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, including Germany, in the last decade of the twentieth century, has also led to an increase in the immigrant entrepreneurship …, this dissertation investigates the determinants of successful immigrant entrepreneurship for whole Germany as well as for …, for the sake of entrepreneurship growth in Germany, it is imperative that immigrants, in particular the non-EU nationals …
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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...
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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 …
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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...
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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 …
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This dissertation explores how economic, organizational, and personal factors affect self-employment transitions, occupational decisions, and firm formation activities of individuals at different positions in the skill distribution. The first essay of my dissertation studies how local...
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a survey of 297 new small enterprises in Romania containing detailed information from the startup date through 2001. We …
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enablers of entrepreneurial intention in Romania. Therefore, using a sample of 2002 surveys from Global Entrepreneurship …Entrepreneurship can promote innovation and economic development in a region or country. The importance given to … entrepreneurship can be partly explained by the fact that the innovation resulted from the formation of new enterprises is considered …
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Entrepreneurship is a powerful driver of economic growth. It creates new companies and jobs, nurtures new skills and … creates opportunities. The term "entrepreneurship" became increasingly used because it is associated with economic development … by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and the European Commission (EC). …
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