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The relationship between entrepreneurship and unemployment in Japan
Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Verheul, Ingrid; … - 2008
This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship (as measured by fluctuations in the business ownership … been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not different when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372966
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The relationship between entrepreneurship and unemployment in Japan
Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Verheul, Ingrid; … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003644212
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011302619
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Entrepreneurship and role models
Bosma, Niels; Hessels, Jolanda; Schutjens, Veronique; … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008938581
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Entrepreneurship and role models
Bosma, Niels; Hessels, Jolanda; Schutjens, Veronique; … - 2011
In the media role models are increasingly being acknowledged as an influential factor in explaining the reasons for the choice of occupation and career. Various conceptual studies have proposed links between role models and entrepreneurial intentions. However, empirical research aimed at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386370
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372525
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Entrepreneurial progress : climbing the entrepreneurial ladder in Europe and the US
Zwan, Peter van der; Verheul, Ingrid; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 2010 - Version: March 2010
through these stages. Data are used from the 2007 “Flash Eurobarometer Survey on Entrepreneurship”, covering 27 European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378847
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011302609
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334327
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Allocation and productivity of time in new ventures of female and male entrepreneurs
Verheul, Ingrid; Carree, Martin Anthony; Thurik, Adriaan R. - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 33 (2009) 3, pp. 273-291
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