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Community Cultural Values and Personality Traits as Factors Associated with Entrepreneurial Motivation. The Case of Entrepreneurs in Collective and Privatized Kibbutzim
Klein, Galit - 2022
explores how the tension between different community values impacts the motivation to establish a new business. The research is … context to the individual’s motivation to become an entrepreneur. In this study, motivation is measured in accordance with the … the motivation factors, with the proactive personality acting as a moderator of the connection between kibbutz type and …
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Hierarchies, the small firm effect, and entrepreneurship : evidence from Swedish microdata
Tåg, Joacim; Åstebro, Thomas; Thompson, Peter - 2013
We explore whether the tendency for smaller firms to have fewer hierarchical layers explains the well-documented inverse correlation between firm size and the rate at which employees become business owners. Our analysis is based on a Swedish matched employer-employee dataset. Conditional on firm...
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Experience and entrepreneurship
Rider, Christopher I.; Thompson, Peter; Kacperczyk, … - 2013
We document in two very different datasets an inverted U-shaped relationship between work experience and entrepreneurship among movers. The first dataset consists of 1,248, U.S. lawyers who were forced to seek alternative employment after the sudden dissolutions of their employers. The second...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781959
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Entrepreneurship and Work-Life Balance
Block, Jörn - 2018
Work-life balance of entrepreneurs is a topic of high interest in both theory and practice. However, empirical findings are rare and often contradictory. This study investigates the work-life balance of different groups of self-employed in comparison to wage-employed individuals using a large...
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The Entrepreneur Makes a Difference : Evidence on MSE Upgrading Factors From Egypt, India and the Philippines
Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimee - 2019
In many low- and middle-income countries most micro and small enterprises (MSEs) struggle to upgrade into medium-sized and large enterprises. An extensive literature offers manifold explanations for the phenomenon but no conclusive answer on what the most important factors for MSE upgrading are:...
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Experience and Entrepreneurship : A Career Transition Perspective
Rider, Christopher I. - 2019
We cast entrepreneurship as one of three career choices – remaining with one's employer, changing employers, or engaging in entrepreneurship – and theorize how the likelihood of entrepreneurship evolves over one's career. We empirically demonstrate an inverted U-shaped relationship between...
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Hierarchies and Entrepreneurship
Tåg, Joacim; Astebro, Thomas B.; Thompson, Peter - 2016
We establish a correlation between the hierarchical structure of a firm and the likelihood of business creation among its former employees, using a sample of 16 million observations of Swedish workers and a novel proxy for hierarchies based on occupation data. Conditional on firm size and many...
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A study on Microfinance and Women Entrepreneurs in National Capital Region (NCR) of New Delhi in India
Dhoundiyal, Meenakshi; Pareek, Nishtha - 2022
For enrichment of the society, it is very important to educate the women and to empower her. An educated and empowered woman results into an empowered and prosperous society. Women empowerment can be brought into any society by not only educating her but by making her an important instrument in...
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Headquarters involvement, socialization, and entrepreneurial behaviors in MNC subsidiaries
Decreton, Benoit; Nell, Phillip C.; Stea, Diego - In: Long range planning : LRP ; international journal of … 52 (2019) 4, pp. 1-12
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107588
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Frauen in hochqualifizierten Berufen - dargestellt am Beispiel der Unternehmerin
Beer, Monika - 2001
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