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Perceived financial barriers and the start-up decision: An econometric analysis of gender differences using GEM data
Stephen, Roper; Jonathan M., Scott - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK 2004 database. Standardising for a range of individual characteristics, we find that women are around …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602760
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Do risk attitudes differ within the group of entrepreneurs?
Block, Joern; Sandner, Philipp; Spiegel, Frank - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The notion of risk and entrepreneurship has been widely discussed in the entrepreneurship literature. Starting a … about risk attitudes of entrepreneurs and to the literature about necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008566446
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The way things are done here – Polish entrepreneurship - having endowned heritage or burden?
Starnawska, Marzena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Using case study analysis based on in-depth interviews we aim to extend the entrepreneurship research in transition … context in Poland. Entrepreneurship models build in America and Western Europe do not picture the specifics of … entrepreneurship in transition economies. The author reviews concepts and theses on entrepreneurship in this context and argues that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259343
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Balanced skills among nascent entrepreneurs
Stuetzer, Michael; Obschonka, Martin; Schmitt-Rodermund, Eva - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper examines the effects and origins of balanced skills among nascent entrepreneurs. In a first step we apply Lazear’s jack-of-all-trades theory to investigate performance effects of a balanced skill set. Second, we investigate potential sources of balanced skills, thereby testing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260930
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Entrepreneurship: what´s happening?
Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Much has been said lately about entrepreneurship, so it seems important to leave here some personal analysis on this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009211239
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Entrepreneurship: some considerations
Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In this work it is presented some considerations about entrepreneurship. Most of these questions are linked with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009211241
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Nanotechnology and business opportunities: scenarios as awareness instrument
Knol, Erik - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
For a few years now, nanotechnology has been recognised as a promising new growth innovator. This leads to a shift from the exploration of nanotechnology knowledge towards a phase of exploitation. The coming years this commercialisation of nanotechnology will be extended. Nanotechnology is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644774
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Measures of Science & Technology in Ecuador
José Luis, Massón-Guerra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
One of the structural problems in Latin-American has been the lower innovative capacity and lower generation of economically exploitable knowledge. This phenomenon has been produced by the absence of government’s incentives and strategies in order to be competitive inside the Knowledge Based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836574
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Entrepreneurial Morality: Some Indications from Greece
Bitros, George C.; Karayiannis, Anastassios D. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In countries with relatively small firms, entrepreneurial morality is determined by the influences that shape the values, the personality and the character of entrepreneurs as owners and managers of their enterprises. To shed some light on the processes involved we estimate an ordered probit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836792
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Entrepreneurship and its role in the Arab development under the knowledge economy
Alasrag, Hussien - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Entrepreneurship and to identify opportunities .in addition to create markets and new products to adapt to new technologies and … applications. This paper aims to study the role of Entrepreneurship in the Arab development under the knowledge economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536059