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The Value of Human and Social Capital Investments for the Business Performance of Start-ups
Bosma, Niels; van Praag, Mirjam; Thurik, Roy; de Wit, Gerrit - 2002
We investigate the manifold posed question: To what extent does investment in human and social capital, besides the effect of talent, enhance entrepreneurial performance? We distinguish between three different performance measures: survival, profits, and generated employment. On the basis of the...
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Entrepreneurship from Scratch: Lessons on the Entry Decision into Self-Employment from Transition Economies
Earle, John S.; Sakova, Zuzana - 1999
This paper exploits the rapid rise in self-employment rates in post-communist Eastern Europe as a valuable ?quasi-experiment? for understanding the sources of entrepreneurship. A relative demand-supply model and an individual sectoral choice model are used to analyze a 1993 survey of 27,000...
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Entrepreneurship and Cities: Evidence from the Post-communist World
Belitski, Maksim; Korosteleva, Julia - 2011
This paper investigates the variation in entrepreneurship across cities of the Commonwealth of Independent States during 1995-2008, utilising a unique dataset and employing the System Generalised Method of Moments technique. Our findings suggest that banking reform facilitates entrepreneurship,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435311
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Venture mania in Europe: Its causes and consequences
Schertler, Andrea; Stolpe, Michael - 2000
Over the course of the past twenty years, venture capital has fuelled an entrepreneurial revolution - first in the United States and now in Europe's common market -, which has opened new opportunities for technological innovation, capital investment and employment growth. Some of the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295107
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Biomedical Academic Entrepreneurship Through the SBIR Program
Toole, Andrew A.; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2005
This paper considers the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program as a policy fostering academic entrepreneurship. We highlight two main characteristics of the program that make it attractive as an entrepreneurship policy : early-stage financing and scientist involvement in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297455
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Productivity, investment in ICT and market experimentation: micro evidence from Germany und the US
Haltiwanger, John; Jarmin, Ron; Schank, Thorsten - 2003
Kenngrößen wie der Produktivität, der Qualifikationsstruktur und den Löhnen, wobei Mikrodaten für die USA und Deutschland … verwendet wurden. Dabei kann die Hypothese unterstützt werden, dass in den USA Betriebe stärker experimentieren - gemessen … durchschnittlichen Einfluss der Einführung neuer Technologien auf die Produktivität und die Löhne in den USA als in Deutschland. …
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Are particular industries more likely to succeed? A comparative analysis of VC investment in the US and Europe
Kraeussl, Roman; Krause, Stefan - 2010
The objective of this study is to determine whether specific industries across countries or within countries are more likely to reach a stage of profitability and make a successful exit. In particular, we assess whether firms in certain industries are more prone to exit via IPO, be acquired, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303725
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A new business model?
Feng, Hengyi; Froud, Julie; Johal, Sukhdev; Haslam, Colin; … - 2001
The paper delivers an analysis of the “New Economy” focussing on the roles of new business models, the capital market and venture capital. The capital market created a double standard in the 1990s: A high return on capital was required from old economy firms whereas money was thrown at new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306882
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Verwaltungsbedingter Zeitaufwand für die Umsetzung von Gründungsvorhaben: Ein internationaler Vergleich zwischen Frankreich, Großbritannien, den Niederlanden, Österreich, den Verei...
Schröer, Evelyn; Holz, Michael - 2000
Das Umfeld von Existenzgründungen - und hier insbesondere die Erfüllung administrativer Vorschriften und formaler Anforderungen - war Gegenstand mehrerer nationaler wie internationaler Untersuchungen. Diese Untersuchungen sollen hier einer kritischen Analyse unterzogen werden. Des weiteren...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307406
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Entrepreneurial Progress: Climbing The Entrepreneurial Ladder in Europe and The US
van der Zwan, Peter; Verheul, Ingrid; Thurik, Roy; … - 2009
We investigate which countries have the highest potential to achieve entrepreneurial progress. This progress is defined using an entrepreneurial ladder with five successive steps: “never thought about starting a business”, “thinking about starting a business”, “taking steps to start a...
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