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The Great Pyramids of America : A Revised History of US Business Groups, Corporate Ownership and Regulation, 1930-1950
Kandel, Eugene - 2013
Most listed firms are freestanding in the U.S, while listed firms in other countries often belong to business groups: lasting structures in which listed firms control other listed firms. Hand-collected historical data illuminate how the present ownership structure of the United States arose: (1)...
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Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Innovation in the U.S. High-Tech Sector
Brown, J. David - 2019
We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries. Our data come from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, a random sample of firms with detailed information on owner characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly...
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Investor Tax Credits and Entrepreneurship : Evidence from U.S. States
Denes, Matthew R. - 2020
Angel investor tax credits are used globally to spur high-growth entrepreneurship. Exploiting the staggered … have large positive effects, raising concerns about using investor subsidies to promote entrepreneurship …
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Energy Sector
Popp, David - 2020
documents the evolving roles of innovation and entrepreneurship in the energy sector. First, we provide an overview of the …
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Mexican Entrepreneurship : A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States
Fairlie, Robert - 2005
Nearly a quarter of Mexico's workforce is self employed. But in the U.S. rates of self employment among Mexican Americans are only 6 percent, about half the rate among non-Latino whites. Using data from the Mexican and U.S. population census, we show that neither industrial composition nor...
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Getting Schooled : The Role of Universities in Attracting Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Amornsiripanitch, Natee; Gompers, Paul A.; Hu, George; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Immigrant founders of venture capital-backed companies have been critical to the entrepreneurial ecosystem. We document the channels through which immigrant founders find their way to the United States and how those channels have changed over time. Immigrants have been an important source of...
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More than an Ivory Tower : The Impact of Research Institutions on the Quantity and Quality of Entrepreneurship
Tartari, Valentina; Stern, Scott - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
ecosystems. Assessing the impact of research institutions on entrepreneurship is challenging, given that these institutions are … the quality-adjusted quantity of entrepreneurship. In contrast, increases in non-research funding to universities and … entrepreneurship. Research funding to universities seems to play a unique role in promoting the acceleration of local entrepreneurial …
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The State of American Entrepreneurship : New Estimates of the Quantity and Quality of Entrepreneurship for 15 US States, 1988-2014
Guzman, Jorge - 2016
entrepreneurship. Building on Guzman and Stern (2015a; 2015b), this paper offers new evidence to inform this debate by estimating … simultaneously account for both the quantity as well as the quality of entrepreneurship: the Entrepreneurial Quality Index (EQI …, measuring the average quality level among a group of start-ups within a given cohort), the Regional Entrepreneurship Cohort …
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship : New Estimates and a Research Agenda
Chodavadia, Saheel; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
employer businesses in the US. We review recent research on the measurement of immigrant entrepreneurship, the traits of …Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new … and fields of study. We conclude with avenues for future research …
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Racial Protests and Credit Access
Garcia, Raffi E.; Ortega, Alberto - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We examine the impact of local racial demonstrations, such as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests, and the subsequent racial justice movement following the death of George Floyd on racial disparities in Paycheck Protection Program loan disbursements to small businesses. Using...
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