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Start-ups and employment growth: evidence from Sweden

Andersson, Martin; Noseleit, Florian - 2008

We use longitudinal data over a decade on start-ups and employment in Swedish regions and analyze the effect of start-ups on subsequent employment growth. We extend previous analyses by examining the influence of regional start-ups in a sector on regional employment growth in the same sector and...

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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...

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Does Self-Employment reduce Unemployment?

Thurik, A. Roy; Carree, Martin A.; Stel, Andre van; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between self-employment and unemployment 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...

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Start-Ups and Employment Growth - Evidence from Sweden

Andersson, Martin; Noseleit, Florian - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

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Building a Better Rat Trap : Technological Innovation, Human Capital and the Irula

Terjesen, Siri - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

relationship between human capital and technological entrepreneurship, considering the knowledge and skills required to …

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Geographic Allocation of OSS Contributions : The Role of Institutions and Culture

Engelhardt, Sebastian von; Freytag, Andreas - 2013

So-called open source software (OSS) is marked by free access to the software and its source code. Copyright-based OSS licenses permit users to use, change, improve and redistribute the software, which is designed and developed in a public, collaborative manner. High quality OSS products like...

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Total factor productivity and the role of entrepreneurship

Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 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 …

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Creating Strategic Advantage through EntrepreneurialGovernance in New Ventures

Audretsch, David B.; Lehmann, Erik; Plummer, Lawrence A. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

An important literature has made a fundamental link between corporate governanceand corporate strategy. According to agency theory, assigning managersstock options aligns their interests with the interests of the owners of the firm.This paper suggests that this may not apply in the context of...

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What is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research

Praag, Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … group? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals utility levels …

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The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Foreign Direct Investment

Acs, Zoltán J.; Brooksbank, David J.; OGorman, Colm; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

We explore if the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, applied to FDI, provides at least a partial … explanation for the greater emergence of recent knowledge-based entrepreneurship in Ireland compared with Wales. In order to … examine how FDI and entrepreneurship policy in these two regions might have influenced the levels of knowledge …

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