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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...
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Culture's Role in Entrepreneurship : Self-Employment Out of Dissatisfaction
Hofstede, Geert; Noorderhaven, N.; Thurik, Roy; … - 2009
. The bivariate relationship between levelof entrepreneurship and a number of economic factors, cultural traits … thelevel of entrepreneurship at the aggregated societal level. Findings indicate that the factors determining level of … entrepreneurship arecomplex, but the basic finding is that dissatisfaction with society and life ingeneral determines level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014201892
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Entrepreneurship and the Business Cycle
Koellinger, Philipp; Thurik, Roy - 2009
contradicts existing theoretical hypotheses which predict that entrepreneurship is pro-cyclical or not cyclical. We discuss …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207942
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Total Factor Productivity and the Role of Entrepreneurship
Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, Roy - 2009
models based on the established literature. Traditionally, entrepreneurship is not dealt with in these models. In the present … paper it is shown that - when this variable is added - in all models there is a significant influence of entrepreneurship … while the remaining effects mainly stay the same. Entrepreneurship is measured as the business ownership rate (number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208199
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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
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Are Education and Entrepreneurial Income Endogenous? A Bayesian Analysis
Block, Jorn H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart F.; Thurik, Roy - 2014
Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instru-mental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014196996
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Adhd-Like Behavior and Entrepreneurial Intentions
Verheul, I.; Block, Jorn H.; Burmeister-Lamp, Katrin; … - 2013
Little is known about the relation between validated psychiatric symptoms scores and the entrepreneurial decision. Building on the Person-Environment (P-E) fit literature and using data of over 10,000 students, we test whether individuals with higher levels of attention deficit and hyperactivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014040129
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Entrepreneurial Exit in Real and Imagined Markets
Stam, Erik; Thurik, Roy; van der Zwan, Peter - 2008
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/10014047668
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Entrepreneurial Activity, Self-Perception and Gender
Verheul, I.; Uhlaner, Lorraine M.; Thurik, Roy - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014092508