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Kautonen, Teemu; Down, Simon; Minniti, Maria - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 42 (2014) 3, pp. 579-594

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Enhancing product market access : minority entrepreneurship, status leveraging, and preferential procurement programs

Shelton, Lois M.; Minniti, Maria - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 50 (2018) 3, pp. 481-498

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Self-employment out of dissatisfaction : an international study

Noorderhaven, Niels G.; Wennekers, A. R.; Hofstede, Geert; … - 1999

This paper studies differences in the rate of self-employment (business ownership) in more thantwenty Western nations and Japan for the period 1974-1994, focusing in particular on theinfluences of dissatisfaction and uncertainty avoidance. We test two types of hypotheses, pertainingto the...

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The relation between economic development and business ownership revisited

Carree, Martin Anthony; Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, … - 2007

This paper revisits the two-equation model of Carree, van Stel, Thurik and Wennekers (2002) where deviations from the ‘equilibrium’ rate of business ownership play a central role determining both the growth of business ownership and that of economic development. Two extensions of the...

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Business ownership and economic growth in 23 OECD countries

Carree, Martin Anthony; Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, … - 2000

In the present paper we address the relationship between the extentof business ownership (self-employment) and economic development. We will focusupon three issues. First, how is the equilibrium rate of business ownershiprelated to the stage of economic development? Second, what is the speed...

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Uncertainty avoidance and the rate of business ownership across 22 OECD countries, 1976 - 2000

Wennekers, A. R.; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Stel, Adriaan J. van - 2004

countries. First, the concepts of uncertainty and risk are elaborated, as well as theirrelevance for entrepreneurship. Second … (uncertaintyavoidance) may have a diverging impact on entrepreneurship. Possibly, a climate of uncertainty avoidancein large organizations …, suggesting that risingopportunity costs of entrepreneurship are the dominant perception in this cultural environment. In a …

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Being in someone else's shoes : the role of gender in nascent entrepreneurship

Minniti, Maria; Nardone, Carlo - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 28 (2007) 2/3, pp. 223-238

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Not for lack of trying: American entrepreneurship in black and white

Köllinger, P.; Minniti, Maria - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 27 (2006) 1, pp. 59-79

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Seeing the world with different eyes

Koellinger, Philipp; Minniti, Maria; Schade, Christian D. - 2008 - Revised version (v2.0)

Across countries, women own significantly fewer businesses than do men. We show that this is due, in large part, to the fact that the propensity to start businesses of women is significantly lower than that of men. The lower propensity of women, in turn, appears to be highly correlated to...

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An eclectic theory of entrepreneurship : policies, institutions and culture

Verheul, Ingrid; Wennekers, A. R.; Audretsch, David B.; … - 2001

The level of entrepreneurship differs considerably across countries and periods. Both thecauses and consequences of … entrepreneurship are a matter of extensive scientific debate aswell as of great policy importance. A high level of entrepreneurial … paper deals with the determinants of entrepreneurship. An eclectic theory ofentrepreneurship is introduced. This eclectic …

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