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The 2010 PASS interviewer survey : collecting data for research into interviewer effects
Kreuter, Frauke; Sakshaug, Joseph; Trappmann, Mark - Forschungsdatenzentrum der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, … - 2014
"This report documents the PASS interviewer survey which was conducted in November 2010. Altogether 253 interviewers who worked as interviewers for PASS wave 4 or 5 participated in a web survey focusing on their personality, attitudes and motivations and on strategies they use on their job. The...
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The PASS panel survey after six waves
Trappmann, Mark; Beste, Jonas; Bethmann, Arne; Müller, … - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 46 (2013) 4, pp. 275-281
"The aim of the Panel Study 'Labour Market and Social Security' (PASS) is to provide a database which allows analysing the dynamics of welfare benefits receipt after the introduction of the Unemployment Benefits II in Germany in 2005. This entails the take up and ending of benefits receipt as...
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Coase on entrepreneurship
Terjesen, Siri; Wang, Ning - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 2, pp. 173-184
part of the interview, Coase views entrepreneurship as a vital source of endogenous change in the economy and outlines the … how entrepreneurship has changed over time, and describes his most recent work on entrepreneurship in China. The interview …Following a short biography of Nobel Laureate economist Ronald H. Coase, this two part interview explores (1) Coase …
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High-Tech Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the United States
Hart, David M.; Acs, Zoltan J. - In: Economic Development Quarterly 25 (2011) 2, pp. 116-129
This article reports the results of a national survey that estimates the rate of immigrant entrepreneurship in a …
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RADICAL STRATEGIC CHANGE IN ISRAELI HIGH TECHNOLOGY NEW VENTURES
GIMMON, ELI; BENJAMIN, EYAL; KATZENSTEIN, LIORA - In: Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC) 17 (2009) 02, pp. 233-255
This study note explores the major causes that stimulate Radical Strategic Change (RSC) in Israeli high technology new ventures. It explores the factors that make RSC successful in these ventures, based on the Resource-Based-View (RBV).A multiple case study methodology was applied on four...
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Risk attitude, product innovation, and firm growth. Evidence from Italian manufacturing firms
Cucculelli, Marco; Ermini, Barbara - In: Economics Letters 118 (2013) 2, pp. 275-279
We study the impact of individual risk attitude on the relationship between product innovation and firm performance, in a model of firm growth with endogenous product selection. We exploit a unique dataset collecting firm-level data on new product introductions and individual attitudes towards...
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Financial constraints, risk taking and firm performance: Recent evidence from microfinance clients in Tanzania
Boermans, Martijn; Willebrands, Daan - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2012
Financial constraints and risk taking are two well-established determinants of firm performance, however, no research analyzes how these variables are connected in the context of a high risk environment. Using data from microfinance clients in Tanzania, we derive a novel financial constraints...
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Confidence and economic attitudes
Pirinsky, Christo - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 91 (2013) C, pp. 139-158
I utilize data from the World Values Survey to construct individual confidence measures for a large cross-section of individuals from 12 countries and study how confidence relates to basic economic attitudes. I find that more confident individuals (i) are more risk-taking and entrepreneurial;...
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Rural development and forest owner innovativeness in a country in transition: Qualitative and quantitative insights from tourism in Poland
Sikora, Adam Tomasz; Nybakk, Erlend - In: Forest Policy and Economics 15 (2012) C, pp. 3-11
Poland's share of private forests is relatively small compared with that of other European countries. Private Polish forests are in poor condition and have been under great economic stress. This situation has changed somewhat with respect to rural development since Poland's accession to the...
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Do risk attitudes differ within the group of entrepreneurs?
Block, Joern; Sandner, Philipp; Spiegel, Frank - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The notion of risk and entrepreneurship has been widely discussed in the entrepreneurship literature. Starting a …-entrepreneurs such as managers or bankers. So far, little research exists on the risk attitudes of different types of entrepreneurs. This … about risk attitudes of entrepreneurs and to the literature about necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship. …
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