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Is entrepreneurial success predictable? An ex-ante analysis of the character-based approach
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander S. - 2007
This paper empirically analyzes whether the character-based approach, which is based on the personality structure and the human capital of business founders, allows prediction of entrepreneurial success. A unique data set is used consisting of 414 previously unemployed persons whose personal...
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Regional determinants of new business formation in China: Prefecture-level evidence
Borowiecki, Martin; Leitner, Karl-Heinz - 2015
entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400491
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Entrepreneurship and the Reallocation of African Farmers
Naudé, Wim - 2015
transformation, will stagnate. One such endogenous driver is entrepreneurship. In this paper I start with the reappraisal of African … agriculture and focus on the literature on entrepreneurship in Africa's structural transformation. I present a conceptual model to … describe how entrepreneurship reallocates farmers out of agriculture into non-agricultural activities and locations. Recent …
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Peace, prosperity and pro-growth entrepreneurship
Naudé, Wim - 2007
Support for entrepreneurship is widely seen as a mechanism to facilitate prosperity and peace in a growing number of … post-conflict states. In this paper I critically evaluate this view. I argue that entrepreneurship is a ubiquitous quality … in post-conflict states but not necessarily always for the good. Unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323518
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Illegal Entrepreneurship Experience
Aidis, Ruta; van Praag, Mirjam - 2004
entrepreneurship experience (IEE), an unconventional form of human capital, is related to the performance and motivation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325145
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The Entrepreneur's Mode of Entry: Business Takeover or New Venture Start?
Parker, Simon C.; van Praag, C. Mirjam - 2006
We analyse the decision to become an entrepreneur by either taking over an established business or starting a new venture from scratch. A model is developed which predicts how several individual- and firm-specific characteristics influence entrepreneurs' entry mode. The new venture creation mode...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325359
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Returns for Entrepreneurs versus Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vis-a-vis Wage Employees
van Praag, Mirjam; van Witteloostuijn, Arjen; van der … - 2009
spells in entrepreneurship versus wage employment, thereby accounting for selectivity into entrepreneurial positions based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325994
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Entrepreneurial school dropouts: A model on signalling, education and entrepreneurship
Skogstrøm, Jens Fredrik Baumgarten - 2012
I present a theory on the relationship between educational choice and entrepreneurship in a labour market with … entrepreneurship rates in the population. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330275
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Creativity and industrial cities: a case study of Baltimore
Ács, Zoltán J.; Megyesi, Monika I. - 2007
Creativity is changing the way cities approach economic development and formulate po-licy. Creative metropolises base their economic development strategies, at least partly, on building communities attractive to the creative class worker. While there are count-less examples of high-tech regions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271767
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Entrepreneurship and competitiveness dynamics in Latin America
Ács, Zoltán J.; Amorós, José Ernesto - 2008
This study analyses the relationship between entrepreneurial dynamics and the level of competitiveness in Latin American countries. Based on a stage of economic development model we demonstrate that Latin American countries under the model followed different paths related to competitiveness....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271776