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This paper identifies several distortions which create barriers to entrepreneurship. First, in addition to the innate … entrepreneurship. Third, inefficiencies in the transmission of tacit knowledge between generations of entrepreneurs can arise: with … access to within-family ownership transfer, the outside market for entrepreneurship operates as a lemon's market. This …
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entrepreneurship as a possible growth driver. This paper contributes to reconciling mixed findings in the literature on the …
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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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We document three new facts about entrepreneurship. First, a majority of male entrepreneurs start a firm in the same or …
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also reinforce the prior evidence on the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship …
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entrepreneurship. Little is known about the entry modes (new venture start-up vs. business takeover) of hybrid entrepreneurs. Our study … aims to close this gap by investigating the path to hybrid entrepreneurship. Using a large sample of French hybrid …, our study contributes to research on hybrid entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship entry modes. Moreover, it informs policy …
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particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the same concept of "entrepreneurship" will be critically …
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Many studies have explored the determinants of entering into entrepreneurship and the differences in self …-employment rates across racial and ethnic groups. However, very little is known about the survival in entrepreneurship of immigrants to … survival probability in entrepreneurship for Mexican and other Hispanic immigrants, which does not carry on to their U …
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This survey paper aims at critically discussing the recent literature on firm formation and survival and the growth of new-born firms. The basic purpose is to single out the microeconomic entrepreneurial foundations of industrial dynamics (entry and exit) and to characterise the founder's...
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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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