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The Effect of Early Entrepreneurship Education : Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Rosendahl Huber, Laura - 2012
The aim of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of early entrepreneurship education. To this end, we conduct a … randomized field experiment to evaluate a leading entrepreneurship education program that is taught worldwide in the final grade …
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The 'Entrepreneurial Boss' Effect on Employees' Future Entrepreneurship Choices : A Role Model Story?
Rocha, Vera - 2016
Both organizational and sociological approaches in entrepreneurship research highlight the importance of social context … in shaping individual preferences for entrepreneurship. An influential contextual factor that has not been studied in … entrepreneurship research is one's boss at work. Do entrepreneurial bosses contribute to their employees' decisions to become …
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Entrepreneurial Choices of Initial Human Capital Endowments and New Venture Success
Rocha, Vera - 2016
The founder (team)'s human capital is a vital determinant of future firm performance. This is a stylized fact. Less is known about the effect of the human capital of the initial workforce hired by the founder(s). We study the performance consequences of a founder's choice of the initial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012992732
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Der gesellschaftliche Beitrag des Mittelstands: Konzeptionelle Überlegungen
Welter, Friederike; Schlepphorst, Susanne; Schneck, Stefan - 2020
Die vorliegende Studie setzt sich konzeptionell mit dem gesellschaftlichen Beitrag des Mittelstands auseinander. Ziel ist es, die gesellschaftliche Rolle des Mittelstands über betrieblich messbare Effekte (CSR, CC) hinaus zu betrachten und eine Grundlage für nachfolgende empirische...
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Mittelstand im Wandel
Welter, Friederike; May-Strobl, Eva; Wolter, Hans-Jürgen; … - 2014
Im deutschen Sprachraum spricht man vom "Mittelstand" - international wird dagegen der KMU-Begriff verwandt. Aber beschreiben beide Begriffe dasselbe Phänomen? Dieser Beitrag analysiert die Begrifflichkeiten von Mittelstand und KMU sowie die Begriffe, die grundlegend für das Verständnis des...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010478800
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Mittelstand zwischen Fakten und Gefühl
Welter, Friederike; May-Strobl, Eva; Holz, Michael; … - 2015
Die in der jüngsten Vergangenheit zu beobachtenden strukturellen Veränderungen der Unternehmenslandschaft berühren auch und gerade den Mittelstand. Wir unter-suchen Mittelstand im Spannungsfeld unserer definitorischen Merkmale, nämlich der Identität von Eigentum und Leitung einerseits und...
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The Entrepreneur's Mode of Entry : Business Takeover or New Venture Start
Parker, Simon C. - 2006
We analyse the decision to become an entrepreneur by either taking over an established business or starting a new venture from scratch. A model is developed which predicts how several individual- and firm-specific characteristics influence entrepreneurs' entry mode. The new venture creation mode...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779167
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The Returns to Entrepreneurship : Evidence from Matched Person-Firm Data
van Praag, Mirjam - 2017
Empirical studies show low pecuniary returns of switching from wage employment to entrepreneurship. We reconsider the … indicate that the average returns to entrepreneurship are significantly negative for individuals entering entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012947121
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Badge of Honor or Scarlet Letter? Unpacking Investors' Judgment of Entrepreneurs' Past Failure
Zunino, Diego - 2017
Research shows that most ventures fail, yet it has devoted limited attention to the consequences of entrepreneurs' past failure for investors' decisions. Our motivating insight is that failure can be due to bad luck, lack of skill or both. Therefore, failure conveys ambiguous information about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012947124
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Mittelstand im Wandel
Welter, Friederike; May-Strobl, Eva; Wolter, Hans-Jürgen; … - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn - 2014
Im deutschen Sprachraum spricht man vom "Mittelstand" - international wird dagegen der KMU-Begriff verwandt. Aber beschreiben beide Begriffe dasselbe Phänomen? Dieser Beitrag analysiert die Begrifflichkeiten von Mittelstand und KMU sowie die Begriffe, die grundlegend für das Verständnis des...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170351