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Local Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
We analyze the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing and services sectors. We … entrepreneurship relative to male entrepreneurship. We find evidence of agglomeration economies in both sectors, where higher female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371806
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Political Reservations and Women's Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
heightened entrepreneurship is due to channels like greater finance access or heightened inspiration for women entrepreneurs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950817
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Spin-offs and the Market for Ideas
Chatterjee, Satyajit; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
We propose a theory of firm dynamics in which workers have ideas for new projects that can be sold in a market to existing firms or implemented in new firms: spin-offs. Workers have private information about the quality of their ideas. Because of an adverse selection problem, workers can sell...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005829191
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Star Scientists, Innovation and Regional and National Immigration
Zucker, Lynne; Darby, Michael R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
We follow the careers 1981-2004 of 5401 star scientists listed in ISI HighlyCitedSM as most highly cited by their peers. Their number in a US region or a top-25 science and technology (S&T) country significantly increases the probability of firm entry in the S&T field in which they are working....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005829811
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Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs
Gompers, Paul Alan; Kovner, Anna; Lerner, Josh; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
This paper argues that a large component of success in entrepreneurship and venture capital can be attributed to skill … further support for the role of skill in both entrepreneurship and venture capital. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005830361
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Dynastic Entrepreneurship, Entry, and Non-Compete Enforcement
Rauch, James - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
We investigate entry in a dynastic entrepreneurship (overlapping generations) environment created by employee spinoffs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240575
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The Impact of Entrepreneurial Risk Aversion on Wages in General Equilibrium
Feng, Ying; Rauch, James E. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
One of the leading theories of entrepreneurship is that less risk averse individuals become entrepreneurs and more risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213645
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Aspire
Fafchamps, Marcel; Quinn, Simon - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
access to start-up capital constitutes a sizable barrier to entry into entrepreneurship for the kind of young motivated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252667
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Smart and Illicit: Who Becomes an Entrepreneur and Do They Earn More?
Levine, Ross; Rubinstein, Yona - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
"illicit" tendencies as youths accounts for both entry into entrepreneurship and the comparative earnings of entrepreneurs. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011206924
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Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship
Kerr, William; Nanda, Ramana - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
important role that entrepreneurship is believed to play in the process of economic growth, alleviating financing constraints … examining the relevance of financing constraints for entrepreneurship. We then introduce a framework that provides a unified …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615799