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context of entrepreneurship and by Fershtman and Weiss (1991). …
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successful clustering is the development of entrepreneurship, and the expected result (i.e. the purpose of cluster initiatives … potential of entrepreneurship’s development. It allows not only to substantiate the thesis about the dominant influence of … social factors but also to reveal the implicit contradiction between the social and economic aspects of entrepreneurship able …
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taking the relevant risky decisions. Discovery and exploitation are separate but interlinked features of entrepreneurship … studies on entrepreneurship do not offer a neat picture of the actual contribution of education to entrepreneurial human … depth analysis of the determinants of entrepreneurship in Italy, thus accounting for the role that variables like the …
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Questo paper presenta un questionario e una guida pratica per la misurazione del capitale sociale. Il lavoro vuole costituire un vero e proprio manuale rivolto a ricercatori, studenti e docenti, consulenti di impresa e operatori del terzo settore che per qualsiasi ragione, dalla redazione della...
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This paper sheds new light on the assessment of firm networks via multiple directorships in terms of corporate firm performance. Using a large sample of European listed firms in the period from 2003 to 2011 and system GMM we find a significant compensation effect on corporate firm performance...
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In today’s changing world the business environment is changing rapidly. The emergence of e-commerce and development of information and technology plays a significant role in the nature of work as well as their attitude towards the organization. We have been experiencing a tremendous growth in...
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In this paper, we elicit preferences of Swiss citizens for the allocation of income redistribution to different uses through a Discrete Choice Experiment performed in 2008. Neustadt and Zweifel (2009} provide an estimate of the total desired amount of income redistribution as a share of...
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We develop an overlapping generation model to examine how the relationship between status concerns, fertility and education affect growth performances. Results are threefold. First, we show that stronger status motives heighten the desire of parents to have fewer but better educated children,...
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Dating back to Veblen (1899), theoretical and empirical studies about conspicuous consumption have largely stipulated associations between social status and income. This paper focuses on the supply of status and tests the underlying assumption by using a data on the attractiveness ratings for...
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Using the Chinese urban household survey data between 1997 and 2006, we find that income inequality has a negative (positive) impact on households’ consumption (savings), even after we control for family income. We argue that people save to improve their social status when social status is...
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