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Families, Human Capital, and Small Business: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robb, Alicia - 2003
Using data from the confidential and restricted-access Characteristics of Business Owners (CBO) Survey, we provide some suggestive evidence on the causes of intergenerational links in business ownership and the related issue of how having a family business background affects small business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444181
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Three Essays on Firm Behavior and Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslav Republics.
Koman, Matjaz - 2009
and entrepreneurship in selected former Yugoslav countries. The goal was to determine whether firms’ objective remains the … firms, entrepreneurship, and self-employment.The answers and insights provided by these three essays reveal that merely … entrepreneurship and therefore cannot always serve as a basis for future growth. The first essay uses Macedonian firm-level data to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476543
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Schooling, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Performance
Praag, C.M. van; Parker, S.C. - 2004
To what extent is the performance of a small business venture, once started, affected by capital constraints at the time of inception and by the business founder's investment in human capital? We attempt to answer this question taking into account the potential endogeneity of human and financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460015
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Education and Entrepreneurship in Industrialized Countries: A Meta-analysis
Sluis, J. vander; Praag, C.M. van; Vijverberg, W. - 2004
This paper provides a meta-analytical review of empirical studies into the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship … selection and performance. We first describe the main effects found in the current entrepreneurship literature. We then explain … conclusions result from this meta-analysis. First, we find that the impact of education on selection into entrepreneurship is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460016
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Three Essays on Self-Employment Transitions, Organizational Capital, and Firm Formation
Deli, Fatma - 2011
This dissertation explores how economic, organizational, and personal factors affect self-employment transitions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460574
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From Telco to Techno - Outsourcing Transitioning in Information Systems
Thomson, P.; Venable, John - 2006
The global phenomenon of the IS/IT outsourcing continues to grow in importance. IS/IT outsourcing presents business challenges to both outsourcers and vendors alike.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434923
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Labour Market Model of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area for Integration within the Integrated Land Use, Transportation, Environment Modelling System
Hain, Michael David Lawrence - 2010
disaggregate model of year to year transitions of the labour force status of the people within the GTHA and the set of wage models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009455256
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Labour Market Model of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area for Integration within the Integrated Land Use, Transportation, Environment Modelling System
Hain, Michael David Lawrence - 2010
disaggregate model of year to year transitions of the labour force status of the people within the GTHA and the set of wage models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009455257
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Adapting strategic niche management for evaluating radical transport policies – the case of the Durham Road Access Charge Scheme
Ieromonachou, Petros; Potter, Stephen; Enoch, Marcus P. - 2004
Transport systems in the UK are facing severe problems of congestion, rising energy use andpollution. One response to this is the move from local authorities to gradually introduce TravelDemand Management (TDM)1 strategies, but these measures involve a complicated set ofinstitutions, processes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009461319
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Transforming the architect: Ownership form and archetype change
Pinnington, A.; Morris, T. - 2002
stronger basis for understanding the change trajectories of firms within professions and comparative organizational analysis … between professions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447864