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Many entrepreneurs who close a business are actually willing to venture anew. However, to realize a restart is not only … restart, the aspect of capital acquisition might be particularly precarious for renascent entrepreneurs since business … yet only when losses are incurred by banks. Losses which are incurred privately by the entrepreneurs or by other …
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Entrepreneurs are often faced with problems regarding start-up financing. But compared to novice entrepreneurs …, experienced entrepreneurs should have both more knowledge and better contacts, which should potentially reduce the occurrence of … entrepreneurs, who are of particular interest, the findings indicate that they cut back their financing demand and are more likely …
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This paper analyzes empirically the determinants of new born firms' initial size. As survival prospects of young firms tend to be linked to a firm's start-up size, a better understanding of the factors influencing start-up size is crucial. Most of the rare literature on initial firm size focuses...
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entrepreneur is therefore one of the main success factors for the firm. Yet entrepreneurs differ considerably in their background … percent of novice entrepreneurs who file for bankruptcy reestablish afterwards. On average, slightly more than 15 months will … elapse until such ‘fallen’ entrepreneurs venture out anew. They differ from entrepreneurs not willing or able to take a …
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This paper analyzes how companies of immigrant entrepreneurs in knowledgeintensive industries differ from companies of … native entrepreneurs with respect to start-up characteristics, firm survival and innovative performance. I focus on … immigrants from the "recruitment countries" of south and southeast Europe, who arrived in Germany mainly in the 1970s to fill …
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Our research, based on the ZEW-Foundation Panel East, examines whether high-tech start-ups are mainly founded in scientific and infrastructural well suited regions or not. Estimation results on the level of postcode areas confirm the hypothesis that specific human capital, knowledge spillovers...
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that previously failed entrepreneurs are less likely to survive and, in common with entrepreneurs with mixed prior … avoiding bankruptcy. Conclusions for entrepreneurship scholars, entrepreneurs and stakeholders are discussed. …
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We estimate the impact of a feed-in tariff for renewable power on wind power investment in Germany at the county level …
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structure in Germany. This provides a very useful natural experiment on the impact of increasing proportions of renewable …
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Over the last decade Germany has boosted renewable energy in power production by means of massive subsidies. The flip … to investigate the cost-effectiveness and incidence of Germany's renewable energy promotion. We find that the regressive …
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