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How to generalize Darwinism suitably to helpunderstand both the evolutionand the development of economies
Pelikan, Pavel - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2008
This paper agrees that a suitably generalized Darwinism may help understandsocioeconomic change, but finds the most publicized generalization by Hodgson and Knudsenunsuitable. To do better, it generalizes the extension of Neo-Darwinism into evolutionarydevelopmental biology (“evo-devo”),...
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Identifying Social Entrepreneurs Servingthe Poor at the BoP
George, Abraham M. - William Davidson Institute <Ann Arbor, Mich.> - 2009
The concept of social entrepreneurship as a characterization of social responsibility forbusiness organizations has … entrepreneurship, and how the BoP is defined.Confusion arises from the absence of generally accepted definitions for both terms … clarify what constitutes social entrepreneurship serving theBOP segment of the population, and how the BoP may be defined to …
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Total factor productivity and the role of entrepreneurship
Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2008
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/10005864502
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Democratic Capitalism and Philanthropy in a Global Economy
Acs, Zoltán J.; Desai, Sameeksha - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
from the application of what has been a primarily American institution: Philanthropy. We present the Entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864533
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Self-Employment and Unemployment in Spanish Regions in the Period 1979-2001
Golpe, Antonio; Stel, Adriaan J. van - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
This paper investigates the relation between changes in self-employment and changes in unemployment at the regional level in Spain in the period 1979-2001. We estimate a vec-tor autoregression model as proposed by Audretsch, Carree, van Stel and Thurik (2005) using a data base for Spanish...
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Could The Irish Miracle Be Repeated in Hungary?
Acs, Zoltán J.; O’Gorman, Colm; Szerb, Laszlo; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005
It is widely recognized that foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role ineconomic development. Internationalization theory is used to explore how inward FDIimpacts entrepreneurial activity. Using data from the Global EntrepreneurshipMonitor we find significant differences in...
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The Missing Link
Acs, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; Braunerhjelm, Pontus - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004
entrepreneurship as a mechanism that reduces the knowledge filter. .. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865018
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Penetrating the "Knowledge Filter" in Regional Economies
Plummer, Lawrence A.; Acs, Zoltán J. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004
New knowledge in the form of products, processes and organizations leads to opportunities that can be exploited commercially. However, converting new ideas into economic growth requires turning new knowledge into economic knowledge that constitutes a commercial opportunity. Acs, Audretsch,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865129
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Business Ownership and Unemployment in Japan
van Acht, Joost; Stam, Joop A.; Thurik, Adriaan Roy; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2004
unemployment in Japan. The question is to what extent business ownership, i.e., entrepreneurship, can reduce the level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865257
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Time Preferences, Culture, and Household Debt Maturity Choice
Breuer, Wolfgang; Hens, Thorsten; Salzmann, Astrid Juliane - National Centre of Competence in Research - Financial … - 2011
Our paper explores the role of time preferences on household debt maturity choice. Wefind that in countries where people are more patient in the long term, planning horizons in householddebt portfolios are significantly longer, as the optimal maturity of loans is considerably higher.The...
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