Although comprehensive data from official statistics on new firm formation and entrepreneurs starting a new business are lacking in Germany, we know from empirical studies that entry rates differ between regions, and that the propensity to become an entrepreneur is influenced by...

Dieser Beitrag betrachtet die Entscheidung von Arbeitslosen für oder gegen einen Schritt in die Selbständigkeit. Hierbei richtet er sein Augenmerk auf die Bedeutung individueller Charakteristika einerseits und auf die Rolle des regionalen Gründungsklimas anderseits. Die ökonometrische...

Using a large recent representative sample of the adult German population this paper demonstrates that nascent necessity and nascent opportunity entrepreneurs are different with respect to some of the characteristics and attitudes considered to be important for becoming a nascent entrepreneur,...

Using a large recent representative sample of the adult German population this paper demonstrates that nascent necessity and nascent opportunity entrepreneurs are different with respect to some of the characteristics and attitudes considered to be important for becoming a nascent entrepreneur,...