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How much of a socialist legacy? : the reemergence of entrepreneurship in the East German transformation to a market economy

Fritsch, Michael; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Rusakova, Alina; … - 2012

The 40 years of socialist regime in East Germany were characterized by a massive anti-entrepreneurship policy. We investigate the reemergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany during its transformation to a market economy following the collapse of the East German state in 1989. It took about...

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The persistence of regional entrepreneurship : are all types of self-employment equally important?

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2015

We explore the role of different types of self-employment for a persistence of the regional level of entrepreneurship over time. Our analysis for West German regions shows relatively strong effects for the historical self- employment rate in the non-agricultural sector, particularly in...

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The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture : Germany 1925 - 2005

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2012

We investigate the persistence of levels of self-employment and new business formation in different time periods and under different framework conditions. The analysis shows that high levels of regional self-employment and new business formation tend to be persistent for periods as long as 80...

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Regional trajectories of entrepreneurship : the effect of socialism and transition

Fritsch, Michael; Kristalova, Maria; Wyrwich, Michael - 2020

We investigate how major historical shocks affect regional trajectories of economic activity. To this end, we conduct a comparative analysis of the development of entrepreneurship in East and West Germany after World War II. The introduction of an anti-entrepreneurial socialist economy in East...

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Persistence of regional entrepreneurship : causes, effects, and directions for future research

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017

This paper reviews the empirical evidence of persistent levels of regional self-employment and new business formation and the effect this persistence has on development. It is argued that a regional culture of entrepreneurship plays an important role in explaining persistence of...

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Persistence of entrepreneurship in different historical contexts

Fritsch, Michael; Pylak, Korneliusz; Wyrwich, Michael - 2019

Persistence of entrepreneurship over longer periods of time could indicate a culture of entrepreneurship among the local population that may be an important factor for regional development, but does persistence of economic activity require cultural transmission? We exploit the diverse historical...

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The value orientation of entrepreneurs in challenging institutional contexts : insights from a unique historical episode

Wyrwich, Michael - 2020

Previous research suggests that entrepreneurs value autonomy more than non-entrepreneurs do across countries and … institutional frame-work conditions while we do not know whether this connection also exists in situations, in which entrepreneurs … entrepreneurs faced massive institutional barriers and, second, a context marked by significant changes of the institutional …

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Regional knowledge, entrepreneurial culture and innovative start-ups over time and space : an empirical investigation

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018

We investigate the role of entrepreneurship culture and the historical knowledge base of a region on current levels of new business formation in innovative industries. The analysis is for German regions and covers the time period 1907-2014. We find a pronounced positive relationship between high...

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TV and entrepreneurship

Slavtchev, Viktor; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017

Can TV influence the entrepreneurial decisions of individuals? To identify causal effects, we utilize a quasi-natural experiment, namely that during the division of Germany after WWI into the capitalistic West Germany and the socialistic East Germany, West TV was exogenously available only in...

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TV and entrepreneurship

Slavtchev, Viktor; Wyrwich, Michael - 2021

more likely to become entrepreneurs and the last exposed cohort becomes "too old". However, we also find that non …-directly exposed successive cohorts and descendants of directly exposed individuals also wish to become entrepreneurs more often. We …

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