This dissertation sheds light on how the categorical fit between venture capitalists and startups affect the matching process before a funding round. The study uses market categories to measure new venture’s distinctiveness and the cultural distance between venture capitalists and new...

Werden immer mehr Erwerbstätige zu Unternehmern ihrer eigenen Arbeitskraft? Und in welchen Arbeitsfeldern ist das vor allem der Fall? Die empirisch fundierten Beiträge dieses Bandes untersuchen diese viel diskutierten Fragen in einem breiten Spektrum von Erwerbsarbeit: typische...

Working at home benefits workers with low fixed costs and the ability to engage in joint market and household production. We evaluate a large-scale reform in Singapore that allows the possibility of business creation at one's residential property and study whether the option of home-based...