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The Effect of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture on Economic Development - Evidence for Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this … measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship … a regional culture of entrepreneurship is an important resource for regional growth. …

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Back to the failure: An analytic narrative of the De Lorean debacle

Brownlow, Graham - Centre for Economic History, Management School - 2014

There has been a recent identification of a need for a New Business History. This discussion connects with the analytic narrative approach. By following this approach, the study of business history provides important implications for the conduct and institutional design of contemporary...

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Institutional context and the allocation of entrepreneurial effort

Bowen, Harry; DeClercq, Dirk - Global Entrepreneurship Research Association - GERA - 2008

entrepreneurship to economic growth and prosperity. Yet the entrepreneurship literature has focused largely on identifying the … positively related to a country's financial and educational activities targeted at entrepreneurship, and is negatively related to …

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Access to Justice and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Brazil's Special Civil Tribunals

Lichand, Guilherme; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Entrepreneurship is usually identified as an important determinant of aggregate productivity and long-term growth. The … determinants of entrepreneurship, nevertheless, are not entirely understood. A recent literature has linked entrepreneurship to the … determining the incidence of entrepreneurship. We explore the creation of Special Civil Tribunals in the Brazilian state of São …

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THE EFFECTS OF NETWORK’S STRUCTURAL HOLES: POLYCENTRIC INSTITUTIONS, PRODUCT PORTFOLIO, AND NEW VENTURE GROWTH IN CHINA AND RUSSIA

Batjargal, Bat - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2012

This study examines the effect of network’s structural holes, i.e., the absence of a link between two contacts who are both linked to an actor, on product development and profit growth of software ventures in two different institutional contexts of China and Russia. Using interview data of 159...

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Access to justice and entrepreneurship: evidence from Brazil’s Special Civil Tribunals

Lichand, Guilherme; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Departamento de Economia, Pontifícia Universidade … - 2011

Entrepreneurship is usually indentified as an important determinant of aggregate productivity and long-term growth. The … determinants of entrepreneurship, nevertheless, are not entirely understood. A recent literature has linked entrepreneurship to the … determining the incidence of entrepreneurship. We explore the creation of Special Civil Tribunals in the Brazilian state of São …

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Institutions, Networks and Entrepreneurship Development in Russia: An Exploration

Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

. By utilizing new Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001, we investigate the effects of the weak …

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Distribution of Natural Resources, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development: Growth Dynamics with two Elites

Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - CESifo - 2005

entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity …

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The Institutions of Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Panel Data

Nyström, Kristina - Ratioinstitutet - 2008

This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of entrepreneurship across countries. The paper investigates the … relationship between the institutional setting, in terms of economic freedom, and entrepreneurship, as measured by self … to increase entrepreneurship. <p …

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The entrepreneurial process: An institutional perspective

Ahmadi, Ahmad - Handelshögskolan, Göteborgs Universitet - 2003

The aim of this paper is to discuss the process of development of the firm in interaction with its institutional environment, which I call the entrepreneurial process. This can be studied in three phases, i.e. initiating phase, establishment phase and growth phase. I am going to present a model,...

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