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Who values the status of the entrepreneur?
van Praag, C. Mirjam - 2009
Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession ‘entrepreneurship’ shapes … consequences of the group status of a profession, entrepreneurship in particular. If the group status of entrepreneurship is … Netherlands. We find that the status of occupations is mostly determined by the required level of education, the income level to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276993
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Employment growth of new firms
Stam, Erik; Gibcus, Petra; Telussa, Jennifer; Garnsey, … - 2008
This paper analyses the association between dynamic capabilities and new firm growth, controlling for measures of firm resources, characteristics of the entrepreneur, and aspects of the environment. The central research question is: How strong is the relationship between dynamic capabilities and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263862
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A physician with a soul of a cook? Entrepreneurial personality across occupations
Sorgner, Alina - 2012
entrepreneurship behavior. However, little is known about the role of the context in the relationship between personality and …There is a debate in the literature backed by ambiguous empirical evidence whether personality is useful at predicting … entrepreneurship. This paper draws on the well-established psychological theory of vocational behavior, which emphasizes the crucial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291855
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The entrepreneurial culture: guiding principles of the self-employed
Noseleit, Florian - 2008
What makes entrepreneurs different? Using a cross-country dataset, this paper explores essential parts of the value … system of entrepreneurs in Western European countries by comparing value items of the self-employed to that of the non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263877
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How long does it take to become an entrepreneurial society: The case of german convergence in self-employment
Schindele, Yvonne - 2010
Since the beginning of the transformation of East Germany from a socialist planned economy to a market economy, there has been an ambitious political goal of fostering entrepreneurial activity in that part of the country. One of the most-hoped for results of this undertaking is the anticipated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267109
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What is the value of entrepreneurship?: a review of recent research
van Praag, C. Mirjam; Versloot, Peter H. - 2007
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 in comparison to non-entrepreneurs? We study the relative … contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy based on four measures that have most widely been studied empirically. Hence, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276297
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Does self-employment reduce unemployment?
Thurik, A. Roy; Carree, Martin A.; van Stel, André J.; … - 2007
This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between self-employment and unem-ployment rates. On the one hand, high unemployment rates may lead to start-up activity of self-employed individuals (the "refugee" effect). On the other hand, higher rates of self-employment may indicate increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276973
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Total factor productivity and the role of entrepreneurship
Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, A. Roy - 2008
models based on the established literature. Traditionally, entrepreneurship is not dealt with in these models. In the present … paper it is shown that - when this variable is added - in all models there is a significant influence of entrepreneurship … while the remaining effects mainly stay the same. Entrepreneurship is measured as the business ownership rate (number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276826
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Socioeconomic heritage and rapid firm growth
Wyrwich, Michael - 2009
The present paper sheds light on how growth of young firms is affected by expansive strategies and the socioeconomic heritage of their main actors. Socioeconomic heritage has to do with socialization, prior socioeconomic circumstances, and regional growth conditions; the term is elaborated upon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267124
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Effects of entrepreneurship education at universities
Slavtchev, Viktor; Laspita, Stavroula; Patzelt, Holger - 2012
effect of entrepreneurship education on students' intentions to become entrepreneurs or self-employed in the long-term but a …This study analyzes the impact of entrepreneurship education at universities on the intentions of students to become … entrepreneurs or self-employed in the short-term (immediately after graduation) and in the long-term (five years after graduation …
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