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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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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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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 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 …. Immigrant entrepreneurs are less than half as likely to found a company in a knowledge-intensive industry as native …
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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...
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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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distinguish between different types of entry strategies. On the one hand, we look at entry strategies based on innovation. We … measure innovation by a variable which indicates if a firm carries out continuous R&D. On the other hand, entry is classified …
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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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This paper investigates the impact of the financial crisis on investment decisions in innovative versus non-innovative firms. Firms are defined as being innovative if they have introduced a new product to the market. The empirical test is based on data for the years before and after the recent...
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market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and … research institutions enhance original innovation. …
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