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Aidis, Ruta; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

entrepreneurship experience (IEE), an unconventional form of human capital, is related to the performance and motivation of …

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Why less? The Gendered Aspects of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Ownership under Economic Transition

Aidis, Ruta - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

This paper explores the gendered influence on SME development under economic transition in Lithuania. Previous studies have shown that male and female business owners are more different than similar in terms of personal and business characteristics (Brush 1992). An analysis of 332 SME owners in...

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Why don't we see more Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Lithuania?

Aidis, Ruta - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

This paper identifies the specific external barriers to SME development in Lithuania. An analysis of 332 SME owners reveals that formal barriers (taxes, frequent changes to and ambiguity of tax policies) and environmental barriers (low purchasing power, lack of funds for business investment)...

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Entrepreneurship and Economic Transition

Aidis, Ruta - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003

address the issue of entrepreneurship intwo distinct ways: a) as it has historically developed within the field of … economicsand b) as it develops in the transitional context. In contrast to advanced westerneconomies, productive entrepreneurship … entrepreneurship in Central EasternEuropean and Former Soviet Union countries. Entrepreneurship in Lithuaniaseems to not fit neatly …

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Entrepreneurship in Russia

Aidis, Ruta; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Centre for Comparative Economics, School of Slavonic … - 2008

This paper presents an account of the environment faced by entrepreneurs in Russia. In section one we give a brief introduction to the country which is followed by the overview of a public policy on small and medium enterprises in the next section. The current state of SMEs and some...

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New Business Formation and Regional Development: A Survey and Assessment of the Evidence

Fritsch, Michael - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011

research and draw some conclusions for entrepreneurship policy. …

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New Business Formation and Regional Development: A Survey and Assessment of the Evidence

Fritsch, Michael - In: Foundations and Trends(R) in Entrepreneurship 9 (2013) 3, pp. 249-364

, structural change, and increasing productivity, among others. Theory particularly emphasizes the role that some new businesses …

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Is industry location persistent over time? Evidence from coagglomeration patterns between new and incumbent firms in Germany

Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - In: Review of Regional Research 34 (2014) 1, pp. 1-21

We test whether new firms locate close to incumbent firms of the same industry. Tendencies to coagglomerate may explain the general wisdom that industry location is highly persistent over time. We perform separate analysis for East and West Germany which enables us to study two integrated areas...

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The Effect of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture on Economic Development - Evidence for Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2014

We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this … measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship … a regional culture of entrepreneurship is an important resource for regional growth. …

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Ready to leave the ivory tower?: Academic scientists’ appeal to work in the private sector

Fritsch, Michael; Krabel, Stefan - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 37 (2012) 3, pp. 271-296

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