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How much of a socialist legacy? The re-emergence of entrepreneurship in the East German transformation to a market economy

Fritsch, Michael; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Sorgner, Alina; … - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 2, pp. 427-446

—relates to the re-emergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany. This region is particularly well suited for such a study because … period, suggesting the existence of a long-lasting regional entrepreneurship culture that can be regarded as an informal …

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Regional competitiveness, university spillovers, and entrepreneurial activity

Audretsch, David; Hülsbeck, Marcel; Lehmann, Erik - In: Small Business Economics 39 (2012) 3, pp. 587-601

This study examines the impact of regional competitiveness on the innovative activity of entrepreneurial firms. Based on a unique and hand-collected dataset of publicly listed high-technology start-ups and university regions, this paper tests how regional competitiveness and university...

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Entrepreneurial activity and regional competitiveness: an introduction to the special issue

Audretsch, David; Peña-Legazkue, Iñaki - In: Small Business Economics 39 (2012) 3, pp. 531-537

still remains to be investigated on the role played by entrepreneurship in transforming local economies. The set of papers … of a bi-directional relationship between entrepreneurship and regional competitiveness, the papers shed some light on the …

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND URBAN GROWTH:AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT WITH HISTORICAL MINES

Glaeser, Edward L.; Kerr, Sari Pekkala; Kerr, William R. - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2013

Measures of entrepreneurship, such as average establishment size and the prevalence of start-ups, correlate strongly … instrument for our entrepreneurship measures and find a persistent link between entrepreneurship and city employment growth; this …

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Balanced Skills and the City: An Analysis of the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Skill Balance, Thickness and Innovation

Bublitz, Elisabeth; Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Being a "jack-of-all-trades" increases the probability of running an entrepreneurial venture successfully; but what happens to "jack-of-few-trades" who lack sufficient skills? This paper investigates a possible compensation mechanism between balanced skills and cities, and how this compensatory...

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Ready, set, go! Why are some regions entrepreneurial jump-starters?

Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

urban planning policies. The regional application of the theory on institutions and entrepreneurship outlined in this paper … determine start-up activity. Not much is known about what drives entrepreneurship in unstable environments characterized by … talent into productive entrepreneurship is higher in areas abundantly endowed with individuals who have a relatively high …

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

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 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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Agglomeration and innovation

Carlino, Gerald A.; Kerr, William R. - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - 2014

Draft chapter for the forthcoming Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, Vols. 5A and 5B This paper reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. The authors first describe the conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. They then discuss how...

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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; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 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. …

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Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines

Glaeser, Edward L.; Kerr, Sari Pekkala; Kerr, William R. - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 2 (2015) 97, pp. 498-520

We study entrepreneurship and growth through the lens of U.S. cities. Initial entrepreneurship correlates strongly with … damped entrepreneurship across several generations. Proximity to historical mining deposits is associated with reduced … entrepreneurship for cities in the 1970s and onward in industries unrelated to mining. We use historical mines as an instrument for our …

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