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Business cycles and start-ups across industries : an empirical analysis of German regions

Konon, Alexander; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2018

We analyze whether start-up rates in different industries systematically change with business cycle variables. Using a unique data set at the industry level, we mostly find correlations that are consistent with counter-cyclical influences of the business cycle on entries in both innovative and...

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Does quality make a difference? : Employment effects of high- and low-quality start-ups

Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - 2011

This paper investigates the impact of new firms' quality on the magnitude of their employment effects. Our results clearly show that the quality of start-ups, measured by their affiliation with sectors and innovative industries, strongly influences the direct and the overall employment...

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Neuere Entwicklungen in der industrieökonomischen Forschung und die aktuelle Berichterstattung über die technologische Leistungsfähigkeit Deutschlands

Haid, Alfred; Münter, Markus Thomas - 1999

Einleitung: Im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung werden seit Jahren "Berichte zur technologischen Leistungsfähigkeit Deutschlands" vorgelegt, die den Strukturwandel in Richtung wissensintensiver Wirtschaftszweige und Tätigkeiten im zeitlichen und internationalen...

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"I want to, but I also need to" : start-ups resulting from opportunity and necessity

Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander - 2009

When unemployed persons go into business, they often are characterized as necessity entrepreneurs, because push factors, namely their unemployment, likely prompted their decision. In contrast to this, business founders who have been previously employed represent opportunity entrepreneurs because...

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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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New business formation and regional development : a survey and assessment of the evidence

Fritsch, Michael - 2011

type of entry and by industry, as well as differences in the effects that have been found for different types of regions …

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Businesswomen in Germany and their performance by ethnicity : it pays to be self-employed

Constant, Amelie (contributor) - 2008

In this paper I assert that the entrepreneurial spirit can also exist in salaried jobs. I study the determinants of wages and the labor market success of two kinds of entrepreneurial women in Germany - self-employed and salaried businesswomen - and investigate whether ethnicity is important in...

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Do regions with entrepreneurial neighbors perform better? : A spatial econometric approach for German regions

Pijnenburg, Katharina; Cholodilin, Konstantin Arkadʹevič - 2011

We use a neoclassical production function to analyze the effects of knowledge spillovers via entrepreneurship on economic performance of 337 German districts. To take the spatial dependence structure of the data into account, we estimate a spatial Durbin model. We highlight the importance of the...

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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 …

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What makes an entrepreneur and does it pay? : native men, Turks, and other migrants in Germany

Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - 2003

This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition, and the self-employed Turks in Germany represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs...

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