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The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture: Germany 1925 - 2005
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2012
and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291827
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How much of a socialist legacy? The reemergence of entrepreneurship in the East German transformation to a market economy
Fritsch, Michael; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Rusakova, Alina; … - 2012
The 40 years of socialist regime in East Germany were characterized by a massive anti-entrepreneurship policy. We … investigate the reemergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany during its transformation to a market economy following the … market economy, suggesting the existence of a long-lasting regional entrepreneurship culture. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291841
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Resource wealth and entrepreneurship: A blessing or a curse?
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2012
investigate the reasons behind such a significant lag of the resource-rich countries in entrepreneurship. Panel data for more than … 80 countries from 2004-2009 shows that higher dependence on resource rents reduces entrepreneurship activities. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294372
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Entrepreneurship in the region: Breeding ground for nascent enterpreneurs?
Mueller, Pamela - 2005
Statistics to study nascent entrepreneurship. In particular, micro data from the GSOEP characterizing employees and nascent …-up activity, strongly indicate that regions with strong tradition in entrepreneurship are a breeding ground for nascent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298504
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The effect of new business formation on regional development over time: the case of Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2006
We investigate the effects of new business formation on employment change in German regions. A special focus is on the lag-structure of this effect and on differences between regions. The different phases of the effects of new business formation on regional development are relatively pronounced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298522
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Young, open and international: the impact of search strategies on the internationalization of new ventures
Zimmermann, Jörg; Grimpe, Christoph; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2009
Young firms with the ability to internationalize early and decisively have received much attention in recent academic discussion. However, relatively little is known about the underlying processes that enable them to skip several stages of the internationalization process. We contribute to this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298789
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Does interdisciplinarity lead to higher employment growth of academic spinoffs?
Müller, Bettina - 2009
Does heterogeneity in the educational backgrounds of the founders matter for firm success? Are team foundations more successful than single entrepreneurs? These questions are analysed using data on academic spinoffs in Germany. Firm success is measured by employment growth. I find that team...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299836
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Entry regulation and entrepreneurship: Empirical evidence from a German natural experiment
Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2010
The amendment to the German Trade and Crafts Code in 2004 offers a natural experiment to asses the causal effects of this reform on the probabilities of being self-employed and transition into and out of self-employment, using cross-sections (2002-2006) of German microcensus data. This study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303822
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Entrepreneurs from low-skilled immigrant groups in knowledge-intensive industries - company characteristics, survival and innovative performance
Mueller, 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304654
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Innovation and education: Is there a "nerd effect"?
Goldbach, Stefan - 2012
This paper investigates whether entrepreneurs with technical education are more innovative in high-tech industries than economists. The main contribution to the literature is in using the type of education as main explanatory variable for innovation. To analyze this question, the KfW/ZEW...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323729