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. We also show that commercialization support induces entrepreneurship but may lead to mediocre entrepreneurship by … inducing entrepreneurs to choose less risky projects, whereas R&D support encourages entrepreneurship without affecting the … type of entrepreneurship. Using Swedish patent citation data, we find empirical support for predictions of the model …
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A striking fact about entrepreneurship is that the number of male entrepreneurs greatly exceed the number of female … personality traits can explain a modest part of the gender gap in entrepreneurship: our estimates suggest 21%-32%. We also …-entrepreneurial self-employed. This finding highlights that entrepreneurship is distinct from other types of self …
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Existing empirical evidence suggests that entrepreneurs are optimists, a finding researchers often interpret as evidence of a behavioral bias in entrepreneurial decision-making. We revisit this claim by analyzing an unusually large survey dataset (180,814 responses) that allows us to create a...
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deemed to be of particular importance for entrepreneurship, innovation-based firm growth and its ensuing impact on the … economy. Particular aspects of entrepreneurship and economic dynamism are covered by pairs (or in one case three) coauthors …, considerable differences remain. These constitute the basis for the concluding policy discussion. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation …
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enter entrepreneurship, to become self-employed, and to switch to another employer. The effects of layers are much stronger … for business creation than for jobswitching and they are stronger for entrepreneurship than for self-employment. However … fewer layers having a broader range of skills. -- entrepreneurship ; employee mobility ; hierarchy, rank, small firm effect …
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Despite the central role played by human capital in entrepreneurship, little is known about how employees in …
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Formal institutions, e.g., regulations, are considered crucial determinants of entrepreneurship, but what enables … regulatory change when there is a regulatory void, meaning entrepreneurship clashes with existing regulations? Drawing on public … of entrepreneurship. …
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This paper estimates the role of both tax and non-tax determinants in the choice in Sweden to be a closely-held corporation vs. a proprietorship, using individual data for 2004 to 2008 on owners of closely-held businesses. While lower-income individuals face relatively neutral incentives, higher...
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Research on entrepreneurship has received an increased amount of interest in recent years, with self-employment being … used as the most common proxy for “entrepreneurship” in empirical studies. However, there are various ways of defining self … recognized. -- Labor force survey ; RAMS ; self-employment ; entrepreneurship …
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This paper analyzes how institutional differences affect university entrepreneurship. We focus on ownership of faculty … commercialization; entrepreneurship or licenses to established firms, as well as on probabilities of successful commercialization. We … find that the US system is less conducive to entrepreneurship than the Swedish system if established firms have some …
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