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What is the value of entrepreneurship?: a review of recent research
van Praag, C. Mirjam; Versloot, Peter H. - 2007
This paper examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively and systematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276297
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What is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research
Praag, C. Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively and systematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090524
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Entrepreneurship and cultural creativity
Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2010
We investigate the relationship between cultural creativity and entrepreneurship in two respects: first, cultural and … personal creativity as a characteristic of self-employed individuals; second, selfemployment in professions that can be … cultural creativity that deserve further investigation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267115
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The good, the bad, and the talented: Entrepreneurial talent and other-regarding behavior
Weitzel, Utz; Urbig, Diemo; Desai, Sameeksha; Ács, … - 2009
Talent allocation models assume that entrepreneurial talent is selfish and thus allocates into unproductive or even destructive activities if these offer the highest private returns. This paper experimentally analyzes other-regarding preferences of entrepreneurial talent. We find that making a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270611
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Entrepreneurship and creative professions: A micro-level analysis
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013
It has widely been recognized that creativity plays an immense role not only for arts, sciences, and technology, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291853
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Entrepreneurship and Creative Professions - A Micro-Level Analysis
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
It has widely been recognized that creativity plays an immense role not only for arts, sciences, and technology, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010602469
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The geography and the effect of creative people in Germany
Fritsch, Michael - 2007
This paper investigates the geography and the effect of people in creative oc-cupation in Germany. The population share of the Creative Class as well as of bohemians and artists is relatively high in larger cities, but smaller places and rural regions may also have a considerable proportion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263781
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Creative class and regional growth: empirical evidence from eight European countries
Boschma, Ron A.; Fritsch, Michael - 2007
We analyze the regional distribution and the effect of people in creative occupations based on data for more than 450 regions in eight European countries. The geographic distribution of the creative class is highly uneven. The creative class is not attracted to highly urbanized regions per se,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263818
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Creativity and industrial cities: a case study of Baltimore
Ács, Zoltán J.; Megyesi, Monika I. - 2007
Creativity is changing the way cities approach economic development and formulate po-licy. Creative metropolises base … metropolises. Using data from the US Census Bureau and research on creativity measures, this case study concludes that Baltimore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271767
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Creativity, analytical skills, personality traits, and innovation game behavior in the lab: An experiment
Bäker, Agnes; Güth, Werner; Pull, Kerstin; Stadler, … - 2011
&D or patent data. This research, however, is only poorly informed about the psychological tradition of creativity research …. Our study is an attempt to experimentally collect behavioral data revealing in how far creativity, analytical skills … participants' performance in the innovation games is in fact related to their creativity, risk tolerance and self-control. Other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281675