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What Do We Know About Social Entrepreneurship : An Analysis of Empirical Research
Hoogendoorn, Brigitte - 2010
Despite the growing attention to social entrepreneurship as a scholarly field of research, it is still in a stage of … the evolution of social entrepreneurship as a field of scientific inquiry. The purpose of this paper is to gauge the … current state of empirical research in the field by reviewing 31 empirical research studies on social entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013151100
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Industry Dynamics and Entrepreneurship : An Equilibrium Model
Fok, D.; Stel, Andre van; Burke, Andrew E.; Thurik, Roy - 2010
This paper conducts the first general equilibrium analysis of the role of entry, exit and profits in industry dynamics. The benefit of our model is twofold. First, to discriminate between entrants' role of performing the entrepreneurial function of creating disequilibrium and the conventional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014198706
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Genome-Wide Association Studies and the Genetics of Entrepreneurship
van der Loos, Matthijs J. H. M. - 2011
We are currently investigating genetic influences on self-employment in an international research consortium using genome-wide association studies (GWAS). By meta-analysing results from numerous independent samples we address identification issues arising from multiple testing. To our knowledge,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133990
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An Eclectic Theory of Entrepreneurship : Policies, Institutions and Culture
Verheul, I. - 2011
The resurgence of entrepreneurship in the Westernworld is a multi-faceted phenomenon that may be studied according to …-reward profile of entrepreneurship versus that of other types of employment, as well as on hisor her institutional and cultural … promote entrepreneurship, and the culture's general attitude toward entrepreneurship. (SAA) …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134137
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Understanding Entrepreneurship Across Countries and Over Time
Audretsch, David B. - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134138
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Nascent Entrepreneurship and the Level of Economic Development
Thurik, Roy - 2009
and the links between a country's economic development andits rate of entrepreneurship.The data were provided by the … as the GCR Innovation CapacityIndex of the Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002 of the World EconomicForum. The data … between nascententrepreneurship and per capita income and between nascent entrepreneurship andthe innovative capacity index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154205
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The Effect of Entrepreneurial Activity on National Economic Growth
van Stel, Andre J. - 2009
development is presented. A description of the Total Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA) data collected by the Global Entrepreneurship … countries.The effect of entrepreneurship on economic growth may be better understood via the theories of Schumpeter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154211
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Business Accomplishments, Gender, and Entrepreneurial Self-Image
Thurik, Roy - 2009
The purpose of this study is to determine whethergender and business accomplishments influence the degree to which individualsperceive themselves to be entrepreneurs.Following a review of theliterature on the relationships among gender business accomplishments andentrepreneurial self-image, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154398
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Determinants of Entrepreneurial Engagement Levels in Europe and the Us
Grilo, Isabel - 2010
various entrepreneurial engagement levels. Data from two Entrepreneurship Flash Eurobarometer surveys (2002 and 2003 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758163
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A Note on Entrepreneurship, Small Business and Economic Growth
Thurik, Roy - 2010
aspects of the recent scientific literature on the relation between entrepreneurship and small business, on the one hand, and … pay a penalty in terms of forgone growth. It also pays attention to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), a new and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758415