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High Growth Entrepreneurs, Public Policies and Economic Growth
Stam, Erik; Suddle, Kashifa; Hessels, Jolanda; Stel, … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
This paper investigates whether the presence of ambitious entrepreneurs is a more important determinant of national … extent to which high growth ambitions of entrepreneurs affect GDP growth for a sample of 36 countries. Our results suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864588
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Entrepreneurship and Higher Education: An Overviewof the Iowa State University Alumni Survey
Jolly, Robert William; Li, Yu; Orazem, Peter F.; Kimle, … - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2010
Entrepreneurship is a hot topic both in academic and policy circles.1 There is a growingrecognition that entrepreneurship is a driving force in economic growth and development in bothestablished and emerging economies. There is also an increasing body of evidence suggestingentrepreneurship that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360738
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An Empirical Reassessment of the Relationship between Finance and Growth
Favara, Giovanni - Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen <Zürich> - 2007
This paper re-examines the empirical relationship between financial development and economic growth. It presents evidence based on an updated data set, a variety of econometric methods and two standard measures of financial development: the level of liquid liabilities of the banking system and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005858057
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Wirtschaftswachstum und Effektivität der Industrieunternehmen beim Übergang zu einer Marktwirtschaft in Bulgarien
Todorov, Todor Nenov - Hochschule <Wismar> / Fakultät für … - 2003
Das Wirtschaftswachstum und die wirtschaftliche Effektivität der Produktionsind Kernfragen der wirtschaftlichen … Entwicklung einer Gesellschaft. Ihr Erreichenist objektiv begründet und geht aus den Gesetzen, Prinzipien und Anforderungender … Problem des wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Übergangs zum Wirtschaftswachstum, weil nur so die Probleme des Übergangs zur …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862628
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Growth, Development, and Technological Change
Grossmann, Volker; Steger, Thomas M. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
The theory of endogenous technical change has deeply contributed to our understanding ofthe fundamental sources of economic growth and development. In this chapter we surveyimportant contributions in the field by focussing on the basic structure of endogenous growthmodels with horizontal as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863368
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Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs andtheir Duration in Self-employment:Evidence from German Micro Data
Block, Jörn Hendrich; Sandner, Philipp - Universität <München> / Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaft - 2007
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), we analyze whethernecessity entrepreneurs differ from … opportunity entrepreneurs in terms of self-employmentduration. Using univariate statistics, we find that opportunity entrepreneurs … remain in selfemploymentlonger than necessity entrepreneurs. However, after controlling for the entrepreneurs’education in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418823
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Good-Practice-Beispiele und Dokumentation des European Enterprise Award 2010/11
Holz, Michael - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung <Bonn> - 2011
Mittelunternehmen, ist von entscheidender Bedeutung für das Wirtschaftswachstum, den Strukturwandel und die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418970
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Partnering in the Welsh Construction Industry: a SubcontractingPerspective
Packham, Gary; Thomas, Brychan; Miller, Christopher - Welsh Enterprise Institute <Pontypridd> - 2001
Partnering can lead to construction projects being delivered quickly, efficiently and costeffectively. Indeed, research has shown that partnering arrangements can reduce constructiontime and standardisation can lead to efficiency on site. This is achieved by partnering a dedicatedteam of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009022242
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Tasting freedom: Happiness, religion and economictransition
Lelkes, Orsolya - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002
mainwinners from increasing economic freedom were the entrepreneurs. Thereligious were little affected by the changes. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354069
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Perceptions, Expectations, and Entrepreneurship:The Role of Extreme Events
Brück, Tilman; Llussá, Fernanda; Tavares, José - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010
entrepreneurs and theirperceptions. Using individual-level data from 43 countries from the period 2002 to 2005, wefind that neither … of entrepreneurial activity in specific circumstances. There ishence scope for entrepreneurs, and policies supporting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360568