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entrepreneurship. We then exploit the cross-household variation in the timing of these transfers and nd that current occupational … a simple occu- pational choice model, we argue that the program has promoted entrepreneurship by enhancing the …
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This paper shows that utility differences between the self-employed and employees increase with financial development. This effect is not explained by increased profits but by an increased value of non- monetary benefits, in particular job independence. We interpret these findings by building a...
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Based on ten months of field research in a high technology start-up, and using ethnographic and grounded theory methodologies, this study identifies six basic narrative types (founding, visionary, marketing, strategy, historical, and conventional) in three main categories (personal, generic, and...
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The aim of the paper is to propose an interpretation of network building and structure in considering the way all types of in-house decisions are organized, i.e. the content of these decisions and their level of application within the network. Indeed, the essence of a network is to be found in...
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opportunities in the entrepreneurship field. Most scholars agree that the opportunity identification process is a central concept … for entrepreneurship, but further research in opportunity exploration, recognition, and exploitation in diverse contexts …, increased research in recent years addresses one of the main basic "why"-questions in entrepreneurship research focusing on the …
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Entrepreneurship (CE), entrepreneurship within existing organizations, is a source of innovation and performance for businesses (Miller …
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We provide a theory for career choices of employees willing to become entrepreneurs and facing credit constraints. We show that they need a sufficient mix of reputation and financial capital. We consider their choice to work for transparent or opaque firms. Transparent firms disclose more...
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We analyze the role of professional reputation in the transition to entrepreneurial activity when credit is rationed. We study an employee's willingness to allow the market to learn information about talent by choosing more or less informative projects. This choice impacts the employee's...
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