investigated in this study by examining how entry into small-business ownership is shaped by industry-specific constraints. The human- and financial-capital endowments of potential entrepreneurs entering firms in various industries are shown to differ...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369416
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Alte Idee, neues Programm: Der Gründungszuschuss als Nachfolger von Überbrückungsgeld und Ich-AG
Caliendo, Marco; Hogenacker, Jens; Künn, Steffen; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Die Gründungsförderung der Bundesagentur für Arbeit ist im Rahmen der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik im Rechtskreis SGB III nach wie vor eines der bedeutsamsten Instrumente. Zum 1. August 2006 löste der Gründungszuschuss (§ 57 SGB III) seine beiden Vorgänger, das Überbrückungsgeld und den...
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