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The gendering of entrepreneurship context

Welter, Friederike; Brush, Candida G.; De Bruin, Anne - 2014

context along a continuum of where entrepreneurship takes place and when this happens. Where context has been studied in … embeddedness of women entrepreneurs or the institutional environment for women's entrepreneurship. We contribute to the literature … institutional contexts for women's entrepreneurship and their intersections, as informed by entrepreneurship, gender and geography …

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Creative forces for entrepreneurship : the role of institutional change agents

Welter, Friederike; Smallbone, David - 2015

The paper reviews the current discussion on institutional change and institutional entrepreneurship. Specifically, it … and unintentionally. We find that the concept of institutional entrepreneurship does not provide an adequate conceptual … institutional entrepreneurship. …

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The German Mittelstand: antithesis to the Silicon Valley entrepreneurship model?

Pahnke, André; Welter, Friederike - 2019

in Germany praises the Silicon Valley model of entrepreneurship, contrasting the Mittelstand as low-growth, low-tech and … is the antithesis to the Silicon Valley entrepreneurship model. We show that Mittelstand is more than a small and medium … the Mittelstand is an excellent example of everyday entrepreneurship and a vibrant segment of economy which is also …

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Entrepreneurial Persistence Beyond Survival : Measurement and Determinants

Caliendo, Marco - 2019

Entrepreneurial persistence is demonstrated by an entrepreneur's continued positive maintenance of entrepreneurial motivation and constantly-renewed active engagement in a new business venture despite counter forces or enticing alternatives. It is thus a crucial factor for entrepreneurs when...

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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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Personality Traits and the Evaluation of Start-Up Subsidies

Caliendo, Marco - 2016

entrepreneurship literature has emphasised the important role of personality traits as predictors for start-up decisions and business …

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New Evidence on Long-Term Effects of Start-Up Subsidies : Matching Estimates and Their Robustness

Caliendo, Marco - 2019

The German start-up subsidy (SUS) program for the unemployed has recently undergone a major make-over, altering its institutional setup, adding an additional layer of selection and leading to ambiguous predictions of the program's effectiveness. Using propensity score matching (PSM) as our main...

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Do Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed Affect Participants' Well-Being? A Rigorous Look at (Un-)Intended Consequences of Labor Market Policies

Caliendo, Marco - 2019

We estimate the long-term effects of start-up subsidies (SUS) for the unemployed on subjective outcome indicators of well-being, as measured by the participants' satisfaction in different domains. This extends previous analyses of the current German SUS program ("Gründungszuschuss") that...

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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 - 2019

From an active labor market policy perspective, start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are very effective in improving long-term labor market outcomes for participants. From a business perspective, however, the assessment of these public programs is less clear since they might attract...

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Regional Effect Heterogeneity of Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed

Caliendo, Marco - 2013

Recent microeconometric evaluation studies have shown that start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are an effective policy tool to improve long-term employment and income prospects of participants, in particular compared to other active labor market programs (e.g. training, job search...

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