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We investigate entry in a dynastic entrepreneurship (overlapping generations) environment created by employee spinoffs …
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Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk …
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inducing entrepreneurs to choose less risky projects, whereas R&D support encourages entrepreneurship without affecting the …This paper examines how entrepreneurs and incumbents differ in R&D strategies. We show that entrepreneurs have …. However, entrepreneurs may still select too safe projects from a social point of view, since they do not internalize the …
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measure of entrepreneurship derived from matching files from the Current Population Survey (CPS) is used to provide the first …. Estimates indicate that hi-tech entrepreneurship rates were lower in Silicon Valley than the rest of the United States during … the period from January 1996 to February 2000. Examining the post-boom period, we find that entrepreneurship rates in …
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Social distancing restrictions and health- and economic-driven demand shifts from COVID-19 are expected to shutter many small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures, but there is very little early evidence on impacts. This paper provides the first analysis of impacts of the pandemic on the...
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We provide an empirical analysis of host country determinants of Chinese outward FDI for the period 2003 to 2008, using data disaggregated by country and industry. We want to assess the relevance of market-seeking, resource-seeking and strategic asset seeking motivations suggested by the theory...
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This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Investment Climate Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign …
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We examine multinationals optimal entry modes into foreign markets as a function of market size, FDI fixed costs, tariffs and transport costs. Our results highlight why large countries are more likely to attract acquisition investment, while intermediate-sized countries may be served...
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Emigration of young, motivated individuals may deprive countries-of-origin of entrepreneurs. We isolate exogenous …
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Multinational enterprises are often accused to have a preference for investing in countries in which the working populations' civil and political rights are largely disregarded. This paper presents an empirical investigation of the popular political repression boosts FDI hypothesis and arrives...
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