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Measuring the business environment for entrepreneurship in fragile states
Guglielmetti, Chiara - 2010
This paper aims towards better understanding the role of entrepreneurship in fragile states, which despite the … formulation with appropriate and relevant measurement of entrepreneurship and the business environment, the primary focus in this … entrepreneurship in fragile state. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280212
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Entrepreneurship in advanced and developing countries: A microeconomic perspective
Vivarelli, Marco - 2012
The purpose of this paper is to provide a contribution to the identification of the role of entrepreneurship in … economic growth by mapping out: 1) alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing 'creative destruction' from … firm); and 4) the possible scope for an economic policy aimed at maximizing the impact of entrepreneurship on economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282123
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Incubators as tools for entrepreneurship promotion in developing countries
Akçomak, İ. Semih - 2009
. By drawing lessons from country experiences we assess the appropriateness of incubators as a tool for entrepreneurship … policy on incubators should be well-integrated with other policies for entrepreneurship promotion and economic development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273450
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Start-up promotion instruments in OECD countries and their application in developing countries
Müller, Bettina; Rammer, Christian - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010527587
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The interplay of human and social capital in entrepreneurship in developing countries: The case of Uganda
Rooks, Gerrit; Szirmai, Adam; Sserwanga, Arthur - 2009
This paper discusses the characteristics and determinants of entrepreneurial behaviour in Uganda. It is based on a recent survey of urban and rural entrepreneurs, executed in May 2008. The main dependent variables are business success, gestation activities and innovative performance. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273510
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Direct and indirect effects of new business formation on regional employment
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela; Weyh, Antje - 2004
We investigate the impact of new business formation on regional employment. The main effects occur after a considerable time lag. Obviously, a large part of the effect is not due to job creation by the newcomers but rather is of indirect nature. This implies that a large part of the debate about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305657
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Regional growth regimes revisited - the case of West Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2004
characterized by different growth regimes in which new firms and entrepreneurship assume different roles and accordingly lead to … durch unterschiedliche Wachstumsregime gekennzeichnet sind in denen Gründungen und Entrepreneurship unterschiedliche Rollen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305674
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The persistence of regional new business formation-activity over time: assessing the potential of policy promotion programs
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2005
entrepreneurship. These factors also seem to be responsible for changes in the level of regional new business formation. In addition … Innovationsaktivitäten und von Entrepreneurship stellen geeignete Ansatzpunkte für eine Politik dar, die auf eine Steigerung der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305676
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The effect of new firm formation on regional development over time
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2004
In our analysis of the impact of new firm formation on regional employment change we identified considerable time lags. We investigated the structure and extent of these time lags by applying the Almon lag model and found that new firms can have both a positive and a negative effect on regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305680
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Regional Growth Regimes Revisited - The Case of West Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2004
characterized by different growth regimes in which new firms and entrepreneurship assume different roles and accordingly lead to … durch unterschiedliche Wachstumsregime gekennzeichnet sind in denen Gründungen und Entrepreneurship unterschiedliche Rollen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261485