In many decentralized corporations the allocation of financial funds especially for large projects depends on requests by subordinated divisions and subsidiaries. In this context there often exists a conflict of interests between the applicants and the headquarters...

Since the first public offering in 1985 asset backed securities (ABS) are one of the most rapidly growing segments of the U.S. capital markets. Finding its genesis in the refinancing of mortgages in the United States, ABS are structured by packaging a pool of financial assets, such as automobile...

Buy-outs and MBOs in particular underwent a rapid development during the last decade in the USA and the UK as well. In comparison Germany's buy-out-scene has to be characterized as less developed concerning number and size of deals. The aim of the working group was to find out wich conditions...

We develop entrepreneurship and institutional theory to explain variation in different types ofentrepreneurship across individuals and institutional contexts. Our framework generateshypotheses about the negative impact of higher levels of corruption, weaker property rightsand especially...

We analyze theoretically and empirically the impact of the shadow economy onentrepreneurial entry, utilising 1998-2005 individual-level Global Entrepreneurship Monitordata merged with macro level variables. A simple correlation coefficient suggests a positivelinear link between the size of the...

We explore the country-specific institutional characteristics likely to influence an individual’sdecision to become an entrepreneur. We focus on the size of the government, on freedomfrom corruption, and on ‘market freedom’ defined as a cluster of variables related toprotection of property...

The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in mostdeveloped and developing market economies. The difference is even more marked in thecountries of the former Soviet Union than those of Central and Eastern Europe. We link thesedifferences partly with the...

In this paper we explore the relationship between the individual decision to become anentrepreneur and the institutional context. We pinpoint the critical roles of property rights andthe size of the state sector for entrepreneurial activity and test the relationships empirically bycombining...

We model decisions with respect to formality or informality for entrepreneurs in a newindustry for a developing economy. We show that informality allows a leader to explore,without significant sunk costs, the potential profitability of the industry; that is, informality maybe a stepping stone,...

In this paper we combine a wide range of country-level institutional indicators with surveydata taken from the Global Enterprise Monitor on potential and actual entrepreneurial entry,to investigate the role of the institutions as determinants of the entrepreneurial entry,controlling for...