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Sources of Knowledge Used by Entrepreneurial Firms in the European High-Tech Sector
Amoroso, Sara; Audretsch, David B.; Link, Albert N. - 2017
/her reliance on alternative sources of knowledge for exploring new business opportunities. The extant literature that is at the … crossroads between sources of knowledge and the experiential and intellectual base of an entrepreneur (i.e., dimensions of his …/her human capital) suggests that it is through experience and through education that an entrepreneur obtains knowledge. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012055295
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Sources of knowledge used by entrepreneurial firms in the European high-tech sector
Amoroso, Sara; Audretsch, David B.; Link, Albert N. - 2017
/her reliance on alternative sources of knowledge for exploring new business opportunities. The extant literature that is at the … crossroads between sources of knowledge and the experiential and intellectual base of an entrepreneur (i.e., dimensions of his …/her human capital) suggests that it is through experience and through education that an entrepreneur obtains knowledge. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011989271
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On the R&D/marketing interface in knowledge intensive entrepreneurial firms
Boles, James Sanders; Link, Albert N. - In: International entrepreneurship and management journal 13 (2017) 3, pp. 943-952
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011950564
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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256430
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Returns for Entrepreneurs vs. Employees: The Effectof Education and Personal Control on the RelativePerformance of Entrepreneurs vs. Wage Employees
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009
How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’?What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples’ occupationalchoices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor forceparticipants. We show that education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360612
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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Controlin an Occupational Choice Framework
Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model.The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment ofand accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is thatentrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360633
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It’s the Opportunity Cost, Stupid!How Self-Employment Responds to FinancialIncentives of Return, Risk and Skew
Berkhout, Peter; Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
There is no robust empirical support for the effect of financial incentives on the decision towork in self-employment rather than as a wage earner. In the literature, this is seen as apuzzle. We offer a focus on the opportunity cost, i.e. the wages given up as an employee.Information on income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009496228
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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004964455
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Who values the status of the entrepreneur?
Praag, Mirjam van - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession 'entrepreneurship' shapes people's occupational preferences and thus their choice behavior. The current study focuses on the determinants and consequences of the group status of a profession,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004984635
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Who Values The Status of The Entrepreneur?
Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession ‘entrepreneurship’ shapes people’s occupational preferences and thus their choice behavior. The current study focuses on the determinants and consequences of the group status of a profession,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005036246