Allen öffentlichen Förderprogrammen zur Verbesse -rung der Breitbandversorgung liegt das Prinzip zuGrunde, dort zu fördern, wo ausreichende Markt -lösungen für den jeweiligen Bedarf bei den gegebenenwirtschaftlichen, infrastrukturellen und topographischenGegebenheiten auch unter...

In der Humangeographie gewinnen die Konzepte zu regionalen Branchenclustern immergrößere Bedeutung. In diesen Konzepten arbeiten Unternehmen aus der gleichen oderähnlichen Wertschöpfungsketten zusammen in einer Region mit identischem sozialem undkulturellem Hintergrund. Aufgrund ihrer...

The development of a decision support approach with regard to agro-environmental pro-grammes is part of a larger research project on agricultural transformation and structural change processes. Research objective are improved communication processes and an enhanced quality of political...

A unique data set on home use of computers and the Internet is used to investigate the tradeoffsbetween physically commuting to a work site and telecommuting from home via computers. Thestudy further investigates whether individuals who work from home receive greatercompensation relative to...

This paper examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively and systematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy...

We examine whether founders backgrounds influence new firm survival in the early years after start-up. We develop hypotheses linking founders back-grounds to pre-entry capabilities associated with entrepreneurial human capital, highlighting the cases of spin-offs and habitual entrepreneurs. The...

This paper investigates whether the presence of ambitious entrepreneurs is a more important determinant of national economic growth than entrepreneurial activity in general. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor to test the extent to which high growth ambitions of entrepreneurs...

This paper argues that globalization has led to a shift in developed countries from an industrial to an entrepreneurial model of production. Globalization is interpreted as a level shock in the supply of unskilled labor to the world economy, a decrease in the level of political risk associated...

We analyse the decision to become an entrepreneur by either taking over an established business or starting a new venture from scratch. A model is developed which predicts how several individual- and firm-specific characteristics influence entrepreneurs' entry mode...

This study utilizes a human capital framework to explore whether business ownership experience is associated with the number of business opportunities identified, the number of identified opportunities that are pursued, and the nature of those opportunities...