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The Entrepreneurship-Philantrophy Nexus: Nonmarket Source of American Entrepreneurial Capitalism
Acs, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David; Phillips, Ronnie J.; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
What differentiates American capitalism from all other forms of industrial capitalism is a historical focus on both the … creation of wealth (entrepreneurship) and the reconstitution of wealth (philanthropy). Philanthropy has been part of the …
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CREATIVITY AND INDUSTRIAL CITIES : A CASE STUDY OF BALTIMORE
Acs, Zoltán J.; Megyesi, Monika I. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
Creativity is changing the way cities approach economic development and formulate policy.Creative metropolises base their economic development strategies, at least partly, on building communities attractive to the creative class worker. While there are countless examples of high-tech regions...
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Creativity and Entrepreneurship : A Regional Analysis of New Firm Formation
Florida, Richard L.; Lee, Sam Youl; Acs, Zoltán J. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004
Understanding the factors that promote or mitigate new firm birth is crucial to regional economic development efforts, since a high level of new firm creation significantly contributes to regional economic vitality and is a major signal of a dynamic economy. The literature suggest that various...
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What is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research
Praag, Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … group’? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals’ utility levels …
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High Growth Entrepreneurs, Public Policies and Economic Growth
Stam, Erik; Suddle, Kashifa; Hessels, Jolanda; Stel, … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
economic growth than entrepreneurial activity in general. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor to test the … that ambitious entrepreneurship contributes more strongly to macro-economic growth than entrepreneurial activity in general …. We find a particularly strong effect of high-expectation entrepreneurship for transition countries. These results are …
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Entrepreneurial Entry Exit and Re-Entry: The Extent and Nature of Opportunity Identification
Ucbasaran, Deniz; Westhead, Paul; Wright, Mike - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2006
This study utilizes a human capital framework to explore whether business ownership experience is associated with the number of business opportunities identified, the number of identified opportunities that are pursued, and the nature of those opportunities...
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Renascent Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurial Preferences Subsequent to Firm Exit
Stam, Erik; Audretsch, David; Meijaard, Joris - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2006
Why should individuals that have exited their firm consider re-entering into entrepreneurship, i.e. become renascent … entrepreneurs? According to the logic of economic models of firm dynamics there is no reason to re-enter into entrepreneurship …
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The Lag Structure of the Impact of Business Ownership on Economic Performance in OECD Countries
Carree, Martin Anthony; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2006
This paper investigates the impact of changes in the number of business owners on three measures of economic performance, viz. employment growth, GDP growth and labor productivity growth. Particular attention is devoted to the lag structure...
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Entrepreneurial Backgrounds, Human Capital and Start-up Success
Baptista, Rui; Karaöz, Murat; Mendonça, Joana - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
the cases of spin-offs and habitual entrepreneurs. The subject of unemployment-driven entrepreneurship is also explored …
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Globalization and the Rise of the Entrepreneurial Economy
Audretsch, David B.; Sanders, Mark - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
This paper argues that globalization has led to a shift in developed countries from an industrial to an entrepreneurial model of production. Globalization is interpreted as a level shock in the supply of unskilled labor to the world economy, a decrease in the level of political risk associated...
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