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external chief executive officer (CEO). The paper uses variation in CEO succession decisions that result from the gender of a …
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We present a model of succession in a firm controlled and managed by its founder. The founder decides between hiring a …
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This paper examines the determinants of inter vivos (lifetime) transfers of ownership in German family firms between 2000 and 2013. Survey evidence indicates that owners of larger firms, and firms with strong current business conditions, transfer ownership at higher rates than others. When a...
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This paper argues that a large component of success in entrepreneurship and venture capital can be attributed to skill … further support for the role of skill in both entrepreneurship and venture capital …
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Entrepreneurship has been traditionally concentrated in the hands of a few small communities in most developing …
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on U.S. tax returns to study the role of the gig economy on entrepreneurship. We find that gig workers are more likely to …
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-group entrepreneurship reveals that stronger networks enhance the relationship between social engagement and business formation. Also, as … searching for capital are important for understanding-policies aimed at boosting rates of entrepreneurship in underrepresented …
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This paper uses Norwegian tax records to examine the performance of angel investors. While most angel investments perform poorly, mean returns are twice the invested capital, due largely to extreme skewness: around one-third of investments are a total loss, but the top one-percent return more...
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. This paper presents a model of entrepreneurship in which women face disadvantages, including discrimination from workers … in middle-income countries, where the returns to entrepreneurship are high enough to offset gender-based costs and both … more usually in industries with low levels of skilled workers. Despite the entrepreneurship rate's reversal of the U …
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underrepresented founders. The article ends with an extensive set of research ideas motivated by the gaps in the entrepreneurship …
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