Similar Search Results

A Gender Perspective on Self-Employment Entry and Performance as Self-Employed

Joona, Pernilla Andersson; Wadensjö, Eskil - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

Research on self-employment has increased during recent years and particular attention has been paid to self-employment dynamics and the factors influencing entry and exit rates from self-employment. Using a large panel data set for Sweden, this paper investigates variations in recruitment to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859526

The Economics of Language : An Introduction and Overview

Chiswick, Barry R. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and benefits associated with this characteristic embodied in the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859575

Parents` Incomes and Children`s Outcomes : A Quasi-Experiment

Akee, Randall K. Q.; Keeler, Gordon; Angold, Adrian; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>

Identifying the effect of parental incomes on child outcomes is difficult due to the correlation of unobserved ability, education levels and income. Previous research has relied on the use of instrumental variables to identify the effect of a change in household income on the young adult...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859635

Startup innovation during the past economic crisis

Abou Lebdi, Nabil; Hussinger, Katrin - 2016

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853120

The Capital Gains Tax: A Curse but Also a Blessing for Venture Capital Investment

Bock, Carolin; Watzinger, Martin - 2017

Our study analyzes the effect of the capital gains tax on the individual investment decisions of venture capitalists. By doing so, we are able to study the decisions for a sample of 76,852 funding rounds in 32 countries from 2000 to 2012. Our results support the predictions of the theoretical...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932895

Public innovation in Brazil: An overview of its types,results and drivers

Cavalcante, Pedro; Camões, Marizaura - 2017

lack of evidence-based knowledge regarding different dimensions of innovation prevails. One important dimension that must … transactional costs. In that sense, many have argued that innovation can contribute to improve the public service quality and … consensus about the increase of management innovation practices over the last two decades. However, as in other countries, the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012234234

Entry and Innovation in Vertically Differentiated Markets

Bergemann, Dirk; Valimaki, Juuso - 1999

with a currently inferior product opts for a large but risky innovation, whereas a currently superior product chooses a … smaller but certain innovation. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012236072

Does Licensing Resolve Hold Up in the Patent Thicket?

Siebert, Ralph; von Graevenitz, Georg - 2008

In a patent thicket licensing provides a mechanism to either avoid or resolve hold up. We study the choice between ex ante licensing to avoid hold up and ex post licensing to resolve it. Firms’ choice of licensing contract is studied in the context of a patent portfolio race. We show that high...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427751

To Be Financed or Not … - The Role of Patents for Venture Capital Financing

Haeussler, Carolin; Harhoff, Dietmar; Müller, Elisabeth - 2009

This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract venture capital (VC) financing. We argue that investors are faced with considerable uncer-tainty and therefore rely on patents as signals when trying to assess the prospects of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427765

What Inspires Leisure Time Invention?

Davis, Lee N.; Davis, Jerome; Hoisl, Karin - 2009

. Results suggest that the incidence of leisure time invention is positively related to exposure to a variety of knowledge …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427769