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likely to become entrepreneurs. By not having taken this possible linkage into account, previous research has underestimated … the impacts both of risk aversion and balanced skills on the likelihood individuals choose entrepreneurship. Data on Dutch …-averse people might be suited to entrepreneurship; and it may also help explain why prior research has generated mixed evidence …
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shaped by industry-specific constraints. The human- and financial-capital endowments of potential entrepreneurs entering … credentials of highly educated potential entrepreneurs, in particular, predict avoidance of small-firm ownership in some … enter entrepreneurship, we find that the conventional practice of conflating different industry types in empirical analyses …
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psychological disposition and environmental factors, as theory requires if optimism is to be a causal influence on entrepreneurship …
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between FDI and entrepreneurship; positive spillovers via dissemination of technology or negative because of crowding out. Our … entrepreneurship in aggregate and intra‐industry to be negative. Policies need to consider how to counteract this effect …
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co-evolution of entrepreneurship and cities. First, I provide a stylized model of development wherein the rise of cities … (urbanisation) is the outcome of the activities of entrepreneurs. Second, I provide a stylized overview of entrepreneurship and …Entrepreneurship, being largely an urban phenomenon, co-evolves over time with cities. While this relationship is like …
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one could now call digital economies. The COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate the development of the digital economy. In a … digital economy, digital entrepreneurs pursue opportunities to produce and trade in digital artifacts on digital artifact … for more research on digital entrepreneurship.As such, this paper provides an overview of the central research questions …
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relatively weak. Entrepreneurship policy needs to target particular groups, including women and less experienced business owners …
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Small business activity and female entrepreneurship have become increasingly important features of the UK economy since … further accelerate the rise of female entrepreneurship …
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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...
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understanding of rural non-farm entrepreneurship, particularly with regard to the role of young adults in this sector. This paper … conclude that policies to support young entrepreneurs in rural Africa should not only focus on creating conditions that attract … young adults to start enterprises, but to also enable young entrepreneurs to improve productivity in already existing …
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