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intentions. However, empirical research aimed at establishing the importance of role models for (nascent) entrepreneurs is scarce … completed by a representative sample of 292 entrepreneurs in three major Dutch cities - entrepreneurs who have recently started …
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In this paper it is argued that locus of control beliefs and preferences concerning state action negatively affect the formation of new firms in former socialist countries. For this purpose Kirzner's theory of costless entrepreneurship is reviewed and criticized. German reunification, in which...
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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,...
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This paper contributes to SME internationalization theory by offering regionspecific propositions on early …Dieser Artikel trägt zur Theorie der Internationalisierung von KMU mittels regional spezifischer Aussagen über die …
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Following the broad overview of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE), or new firm creation in industries considered to be science-based or to use research and development (R&D) intensively, presented in our previous working paper (Woodward et al., 2012), this working paper presents an...
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This study surveys the current state of affairs in Poland with regard to the development of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE), or new firm creation in industries considered to be science-based or to use research and development (R&D) intensively. We place KIE in Poland in the larger...
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Using Finnish panel data, we study how entrepreneurs differ from workers in education and income dynamics. We find that … workers have higher median income in all educational groups. Without additional controls, entrepreneurs have higher average … income with all but undergraduate level of education. However, random effects and matching models suggest that entrepreneurs …
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The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from … established African entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive sociocultural … exist trading diasporas which have a generally enhanced innovative capacity vis-à-vis local entrepreneurs, regardless of the …
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It is widely recognized that foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role in economic development. Internationalization theory is used to explore how inward FDI impacts entrepreneurial activity. Using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor we find significant differences in...
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prefer to have a salaried job but cannot find one; and divide salaried workers into want-to-be entrepreneurs and happy …-to-be salaried workers. Over 40 percent of migrant workers are either currently or want-to-be entrepreneurs. Both groups are very … similar in terms of risk taking preferences and network size. Want-to-be entrepreneurs however suffer from credit constraints …
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