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The German Mittelstand: antithesis to the Silicon Valley entrepreneurship model?

Pahnke, André; Welter, Friederike - 2019

Whilst internationally, the Mittelstand in Germany is admired and many countries try to emulate it, the current debate … in Germany praises the Silicon Valley model of entrepreneurship, contrasting the Mittelstand as low-growth, low-tech and … non-innovative - in short: as a hindrance to Germany's economic future. We therefore ask whether the Mittelstand actually …

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Creative forces for entrepreneurship : the role of institutional change agents

Welter, Friederike; Smallbone, David - 2015

The paper reviews the current discussion on institutional change and institutional entrepreneurship. Specifically, it focuses on institutional change agents, by which we mean individuals whose actions can be shown to have contributed to formal or informal institutional change, to the benefit of...

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The gendering of entrepreneurship context

Welter, Friederike; Brush, Candida G.; De Bruin, Anne - 2014

The paper builds on the understanding of context as suggested by Welter (2011) who introduced different dimensions of context along a continuum of where entrepreneurship takes place and when this happens. Where context has been studied in relation to gender and women, the focus has been on the...

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Public policy and success of business start-ups in Germany

Eckl, Verena; Rothgang, Michael; Welter, Friederike - 2009

In this paper, we evaluate the success of publicly supported business start-ups by comparing the outcomes of various … population of business start-ups. By using propensity score exact matching for success measurement we try to capture those … differences. -- Business start-ups ; public policy ; public support ; matching …

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Female and male entrepreneurs in Germany : how did the coronavirus pandemic affect their businesses?

Kay, Rosemarie; Welter, Friederike - 2021

Restrictions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic have affected and continue to affect the operations of entrepreneurs. A wide range of support measures were designed to mitigate their consequences. This paper traces the economic development in the various sectors and provides an overview of...

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Business insolvencies in Latvia

Sauka, Arnis; Welter, Friederike - 2010

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The Diana project : a legacy for research on gender in entrepreneurship

Brush, Candida G.; Greene, Patricia Gene; Welter, Friederike - 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to provide a brief history of the evolution of the Diana Project and the Diana International Research Conference. We examine the impact of the publications, conferences and research contributions; and consider key factors in the success of this...

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Moving contexts onto new roads : clues from other disciplines

Welter, Friederike; Baker, Ted - 2020

Der Beitrag reagiert auf die Forderung von Welter (2011), der Vielfalt des Unternehmertums in theoretischen Zusammenhängen mehr Aufmerksamkeit zu schenken, indem er den Zusammenhang zwischen Orten und Unternehmertum beschreibt. Die Autoren untersuchen dabei mit Hilfe verschiedener Disziplinen...

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