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Self-efficacy and entrepreneurial performance of start-ups
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander; Rodríguez, Daniel; … - 2023
Self-efficacy reflects the self-belief that one can persistently perform difficult and novel tasks while coping with adversity. As such beliefs reflect how individuals behave, think, and act, they are key for successful entrepreneurial activities. While existing literature mainly analyzes the...
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The impact of risk attitudes on entrepreneurial survival
Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Fossen, Frank M. (contributor) - 2008
as entrepreneurs than do persons with particularly low or high risks. -- Entrepreneurship ; Risk Attitudes ; Survival and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726124
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"I want to, but I also need to" : start-ups resulting from opportunity and necessity
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander - 2009
unemployment. -- Entrepreneurship ; push and pull motives ; survival and failure ; job creation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003921269
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The non-linear impact of risk tolerance on entrepreneurial profit and business survival
Koch, Melanie; Menkhoff, Lukas - 2024
Entrepreneurs tend to be risk tolerant but is more risk tolerance always better? In a sample of about 2,100 small businesses, we find an inverted U-shaped relation between risk tolerance and profitability. This relationship holds in a simple bilateral regression and also when we control for a...
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The influence of start-up motivation on entrepreneurial performance
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander; Stier, Claudia - 2022
entrepreneurship research. In this context, we investigate whether the motives of becoming an entrepreneur influence the subsequent …
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Business cycles and start-ups across industries : an empirical analysis of German regions
Konon, Alexander; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2018
We analyze whether start-up rates in different industries systematically change with business cycle variables. Using a unique data set at the industry level, we mostly find correlations that are consistent with counter-cyclical influences of the business cycle on entries in both innovative and...
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Entrepreneurial spillovers over space and time
Fossen, Frank M.; Martin, Thorsten - 2016
Entrepreneurship is a local and dynamic phenomenon. We jointly investigate spatial spillovers and time persistence of … persistence of start-up activity, especially in the high-tech industry. This indicates that entrepreneurship is deeply rooted in … regions and underlines the importance of local entrepreneurship culture for new business formation. …
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Do entrepreneurs really earn less?
Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2014
employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010438045
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New firm formation by industry over space and time : a multi-level analysis
Fritsch, Michael; Falck, Oliver - 2003
We apply a multi-level approach to analyze simultaneously the effects of three groups of determinants on new firm formation: industry, location and change over time. The data is for West Germany and covers the 1983-97 period. Our analysis indicates that innovation activities and the...
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Too rich to do the dirty work? : wealth effects on the demand for good jobs
Haywood, Luke - 2014
Jobs offer different wages and different non-monetary working conditions. This paper investigates how the demand for non-monetary aspects evolves over changing wealth levels. Wages do not perfectly compensate individuals for differential utility of jobs in a labour market with informational...
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