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The good, the bad, and the talented: Entrepreneurial talent and other-regarding behavior

Weitzel, Utz; Urbig, Diemo; Desai, Sameeksha; Ács, … - 2009

without negative externalities. The paper makes a contribution to entrepreneurship research by qualifying the implications of …

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The entrepreneurship-philanthropy nexus: nonmarket source of American entrepreneurial capitalism

Ács, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; Phillips, Ronnie J. - 2007

the creation of wealth (entrepreneurship) and the reconstitution of wealth (philanthropy). Philanthropy has been part of … paved the way for future economic growth. This entrepreneurship-philanthropy nexus has not been fully explored by either …

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Democratic capitalism and philanthropy in a global economy

Ács, Zoltán J.; Desai, Sameeksha - 2007

from the application of what has been a primarily American institution: Philanthropy. We present the Entrepreneurship …

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Businesswomen in Germany and their performance by ethnicity: it pays to be self-employed

Constant, Amelie F. - 2008

In this paper I assert that the entrepreneurial spirit can also exist in salaried jobs. I study the determinants of wages and the labor market success of two kinds of entrepreneurial women in Germany - self-employed and salaried businesswomen - and investigate whether ethnicity is important in...

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What makes an entrepreneur and does it pay? : Native men, turks, and other migrants in Germany

Constant, Amelie F.; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - 2003

This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition, and the self-employed Turks in Germany represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs...

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Immigrant versus Native Businesswomen : Proclivity and Performance

Constant, Amelie F. - 2004

Career positions in German economic life are still male-dominated, and the driving forces behind success are not yet well understood. This paper contributes to a better understanding by classifying success stories in self-employment and business careers, and by investigating differences between...

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The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany : Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike?

Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2004

This paper uses a state of the art three-stage technique to identify the characteristics of the self-employed immigrant and native men in Germany and to understand their underlying drive into self-employment. Employing data from the German Socioeconomic Panel 2000 release we find that...

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Circular movements and time away from the host country

Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2003

The economic literature has largely overlooked the importance of repeat migration. This paper studies repeat or circular migration as it is manifested by the frequency of exits of migrants living in Germany, and by the number of years being away from the host country using count data models....

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A theory of destructive entrepreneurship

Desai, Sameeksha; Ács, Zoltán J. - 2007

economy - in which entrepreneurship plays a role for employment, income growth and innovation. The current understanding of … various forms of entrepreneurship remains incomplete, focusing largely on productive and unproductive entrepreneurship …. However, destructive entrepre-neurship plays an important role in many, if not most, economies. This paper addresses the …

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What doesentrepreneurship data really show?

Ács, Zoltán J.; Desai, Sameeksha; Klapper, Leora - 2008

We compare two "entrepreneurship" datasets: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) captures early-stage entrepreneurship … and World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey (WBGES) captures business registration. GEM data is higher in developing …

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