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Do institutions have a greater effect on female entrepreneurs?
Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2009
This paper compares the impact of institutions on individual decisions to become entrepreneurs in the form of new business start ups by males and females across 44 developed and developing economies between 1998 and 2004. We test four hypotheses; that women are less likely to undertake...
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Institutions, networks and entrepreneurship development in Russia : an exploration
Aidis, Ruta (contributor); Estrin, Saul (contributor) - 2006
In this paper we explore the ways in which institutions and networks influence entrepreneurial development in Russia. By utilizing new Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001, we investigate the effects of the weak institutional environment in Russia in terms of three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003333107
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To be born is not enough : the key role of innovative startups
Colombelli, Alessandra; Krafft, Jackie; Vivarelli, Marco - 2016
greater survival is achieved when startups engage successfully in both product innovation and process innovation, with a key …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452416
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Immigrant entrepreneurs and innovation in the U.S. high-tech sector
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Kim, Mee Jung; Lee, … - 2019
We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries … characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly higher rates of innovation in immigrant-owned firms for 15 of 16 … different innovation measures; the only exception is for copyright/trademark. The immigrant advantage holds for older firms as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011986036
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Catching up or lagging behind? : the long-term business and innovation potential of subsidized start-ups out of unemployment
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen; Weißenberger, Martin - 2019
survival rates and little contribution to job creation, economic growth, and innovation. In this paper, we use a rich data set … and job creation, but especially also in innovation activities. The gaps in these business outcomes are relatively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126136
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Does emigration drain entrepreneurs?
Anelli, Massimo; Basso, Gaetano; Ippedico, Giuseppe; … - 2020
Emigration of young, motivated individuals may deprive countries-of-origin of entrepreneurs. We isolate exogenous variation in a large emigration wave from Italy between 2008 and 2015 by interacting diaspora networks with economic pull factors in destination countries, and find that larger...
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Peer networks and entrepreneurship : a Pan-African RCT
Vega-Redondo, Fernando; Pin, Paolo; Ubfal, Diego; … - 2019
Can large-scale peer interaction foster entrepreneurship and innovation? We conducted an RCT involving almost 5 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149002
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Skills, scope, and success : an empirical look at the start-up process in creative industries in Germany
Kohn, Karsten; Wewel, Solvejg A. - 2018
Creative industries comprise enterprises focusing on the creation, production, and distribution of creative or cultural goods and services. Following an explorative empirical approach, we analyze start-ups in creative industries regarding three issues along the startup process: (1) personal...
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Skill variety, innovation and new business formation
Hessels, Jolanda; Brixy, Udo; Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas - 2014
that being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230889
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Subsidized start-ups out of unemployment : a comparison to regular business start-ups
Caliendo, Marco; Hogenacker, Jens; Künn, Steffen; … - 2015
survival, but lag behind regular business founders in terms of income, business growth and innovation. Moreover, we show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010473187