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The Process of Creative Construction:Knowledge Spillovers,Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth
Agarwal, Rajshree; Audretsch, David; Sarkar, MB - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2008
underlyingmechanism of knowledge spillover strategic entrepreneurship whereby knowledgeinvestments by existing organizations, when coupled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864509
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864588
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Uncertainty Avoidance and the Rate of Business Ownershiop across 22 OECD Countries, 1976-2000
Wennekers, Sander; Thurik, Roy; Stel, Adriaan J. van; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005
Persistent differences in the level of business ownership across economically developed nations have attracted the attentiion of scientific as well as political debate. Cultural rather than economic influences are assumed to play a decisive role. This paper deals with the influence of cutlural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865013
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Nascent entrepreneurship and the level of economic development
Wennekers, Sander; Thurik, Roy; Stel, Adriaan J. van; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005
entrepreneurial dynamics and its level of economic development. This would imply a different scope for entrepreneurship policy across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865014
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Does Self-Employment Reduce Unemployment?
Thurik, Roy; Stel, Adriaan J. van; Carree, Martin Anthony; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
This paper investigates the dynamic interrelationship between self-employment and unemployment rates. On the one hand, unemployment rates may stimulate start-up activity of self-employed. On the other hand, higher rates of self-employment may indicate increased entrepreneurial activity reducing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865019
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The effect of entrepreneurial activity on national economic growth
Stel, Adriaan J. van; Carree, Martin Anthony; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005
Entrepreneurial activity is generally assumed to be an important aspect of the organization of industries most conducive to innovative activity and unrestrained competition. This paper investigates whether total entrepreneurial activity influences GDP growth for a sample of 36 countries. We test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865025
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The role of Dissatisfaction and Per Capita Income in Explaining Self-Employment across 15 European Countries
Wennekers, Sander; Stel, Adriaan J. van; Noorderhaven, … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004
This paper deals with explaining the sizable differences in the rate of self-employment (business ownership) across 15 European countries in the period 1978-2000, within a framework of occupational choice, focusing on the influence of dissatisfaction and of per capita income. Using two different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865255
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Post-Materialism: A Cultural Factor Influencing Total Entrepreneurial Activ-ity Across Nations
Uhlaner, Lorraine M.; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004
intersecting data available from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, World Values Survey and other published sources. Findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865259
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Creating Strategic Advantage through EntrepreneurialGovernance in New Ventures
Audretsch, David B.; Lehmann, Erik; Plummer, Lawrence A. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
An important literature has made a fundamental link between corporate governanceand corporate strategy. According to agency theory, assigning managersstock options aligns their interests with the interests of the owners of the firm.This paper suggests that this may not apply in the context of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864514
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy
Stam, Erik - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2008
What is meant by entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth is often not clear or very idiosyncratic. This paper … starts with a discussion of the nature of entrepreneurship and its relation to innovation. The second section provides an … overview of theory and empirical research on the relation between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864511