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The More Business Owners the Merrier? The Role of Tertiary Education
Praag, Mirjam van; Stel, Andre van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
microeconomic theory and evidence showing that entrepreneurs with superior levels of human capital run larger firms. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256193
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The Value of an Educated Population for an Individual's Entrepreneurship Success
Millan, Jose Maria; Congregado, Emilio; Roman, Concepcion; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
> Human capital obtained through education has been shown to be one of the strongest drivers of entrepreneurship performance … of time. An implication of our novel finding is that entrepreneurship and higher education policies should be considered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256412
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The Value of an Educated Population for an Individual's Entrepreneurship Success
Millan, Jose Maria; Congregado, Emilio; Roman, Concepcion; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
Human capital obtained through education has been shown to be one of the strongest drivers of entrepreneurship … period of time. An implication of our novel finding is that entrepreneurship and higher education policies should be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008916007
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021842
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The More Business Owners the Merrier? The Role of Tertiary Education
Praag, Mirjam van; Stel, Andre van - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
levels. This is consistent with microeconomic theory and evidence showing that entrepreneurs with superior levels of human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147077
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693778
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010758691
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764861
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010865141
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Start-ups, long- and short-term survivors, and their contribution to employment growth
Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 23 (2013) 4, pp. 719-733
This study documents that the survival of start-ups is central in explaining the relationship between entry and regional employment growth. Distinguishing between start-ups according to the period of their survival shows that the positive effect of new business formation on employment growth is...
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