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I can't get no satisfaction : necessity entrepreneurship and procedural utility
Block, Jörn; Koellinger, Philipp - 2008
We study a unique sample of 1,547 nascent entrepreneurs in Germany and analyze which factors are associated with their … individuals starting a business after a period of long-term unemployment and those individuals with a lack of better employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376664
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Social Policy as a Motivation for Start-Up Subsidies : Supporting Start-Ups Out of Unemployment (Sozialpolitische Ziele Der Gründungsförderung Am Beispiel Von Gründungen Aus Der Ar...
Block, Jörn - 2011
Support of business start-ups is partially motivated by social policy objectives. The paper discusses these social … policy objectives on a conceptual and empirical basis. Its focus is on start-ups out of unemployment. Implications for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125206
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Entrepreneurial exit in real and imagined markets
Stam, Erik; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Zwan, Peter van der - 2009 - Version: October 2009
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 ex-ante whether they are willing to pursue an entrepreneurial career at all, or to give up these entrepreneurial intentions. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374393
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Education and entrepreneurial choice : an instrumental variables analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: November 2010
Education is argued to be an important driver of the decision to start a business. The measurement of its influence, however, is difficult since it is considered to be an endogenous variable. This study accounts for this endogeneity by using an instrumental variables approachand a data set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379198
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Corporate income taxes and entrepreneurship : the type, quality, and quantity of entrepreneurship are influenced significantly by corporate income taxes-though only slightly
Block, Jörn - 2016
Corporate income taxation influences the quantity and type of entrepreneurship, which in turn affects economic development. Empirical evidence shows that higher corporate income tax rates reduce business density and entrepreneurship entry rates and increase the capital size of new firms. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011471069
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Work experience from paid employment and the path to entrepreneurship : business takeover versus new venture start-up
Xi, Guoqian; Block, Jörn; Lasch, Frank C.; Robert, Frank; … - 2016
Our paper investigates how the type of work experience gained from prior paid employment influences the path to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476546
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Mode of entry into hybrid entrepreneurship : new venture start-up versus business takeover
Xi, Guoqian; Block, Jörn; Lasch, Frank C.; Robert, Frank; … - 2017
Many entrepreneurs start their ventures while retaining jobs in wage employment; this phenomenon is called hybrid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011743547
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Historical institutional differences and entrepreneurship : the case of socialist legacy in Vietnam
Fisch, Christian; Wyrwich, Michael; Thi Lanh Nguyen; … - 2020
on entrepreneurship is apparently deeper than previously discovered in the prominent case of Germany, where differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012162614
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How does firm survival differ between business takeovers and new venture start-ups?
Xi, Guoqian; Block, Jörn; Lasch, Frank C.; Robert, Frank; … - 2017
survival probability differ between business takeovers and new venture start-ups? And how do the determinants of survival … chance than new venture start-ups. Yet, the differences between two entry modes partially disappear when controlling for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763818
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The role of R&D in new firm growth
Stam, Erik; Wennberg, Karl - 2009
Innovative start-ups are an important driver of economic growth. This article presents empirical evidence on the … effects of R&D on new product development, inter-firm alliances and employment growth during the early life course of firms …. We use a dataset that contains a sample of new firms that is representative for the whole population of start-ups. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003803128