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Demography and Innovative Entrepreneurship

Bönte, Werner; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

Demographic change will be one of the major challenges for economic policy in the developed world in the next decades. In this article, we analyze the relationship between age structure and the number of startups. We argue that an individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or...

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Religion and Entrepreneurship

Audretsch, David B.; Bönte, Werner; Tamvada, … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

, are found to be conducive to entrepreneurship, while others, such asHinduism, inhibit entrepreneurship. In addition, the … of the caste systeminfluence entrepreneurship, suggesting a link between religion and economic behavior... …

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The Effect of New Business Formation on Regional Development over Time: The Case of Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2006

We investigate the effects of new business formation on employment change in German regions. A special focus is on the lag-structure of this effect and on differences between regions. The different phases of the effects of new business formation on regional development are relatively pronounced...

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The Economics of Entrepreneurship: What We Know and What we Don't

Parker, Simon C. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005

entrepreneurship. It is designed primarily to showcase to young entrepreneurship scholars several interesting research questions and a …

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The Persistence of Regional New Business Formation-Activity over Time - Assessing the Potential of Policy Promotion Programs

Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005

entrepreneurship. These factors also seem to be responsible for changes in the level of regional new business formation. In addition …

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Business dynamics and employment growth: a cross-country analysis

Stel, Adriaan J. van; Diephuis, Bart - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004

This paper examines the relationship between business dynamics (entry and exit of firms) and employment growth at the country-industry level. We use a cross-country data set with harmonized data on numbers of entries and exits for a selection of fast-growing and innovative industries in six...

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