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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 in comparison to non-entrepreneurs? We study the relative … contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy based on four measures that have most widely been studied empirically. Hence, we …
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This paper investigates whether the presence of ambitious entrepreneurs is a more important determinant of national … economic growth than entrepreneurial activity in general. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor to test the … extent to which high growth ambitions of entrepreneurs affect GDP growth for a sample of 36 countries. Our results suggest …
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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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entrepreneurs? According to the logic of economic models of firm dynamics there is no reason to re-enter into entrepreneurship …Why should individuals that have exited their firm consider re-entering into entrepreneurship, i.e. become renascent …
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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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the cases of spin-offs and habitual entrepreneurs. The subject of unemployment-driven entrepreneurship is also explored … chances, while more general forms of human capital may help inexperienced entrepreneurs overcome the barrier posed by the …
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varieties which corres-pond to the early stage of the product life cycle. Moreover, because entrepreneurs serve as agents that … profit benefit entrepre-neurs and skilled labor. By contrast, factors of production employed in the mature stages of the life …
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We analyse the decision to become an entrepreneur by either taking over an established business or starting a new … entrepreneurs' entry mode... …
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entrepreneurship programs into schooling curricula on a large scale, based on the idea that entrepreneurial competencies and mindsets … must be developed at school. The leading and acclaimed worldwide program is the Junior Achievement Student Mini …-Company Program. Nevertheless, so far, its effects on students’ entrepreneurship competencies and attitudes have not been evaluated …
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Entrepreneurship literature (Parker 2004) has rarely considered spatial locationas a micro-determinant of occupational …
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