This paper explores the pre-First World War Austro-Hungarian economy as a prominent case where growing conflict between various ethnic and national groups within an empire might have contributed to the emergence of internal borders and even its eventual dissolution. To this end we adopt an...

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...

Die Förderung von Entrepreneurship und eines günstigen Umfelds für die Wirtschaft, insbesondere für Klein- und Mittelunternehmen, ist von entscheidender Bedeutung für das Wirtschaftswachstum, den Strukturwandel und die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in der Europäischen Union.Die Europäische...

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...

Economic transition lowered happiness on average, but did not affect allequally. This paper uses Hungarian survey data to study the impact ofreligion and economic transition on happiness. Religious involvementcontributes positively to individuals’ self-reported well-being.Controlling for...

We provide, for the first time, comparative evidence of the impact of various types of extremeevents – natural disasters, terrorism, and violent conflicts – on the perceptions ofentrepreneurs concerning some key entrepreneurial issues – such as fear of failure instarting a business...

“Entrepreneurs out of necessity” identified by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey area sizeable group across countries. They tend to have low education, run smaller firms, expecttheir firms to grow less, but are likely to stay in the market. This evidence is a challenge forexisting...

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...