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Renaissance of entrepreneurship? : some remarks and empirical evidence for Germany
Bögehold, Dieter; Fachinger, Uwe - 2007
The paper deals with margins of entrepreneurship where small business owners are almost working ontheir own having no or just a few employees and where one can find also people working with lowreturns and having firms without stability or prosperous dynamics. However, even the area...
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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353250
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Risk preference and employment contract type
Farrell, Lisa; Brown, Sarah; Harris, Mark N.; Sessions, … - 2006
We explore the possibility that a systematic relationship exists between employment within a particular type of contract and risk preference. We exploit a set of proxies for risk preference, whereby some of the proxies capture risk loving behaviour (expenditure on gambling, smoking and alcohol)...
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Competition and the growth of non-standard employment : the case of the Australian construction industry
Toner, Phillip; Coates, Nick - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2006
Studies on globalisation suggest that a factor in the growth of nonstandard employment in developed economies has been the growing capacity of multinational corporations to arbitrage wage differentials across countries. This analysis applies in particular to industries subject to direct import...
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Effectuation & newness : an intertwined relationship?
Garonne, Christophe; Davidsson, Per - 2009
Principal topic: Effectuation theory suggests that entrepreneurs develop their new ventures in an iterative way by …. While it has been suggested that effectuation strategy is more likely to be used by innovative entrepreneurs (Sarasvathy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437613
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Sources of Funding for Australia's Entrepreneurs
Terjesen, Siri A.; Frederick, Howard - 2007
(from Introduction): It is often said that if entrepreneurs are the engines that drive new companies, then financing is …
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Understanding venture idea newness, relatedness and change among nascent and young entrepreneurs
Dissanayake, Dissanayake; Davidsson, Per - 2008
they had access to. Further, since entrepreneurs operate in an environment of heterogeneous and uncertain, they have to …
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Developing a conceptual framework of strategic entrepreneurship
Luke, Belinda G.; Kearins, Kate; Verreynne, Martie-Louise - 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the integration of entrepreneurship and strategy to develop a conceptual framework of strategic entrepreneurship. The framework is developed through an analysis of theory and refined through an examination of practice. Design/methodology/approach: This...
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Attractiveness of venture idea amongst expert entrepreneurs : a conjoint analysis
Semasinge, Dissanayake - 2010
factors drive entrepreneurs’ perceptions of the attractiveness of venture ideas, and what the relative importance of these … position of the individual. This study examines how entrepreneurs weigh considerations of different forms of novelty and … to determine how expert entrepreneurs develop preferences for venture ideas which involved with different degrees of …
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Factors influencing venture capitalist's project financing decisions in South Africa
Van Deventer, Albertus Gert - 2008
capitalists can enhance their decision-making process and entrepreneurs can adjust their preparation for venture capital … application to maximise their success rate. By alerting entrepreneurs of these criteria, some potentially flawed proposals can be … to be, the entrepreneurs honesty and integrity, a good expected market acceptance and a high IRR. The data was further …
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