Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 399
Cover Image
The rise of female entrepreneurs : new evidence on gender differences in liquidity constraints
Sauer, Robert M.; Wilson, Tanya - 2015
Small business activity and female entrepreneurship have become increasingly important features of the UK economy since … further accelerate the rise of female entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510506
Cover Image
Migration, entrepreneurship and development : a critical review
Naudé, Wim; Siegel, Melissa; Marchand, Katrin - 2015
general development contribution of migration over and above its contribution through entrepreneurship. The implication is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309009
Cover Image
Lifting the iron curtain : school-age education and entrepreneurial intentions
Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan - 2015
We exploit Germany's reunification to identify how school-age education affects entrepreneurial intentions. We look at university students in reunified Germany who were born before the Iron Curtain fell. During school age, all students in the West German control group received formal and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346583
Cover Image
Homeownership and entrepreneurship : the role of commitment and mortgage debt
Bracke, Philippe; Hilber, Christian; Silva, Olmo - 2013
We study the link between homeownership and entrepreneurship using a model of occupational choice and housing tenure … and entrepreneurship is increasing in mortgage debt; and (iii) the negative relation is more pronounced for entrepreneurs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009753007
Cover Image
Drivers of entrepreneurship and post-entry performance of newborn firms in developing countries
Quatraro, Francesco; Vivarelli, Marco - 2013
particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the same concept of "entrepreneurship" will be critically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009754698
Cover Image
Entrepreneurial couples
Dahl, Michael S.; Praag, Mirjam van; Thompson, Peter - 2014
inequality in the household. We find no evidence of non-pecuniary benefits or costs of co-entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010357376
Cover Image
Foreign direct investment and domestic entrepreneurship : blessing or curse?
Danakol, Seçil Hülya; Estrin, Saul; Reynolds, Paul … - 2013
between FDI and entrepreneurship; positive spillovers via dissemination of technology or negative because of crowding out. Our … entrepreneurship in aggregate and intra‐industry to be negative. Policies need to consider how to counteract this effect. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224595
Cover Image
Skill variety, innovation and new business formation
Hessels, Jolanda; Brixy, Udo; Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas - 2014
We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical …, but also commercial value. Our findings support the notion that entrepreneurship can be learned. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230889
Cover Image
Entrepreneurship and the business environment in Africa : an application to Ethiopia
Brixiova, Zuzana; Ncube, Mthuli - 2013
entrepreneurship in high-value added activities has made limited contributions to this growth, in part because of a weak business …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787342
Cover Image
By choice and by necessity : entrepreneurship and self-employment in the developing world
Margolis, David N. - 2014
Over half of all workers in the developing world are self-employed. Although some self-employment is chosen by entrepreneurs with well-defined projects and ambitions, roughly two thirds results from individuals having no better alternatives. The importance of self-employment in the overall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010370089