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Entrepreneurship Capital - Determinants and Impact

Audretsch, David B; Keilbach, Max - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Since the early 1980s, the role and general perception of entrepreneurship and start-up activities has changed … public goods characteristic but it is also uncertain. With that perspective, the role of entrepreneurship is to take on the … over to the start-up firm and therefore entrepreneurship can be expected to have a positive impact on economic performance …

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Globalization and the Rise of the Entrepreneurial Economy

Audretsch, David B; Sanders, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper argues that globalization has led to a shift in developed countries from an industrial to an entrepreneurial model of production. Globalization is interpreted as a level shock in the supply of unskilled labor to the world economy, a decrease in the level of political risk associated...

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The Lifecycle of Regions

Audretsch, David B; Falck, Oliver; Feldman, Maryann P; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Major economic transitions, even when they are disruptive, do not occur instantaneously but rather occur over time, as regions within a country change at different rates. Accordingly, these dynamics may be reflected in a geographic lifecycle with different regions characterized by different...

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Renascent Men or Entrepreneurship as a One-Night Stand: Entrepreneurial Intentions Subsequent to Firm Exit

Audretsch, David B; Meijaard, Joris; Stam, Erik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

While a large literature has emerged focusing on nascent entrepreneurship, the propensity for ex-entrepreneurs to … consider re-entering into entrepreneurship, or what we term here as renascent entrepreneurship, has been generally overlooked … underlying but unobservable endowment of entrepreneurial skills from entering into entrepreneurship, there is virtually nothing …

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The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship

Acs, Zoltán J; Audretsch, David B; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Contemporary theories of entrepreneurship generally focus on the decision-making context of the individual. The … entrepreneurship literature is that opportunities are exogenous, the most prevalent theory of innovation in the economics literature … suggests that opportunities are endogenous. This paper bridges the gap between the entrepreneurship and economic literature on …

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The Missing Link: The Knowledge Filter and Entrepreneurship in Endogenous Growth

Acs, Zoltán J; Audretsch, David B; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

entrepreneurship as a mechanism that reduces the knowledge filter. A cross-country regression analysis over the period 1981 … entrepreneurship may be an important new approach to promoting economic growth. …

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Debt or Equity? The Role of Venture Capital in Financing the New Economy in Germany

Audretsch, David B; Lehmann, Erik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Using a dataset of the firms listed on the Neuer Markt in Germany, this Paper demonstrates that venture backed firms differ from firms with other financial resources, especially debt. Thus, the results of this study provide evidence for the hypothesis that small and innovative firms are more...

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Does the New Economy Need New Governance? Ownership, Knowledge and Performance

Audretsch, David B; Lehmann, Erik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We study the implications of ownership and its induced incentives on firm performance in the ‘New Economy’. Instead of traditional performance we use firm survival on the stock market as the performance indicator. Using a unique data set of all 341 firms listed on the Neuer Markt, the German...

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Sources of Growth: the Entrepreneurial versus the Managed Economy

Audretsch, David B; Thurik, A R Roy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

made a plea for guidance in the era of entrepreneurship, scholars have been slow to respond. The purpose of this paper is … introduced a greater element of entrepreneurship have been rewarded with additional growth. …

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Entrepreneurship, State Economic Development Policy, and the Entrepreneurial University

Audretsch, David B; Phillips, Ronnie - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

entrepreneurship into state economic development and incubate entrepreneurial companies. Regional entrepreneurship policy is a new … with the needs and expertise of private industry to accelerate entrepreneurship and economic growth. …

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