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We investigate the reasons for the pronounced regional differences of new business formation after the transformation from a socialist planned system to a market economy in East Germany. Relatively high start-up rates are found in regions that had a well-qualified workforce and a relatively high...
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and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist …
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also for entrepreneurship, innovation, and thus, economic growth. We analyze the level and the determinants of self … entrepreneur. Investigating the determinants of entrepreneurship within the creative class as compared to non-creative professions …
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findings suggest that the occupational choice of future entrepreneurs at the time of labor market entry is partly guided by a … taste for skill variety, the prospect of high earnings, and occupational earnings risk. Entrepreneurial intentions may also … unemployment and earnings risk, relatively many job opportunities, and high self-employment rates foster the founding of an own …
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Mounting empirical evidence shows that regional differences of entrepreneurship are persistent over long periods of …. Second, we investigate how the economic success of regional entrepreneurs fuels the role model effects. Third, we analyze if … and to what extent the economic success in of regional entrepreneurship stimulates a collective memory of historical …
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We review and discuss research on the development of regional entrepreneurship over time. A particular focus is on the … long-term persistence of regional levels of entrepreneurship, its explanation, and its meaning for economic development …
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This paper analyses persistence and change in the regional league table of entrepreneurship performance in the United … countries on these issues. The paper draws out policy implications on regional levelling-up of entrepreneurship activity. It …
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culture of entrepreneurship is positively related not only to the level of new business formation but also the amount of … innovation activity. …
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employment or entrepreneurship. Strong willingness to freely distribute research findings are related to a low appeal of private …
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It has been argued that creativity is an important source of regional growth. This article investigates the geography of people in creative occupation in Germany. The population share of the creative class as well as of bohemians and artists is relatively high in larger cities, but smaller...
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