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Women and minorities in business : demographic reviews of business ownership
Gilbert, Elena B. (contributor) - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009542855
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The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture: Germany 1925 - 2005
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2012
and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291827
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How much of a socialist legacy? The reemergence of entrepreneurship in the East German transformation to a market economy
Fritsch, Michael; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Rusakova, Alina; … - 2012
The 40 years of socialist regime in East Germany were characterized by a massive anti-entrepreneurship policy. We … investigate the reemergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany during its transformation to a market economy following the … market economy, suggesting the existence of a long-lasting regional entrepreneurship culture. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291841
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The Determinants of Venture Capital: Additional Evidence
van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno; Romain, Astrid - 2004
a minimum level of entrepreneurship is required in order to have a positive effect of the available stock of knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295646
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Underdiversification in Private Companies: Required Returns and Incentive Effects
Müller, Elisabeth - 2004
Owners of private companies are often highly underdiversified which exposes them to idiosyncratic risk. We investigate the consequences of underdiversification at the company level. Information on US companies and their owners is obtained from the Survey of Consumer Finances and the Survey of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297370
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Entrepreneurship in the region: Breeding ground for nascent enterpreneurs?
Mueller, Pamela - 2005
Statistics to study nascent entrepreneurship. In particular, micro data from the GSOEP characterizing employees and nascent …-up activity, strongly indicate that regions with strong tradition in entrepreneurship are a breeding ground for nascent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298504
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The effect of new business formation on regional development over time: the case of Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2006
We investigate the effects of new business formation on employment change in German regions. A special focus is on the lag-structure of this effect and on differences between regions. The different phases of the effects of new business formation on regional development are relatively pronounced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298522
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Entrepreneurs from low-skilled immigrant groups in knowledge-intensive industries - company characteristics, survival and innovative performance
Mueller, Elisabeth - 2011
This paper analyzes how companies of immigrant entrepreneurs in knowledgeintensive industries differ from companies of native entrepreneurs with respect to start-up characteristics, firm survival and innovative performance. I focus on immigrants from the 'recruitment countries' of south and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304654
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Innovation and education: Is there a "nerd effect"?
Goldbach, Stefan - 2012
This paper investigates whether entrepreneurs with technical education are more innovative in high-tech industries than economists. The main contribution to the literature is in using the type of education as main explanatory variable for innovation. To analyze this question, the KfW/ZEW...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323729
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What makes an entrepreneur and does it pay? Native men, Turks, and other migrants in Germany
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Constant, … - 2003
This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition, and the self-employed Turks in Germany represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324207