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Is entrepreneurial success predictable? An ex-ante analysis of the character-based approach

Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander S. - 2007

This paper empirically analyzes whether the character-based approach, which is based on the personality structure and the human capital of business founders, allows prediction of entrepreneurial success. A unique data set is used consisting of 414 previously unemployed persons whose personal...

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Risk Attitudes of Nascent Entrepreneurs: New Evidence from an Experimentally Validated Survey

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - 2006

The in°uence of risk aversion on the decision to become self-employed is a much discussed topic in the entrepreneurial literature. Conventional wisdom asserts that being an entrepreneur means making risky decisions in uncertain environments; hence more risk-averse individuals are less likely to...

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The Effects of Entrepreneurship Education

Weber, Richard; von Graevenitz, Georg; Harhoff, Dietmar - 2009

Entrepreneurship education ranks highly on policy agendas in Europe and the US, but little research is available to … assess its impacts. In this context it is of primary importance to understand whether entrepreneurship education raises … intentions to be entrepreneurial generally or whether it helps students determine how well suited they are for entrepreneurship …

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Habitual entrepreneurs

Ucbasaran, Deniz; Alsos, Gry Agnete; Westhead, Paul; … - 2008

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Entrepreneurship, finance and management : essays in honor of Mike Wright

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