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The outcome of coaching and training for self-employment : a statistical evaluation of non-financial support schemes for unemployed business founders in Germany
Oberschachtsiek, Dirk; Scioch, Patrycja - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
"This paper focuses on the question of whether improving the competence of new business founders by means of coaching and training programs enhances the duration of self-employment. In our analysis we focus on support activities that are provided in addition to a financial subsidy and which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009228593
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The outcome of coaching and training for self-employment : a statistical evaluation of non-financial support schemes for unemployed business founders in Germany
Oberschachtsiek, Dirk; Scioch, Patrycja - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
"This paper focuses on the question of whether improving the competence of new business founders by means of coaching and training programs enhances the duration of self-employment. In our analysis we focus on support activities that are provided in addition to a financial subsidy and which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592363
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The outcome of coaching and training for self-employment : a statistical evaluation of outside assistance support programs for unemployed business founders in Germany (Die Erfolgsw...
Oberschachtsiek, Dirk; Scioch, Patrycja - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 48 (2015) 1, pp. 1-25
"This paper focuses on the question of whether improving the competence of new business founders through programs that offer external expertise enhances the duration of self-employment. In our analysis, we focus on three different programs that are provided along with a financial subsidy and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011203010
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Show Me the Money; Access to Finance for Small Borrowers in Canada
Klyuev, Vladimir - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper examines access to business finance by Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to housing finance by Canadian households (particularly non-prime borrowers) against the background of a fairly concentrated and protected banking industry. It finds access broadly adequate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769089
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Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen der Informations- und Kommunikationswirtschaft in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Maaß, Frank; Schröder, Christian; Wolter, Hans-Jürgen - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn - 2013
Die vorliegende Studie untersucht den IKT-Sektor in Nordrhein-Westfalen anhand von Sonderauswertungen der amtlichen Statistik des Umsatzsteuerpanels sowie der Daten einer eigenen Unternehmensbefragung. Dabei erweist sich dieses Bundesland als Standort mit einem weitgehend prosperierenden...
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From seekers to squatters: The rise of knowledge entrepreneurship
Cooke, Philip; Porter, Julie - In: CESifo Forum 8 (2007) 2, pp. 21-28
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013137
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From small business promotion to creating an entrepreneurial society
Audretsch, David B. - In: CESifo Forum 8 (2007) 2, pp. 3-6
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Fehlt Deutschland eine Gründerkultur?
Grundig, Beate - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 11 (2004) 02, pp. 49-52
Umfragen haben gezeigt, dass sowohl unter der Bevölkerung insgesamt als auch unter Arbeitslosen selbstständige Tätigkeiten gegenüber Arbeitnehmer-Tätigkeiten bevorzugt werden. In der Realität werden jedoch nur wenige neue Unternehmen gegründet. Hierfür scheinen in erster Linie fehlende...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005010394
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Founders' experience and self-employment duration : the importance of being a 'Jack-of-all-trades'. An analysis based on competing risks
Oberschachtsiek, Dirk - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"This paper investigates how founders' experience and professional background affect the duration of periods of self-employment, and to what extent the duration is affected by a balanced skill set in particular. In this context, an occupational choice framework based on a competing risk setting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537105
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From potential to real entrepreneurship
Brixy, Udo; Sternberg, Rolf; Stüber, Heiko - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
, the pre-nascent stage of the entrepreneurship process. Based upon cross-sectional data from the German section of the … Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), the specific aim of this paper is to shed some light on the selection that takes place … between latent nascent entrepreneurs, nascent entrepreneurs and young entrepreneurs. The results clearly reveal that there are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537140