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callthemselves entrepreneurs.The data also suggest that women are less likelythan men to view themselves as entrepreneurs and tend to … individualsperceive themselves to be entrepreneurs.Following a review of theliterature on the relationships among gender business … higher entrepreneurial self-image thanthose without such accomplishments. The second hypothesis predicts that women will …
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This paper investigates time allocation decisions in new ventures of female and male entrepreneurs using a model that … distinguishes between effects of preferences and productivity on the number of working hours. Using data of 1,158 entrepreneurs we … average women invest less time in the business than men. This can be attributed to both a lower preference for work time …
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The Eclectic Theory of entrepreneurship isintroduced.The purpose of the theory is to provide a coherent …,interdisciplinary framework for understanding and analyzing what determinesentrepreneurship.The determinants of entrepreneurship in … least two important insights about theprevalence and the determinants of entrepreneurship in the countriesstudied …
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entrepreneurship, as well as direct and indirect effects of gender. Results support the model of both direct and indirect effects of … gender. The paper provides insights into gender issues in entrepreneurship as well as the definition of entrepreneurship in …
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entrepreneurship. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) emerged as a proof-of-concept phenomenon. Recent studies in … entrepreneurship journals have made great strides – articulating the theoretical relevance of ADHD-type behavior in entrepreneurship …
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the U.S. PSED (Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics) in which a sample of 414 nascent entrepreneurs were followed over …
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This paper investigates the impact of changes in the number of business owners on three measures of economic performance, viz. employment growth, GDP growth and labor productivity growth. Particular attention is devoted to the lag structure. The analysis is performed at the country level for 21...
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Blue ocean strategy seeks to turn strategic management on its head by replacing ‘competitive advantage’ with ‘value innovation’ as the primary goal where firms must create consumer demand and exploit untapped markets. Empirical analysis has been focused on case study evidence and so...
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Overconfidence has been proposed as an explanation for excess market entry by entrepreneurs and low returns in … entrepreneurial activities. However, establishing that entrepreneurs are more overconfident than non-entrepreneurs requires the use of … compared to actual life spans in a large sample of the US population. We show that entrepreneurs are indeed more overconfident …
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This paper investigates the impact of changes in the number of business owners on three measures of economic performance, viz. employment growth, GDP growth and labor productivity growth. Particular attention is devoted to the lag structure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864971