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Entrepreneurial Exit in Real and Imagined Markets

Stam, Erik; Thurik, Roy; Zwan, Peter van der - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008

This discussion paper resulted in a publication in 'Industrial and Corporate Change' (2010). Volume 19, issue 4, pages 1109-1139.<P> Entrepreneurs exit their business due to selection mechanisms experienced in the market place. Next to this well known ex-post decision to exit, entrepreneurs select...</p>

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The Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship: Not Just a Matter of Personality

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank; Kritikos, Alexander; … - CESifo - 2014

Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk …

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Types of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

Stam, Erik; Stel, Andre van - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

In this paper, we empirically investigate the effect of entrepreneurship on economic growth at the country level. We … use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, which provides comparative data on entrepreneurship from a wide range … effects of entrepreneurship in general and growth-oriented entrepreneurship in particular. We present empirical tests of the …

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Growing out of the crisis: hidden assets to Greece's transition to an innovation economy

Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013) 1, pp. 1-23

L2, L26, O3, O4. </AbstractSection> Copyright Herrmann and Kritikos; licensee Springer. 2013

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Ambitious entrepreneurship: antecedents and consequences

Hermans, Julie; Dejardin, Marcus; Vanderstraeten, Johanna; … - Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de … - 2012

In the recent literature on entrepreneurship, a growing body of knowledge recognizes that some entrepreneurs have …. Consequently, it is not surprising that ambitious entrepreneurship gradually becomes a topic of high interest for policy makers and … existing literature on ambitious entrepreneurship. Our analysis confirms that ambitious entrepreneurs might be an interesting …

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Trust, positive reciprocity, and negative reciprocity: Do these traits impact entrepreneurial dynamics?

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank; Kritikos, Alexander - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 33 (2012) 2, pp. 394-409

Experimental evidence reveals that there is a strong willingness to trust and to act in both positively and negatively reciprocal ways. So far it is rarely analyzed whether these variables of social cognition influence everyday decision making behavior. We focus on entrepreneurs who are...

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Drivers of Self-Employment - A Multivariate Decomposition Analysis for the Case of Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

for the East German recovery of entrepreneurship after 40 years of socialist regime. We find different results for self … particular increase of solo-entrepreneurship. …

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Do entrepreneurs really earn less?

Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …

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Do Entrepreneurs Really Earn Less?

Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014

employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …

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Personality characteristics and the decisions to become and stay self-employed

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank; Kritikos, Alexander - In: Small Business Economics 42 (2014) 4, pp. 787-814

Based on a large, representative German household panel, we investigate to what extent the personality of individuals influences the entry decision into and the exit decision from self-employment. We reveal that some traits, such as openness to experience, extraversion, and risk tolerance affect...

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