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suggests that entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic development, and one that has long-run effects. …
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Since the beginning of the transformation of East Germany from a socialist planned economy to a market economy, there has been an ambitious political goal of fostering entrepreneurial activity in that part of the country. One of the most-hoped for results of this undertaking is the anticipated...
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regions have achieved convergence with West German self-employment rates and some have not. -- Entrepreneurship ; regional …
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this process. This paper aims to shed some light on the relation between entrepreneurship and growth by arguing that … entrepreneurial activity relates to growth via reallocation of factors across sectors. While the importance of entrepreneurship for … the complex relation between entrepreneurship and growth. …
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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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, persistence in regional determinants of new business formation, distinct regional cultures of entrepreneurship, and path …
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We investigate the effects that regional start-up activity has on employment in new and in incumbent businesses. The analysis is performed for West German regions over the 1987-2002 period. It shows that the effects of new businesses on employment in the incumbents are significantly positive and...
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entrepreneurship. These factors also seem to be responsible for changes in the level of regional new business formation. In addition … Innovationsaktivitäten und von Entrepreneurship stellen geeignete Ansatzpunkte für eine Politik dar, die auf eine Steigerung der …
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characterized by different growth regimes in which new firms and entrepreneurship assume different roles and accordingly lead to … durch unterschiedliche Wachstumsregime gekennzeichnet sind in denen Gründungen und Entrepreneurship unterschiedliche Rollen …
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In our analysis of the impact of new firm formation on regional employment change we identified considerable time lags. We investigated the structure and extent of these time lags by applying the Almon lag model and found that new firms can have both a positive and a negative effect on regional...
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