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How and Why Economies Develop and Grow : Lessons from Preindustrial Europe and China
Kohn, Meir - 2010
Why are we rich and others poor? What is preventing the less-developed countries from catching up with the more developed? How did we become rich? Underlying these questions are more fundamental ones: What is the nature of economic progress? What are its causes? I seek the answers to these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135194
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Employment Growth and Entrepreneurial Activity in Cities
Ács, Zoltán J.; Armington, Catherine - 2004
Recent theories of economic growth have stressed the role of externalities in generating growth. Using data from the Census Bureau that tracks all employers in the whole U.S. private sector economy, we examine the impact of these externalities, as measured by entrepreneurial activity, on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270564
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Employment Growth and Entrepreneurial Activity in Cities
Acs, Zoltan J.; Armington, Catherine - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
Recent theories of economic growth have stressed the role of externalities in generating growth. Using data from the Census Bureau that tracks all employers in the whole U.S. private sector economy, we examine the impact of these externalities, as measured by entrepreneurial activity, on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765277
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Entrepreneurship, structural change, and economic growth
Noseleit, Florian - 2011
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548154
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Entrepreneurship and Economic Development : Theory, Evidence and Policy
Naudé, Wim - 2013
entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights … from the intersection of entrepreneurship and development studies; (ii) the empirical evidence on the relationship between … entrepreneurship and development; and (iii) fresh insights for entrepreneurship policy for development that emerges from recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013077338
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Entrepreneurship, industrial location and economic growth
Arauzo-Carod, Josep Maria (ed.);  … - 2007
This book examines the interrelations between entrepreneurship, industrial location and economic growth. Thus, it … covers a wide range of topics, including: the economic impact of entrepreneurship; industry dynamics; growth and survival of … practitioners and policymakers interested in entrepreneurship, industrial location and industry dynamics. It will also be of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474046
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Institutions rule : the primacy of institutions over geography and integration in economic development
Rodrik, Dani (contributor); Subramanian, Arvind (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002463196
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Institutions rule : the primacy of institutions over geography and integration in economic development
Rodrik, Dani; Subramanian, Arvind; Trebbi, Francesco - In: Journal of economic growth 9 (2004) 2, pp. 131-165
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002138846
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Der Alleingang - die Schweiz 10 Jahre nach dem EWR-Nein
Wagschal, Uwe; Ganser, Daniele; Rentsch, Hans - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001719862