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German Financial State Aid During COVID-19 Pandemic : Higher Impact Among Digitalized Self-Employed
Bertschek, Irene; Block, Jörn; Kritikos, Alexander; … - 2022
particular, we investigate how the digitalization level of the self-employed influences the program's effectiveness. Employing …-employed in advanced digitalization stages, who started the digitalization processes already before the crisis. Moreover, taking a … support programs, the digitalization levels of entrepreneurs, and the regional digital infrastructure. The study helps public …
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Online Teaching, Procrastination and Students' Achievement : Evidence from COVID-19 Induced Remote Learning
De Paola, Maria; Gioia, Francesca; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic forced schools and universities to transit from traditional class-based teaching to online learning. This paper investigates the impact produced by this shift on students' performance. We use administrative data of four cohorts of students enrolled in an Italian University...
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Digital Entrepreneurship Research : A Concise Introduction
Naudé, Wim - 2020
In the past few decades, technological progress has led to the digitization and digitalization of economies into what … the digital economy from an entrepreneurial perspective? What is the impact of digitalization - and big data - on business …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012823332
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Improving Entrepreneurs' Digital Skills and Firms' Digital Competencies Through Business Apps Training : A Study of Small Firms
Drydakis, Nick - 2022
The lack of awareness of digital services and outcomes is a concern in business environments since small firms need to improve their digital competencies. The present exploratory study investigated whether business apps training was associated with entrepreneurs' and firms' digital advancements....
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The Impact of Covid-19 on Small Business Owners : The First Three Months after Social-Distancing Restrictions
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2020
Social distancing restrictions and health- and economic-driven demand shifts from COVID-19 are expected to shutter many small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures, but there is very little early evidence on impacts. This paper provides the first analysis of impacts of the pandemic on the...
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Testing the Differential Impact of COVID-19 on Self-Employed Women and Men in the United Kingdom
Reuschke, Darja; Henley, Andrew; Daniel, Elizabeth; … - 2021
This paper investigates whether the female self-employed are more affected by the COVID-19 crisis than the male self-employed using longitudinal data four months following the first 'lockdown' in the UK. We specifically test the role of family/social, economic and psychological factors on...
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Entrepreneurial Recovery from Covid-19 : Decentralization, Democratization, Demand, Distribution, and Demography
Naudé, Wim - 2020
Entrepreneurship, as reflected in the start-up of new firms, the growth and market exit of existing firms, and the ow of venture capital, has been severely curtailed by the lockdown and social distancing measures taken by governments around the world in the fight against COVID-19. This paper,...
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The Impact of Covid-19 on Small Business Owners : Evidence of Early-Stage Losses from the April 2020 Current Population Survey
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2020
Social distancing restrictions and demand shifts from COVID-19 are expected to shutter many small businesses, but there is very little early evidence on impacts. This paper provides the first analysis of impacts of the pandemic on the number of active small businesses in the United States using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831977
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Industrialization Under Medieval Conditions? Global Development after Covid-19
Naudé, Wim - 2021
Industrialization is vital for inclusive and sustainable global development. The two engines of industrialization – innovation and trade – are in danger of being compromised by the COVID-19 pandemic, under conditions increasingly reminiscent of the medieval world. It comes at a...
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Covid-19 and Entrepreneurship Entry and Exit : Opportunity Amidst Adversity
Otrachshenko, Vladimir; Popova, Olga; Nikolova, Milena; … - 2022
We theoretically and empirically examine how acquiring new skills and increased financial worries influenced entrepreneurship entry and exit intentions during the pandemic. To that end, we analyze primary survey data we collected in the aftermath of the COVID-19's first wave in Russia, which has...
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