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The global entrepreneurship index (GEINDEX)

Ács, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2009

This paper constructs a Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEINDEX) that captures the contextual feature of … entrepreneurship across countries. We find the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development to be mildly S-shaped not … U-shaped or L-shaped. Our findings suggest moving away from simple measures of entrepreneurship across countries …

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Entrepreneurial entry: which institutions matter?

Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2009

In this paper we explore the relationship between the individual decision to become an entrepreneur and the institutional context. We pinpoint the critical roles of property rights and the size of the state sector for entrepreneurial activity and test the relationships empirically by combining...

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School competition and students' entrepreneurial intentions: International evidence using historical Catholic roots of private schooling

Falck, Oliver; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010

School choice research mostly focuses on academic outcomes. Policymakers increasingly view entrepreneurial traits as a non-cognitive outcome important for economic growth. We use international PISA-2006 student-level data to estimate the effect of private-school competition on students'...

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The entrepreneurial advantage of world cities: evidence from global entrepreneurship monitor data

Ács, Zoltán J.; Bosma, Niels; Sternberg, Rolf - 2008

regional dimension of entrepreneurship is a subject of great interest. We set out a framework encompassing the individual … impact on this process. We create entrepreneurship indices for 34 world cities exploiting the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270608

Democratic capitalism and philanthropy in a global economy

Ács, Zoltán J.; Desai, Sameeksha - 2007

from the application of what has been a primarily American institution: Philanthropy. We present the Entrepreneurship …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271772

Innovation and social capital: Across-country investigation

Doh, Soogwan; Ács, Zoltán J. - 2009

entrepreneurship and the strongest relationship is between associated activities and entrepreneurship. This is consistent with the need …

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Size matters: Entrepreneurial entry and government

Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010

-level institutional indicators for 47 countries with working age population survey data taken from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor …

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Global entrepreneurship, institutions and incentives : the Mason years

Ács, Zoltán J. - 2015

particular intellectual focus on knowledge spillover entrepreneurship. It studies the evolution of global entrepreneurship and … author offers a knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship as a new way to help understand the entrepreneurial ecosystem …. For those that create wealth only for themselves the author develops a theory of destructive entrepreneurship that …

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Global entrepreneurship and development index 2012

Ács, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2011

The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index both captures the context features of entrepreneurship and fills a … gap in the measurement of development. Building on recent advances in entrepreneurship and economic development, the …1. The global entrepreneurship and development index -- 2. Entrepreneurship and economic development -- 3. Methodology …

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Global entrepreneurship and development index 2011

Ács, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2011

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