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Employee recognition and performance : a field experiment
Bradler, Christiane; Dur, Robert A. J.; Neckermann, Susanne - 2013
This paper reports the results from a controlled field experiment designed to investigate the causal effect of public recognition on employee performance. We hired more than 300 employees to work on a three-hour data-entry task. In a random sample of work groups, workers unexpectedly received...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009732805
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Berufliche Weiterbildung und Existenzgründung
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reize, Frank - 1999
In Deutschland werden vielfach hohe Anforderungen an die berufliche Qualifikation von Existenzgründern gestellt. Im … self-employed and job movers. The analysis is based on a cross section of individual data for West Germany in 1991 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442433
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Entrepreneurs from low-skilled immigrant groups in knowledge-intensive industries : company characteristics, survival and innovative performance
Müller, Elisabeth - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008990888
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The effect of broadband infrastructure on entrepreneurial activities : the case of Germany
Heger, Diana; Koomen, Miriam; Veith, Tobias - 2011
This paper investigates whether the local infrastructure favours entrepreneurial activities. Besides the physical and knowledge infrastructure we take into account a county’s broadband availability by building an index which accounts for county-related specificities. We find that broadband...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424075
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Founder's human capital, entry strategies and start-up size
Gottschalk, Sandra; Müller, Kathrin; Niefert, Michaela - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003846123
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Business closure and financial loss : who foots the bill? ; evidence from German small business closures
Metzger, Georg - 2010
creditors. The findings suggest that creditors are better off when entrepreneurs have a clear picture of their own abilities and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961536
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The contribution of corporate ventures to radical innovation
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Dick, Johannes M. H.; Hussinger, Katrin - 2010
das Mutterunternehmen. Unsere Datenbasis umfasst etwa 2.500 junge Unternehmen des verarbeitenden Gewerbes in Deutschland …
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The growth and human capital structure of new firms over the business cycle
Brixy, Udo; Murmann, Martin - 2016
Recent research suggests that employment in young firms is more negatively impacted during economic downturns than employment in incumbent firms. This questions the effectiveness of policies that promote entrepreneurship to fight crises. We complement prior research that is mostly based on...
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Employment growth in newly established firms : is there evidence for academic entrepreneur's human capital depreciation?
Müller, Kathrin - 2009
Human capital is known to be one of the most important predictors of a person's earnings. With regard to entrepreneurial success, founders' human capital is an important determinant of firm's employment growth as well. This paper investigates if the depreciation of a founder's academic knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881345
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If you don’t succeed, should you try again? : the role of entrepreneurial experience in venture survival
Gottschalk, Sandra; Greene, Francis J.; Höwer, Daniel; … - 2014
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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