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Entry regulation and entrepreneurship : empirical evidence from a German natural experiment
Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2010
occupational groups. Easing the educational entry requirement has fostered self-employment significantly for less qualified … craftsmen, almost doubling the entry probability, even as exit rates remained unaffected. Weaker effects occur for other … ; Entrepreneurship ; Educational entry requirement Natural experiment ; Craftsmanship …
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Business start-ups by the unemployed : an econometric analysis based on firm data
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reize, Frank - 1998
This study investigates firm survival and employment growth of start-ups by unemployed people in East and West Germany as promoted by the Work Support Act (so called bridging allowances). In 1994, the services provided were improved considerably, which led to a sharp increase in the number of...
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Do company builders create jobs? : examining the rise of incubation finance in Germany
Scheuplein, Christoph; Kahl, Julian - 2017
Over the past decade, new types of business incubation have been developed. One particularly prominent example is company builders, which use their own resources to build up companies, establishing numerous companies in a series. In doing so, this investor type facilitates internal and external...
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Re-thinking science-industry relations along the interactive model : the case of academic spin-offs
Potthast, Jörg - 2009
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Innovationsanreize in einem strukturellen Oligopolmodell
Harhoff, Dietmar - 1997
In diesem Beitrag wird ein Oligopolmodell der Innovationsaktivität entwickelt und mit Daten aus dem Mannheimer Innovationspanel geschätzt. Das Modell erlaubt es, bei der empirischen Umsetzung auf die Verwendung von Marktanteilsdaten und Nachfrageelastizitäten zu verzichten, die typischerweise...
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Innovation dynamics and endogenous market structure : econometric results from aggregated survey data
Gottschalk, Sandra - 2001
This paper examines empirically the relationship between innovation and market structure within a simultaneous … concentration. In contrast, competition enforces innovation, i.e. sales concentration has a negative impact on R&D. …
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Energy conversion and storage : the value of reversible power-to-gas systems
Glenk, Gunther; Reichelstein, Stefan - 2021
In the transition to decarbonized energy systems, Power-to-Gas (PtG) processes have the potential to connect the existing markets for electricity and hydrogen. Specifically, reversible PtG systems can convert electricity to hydrogen at times of ample power supply, yet they can also operate in...
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Personality characteristics and the decision to become and stay self-employed
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - 2011
and further personality characteristics, which are more specifically related to entrepreneurial tasks, influence entry … specific characteristics in particular "risk attitudes" and "locus of control" have strong effects on entry and survival. With …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008036
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An empirical test of the asymmetric models on innovative activity : who invests more into R&D - the incumbent or the challenger?
Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2000
innovative activity. It is thus possible to take account of intended, not just completed, market entry. It turns out that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428313
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Product innovation and product innovation marketing : theory and microeconometric evidence
Kaiser, Ulrich - 2001
This paper derives a three stage Cournotoligopoly game for product innovation, expenditure on introducing the product … and competition on the product market. Product innovation is assumed to increase consumer utility but is effective only if … decide whether or not to conduct product innovation and then determine their expenditure for bringing the new product to the …
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