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The impact of COVID-19 on small business owners : continued losses and the partial rebound in May 2020
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262089
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The impact of firm performance on the business transfer mode
Kay, Rosemarie; Pahnke, André; Schlepphorst, Susanne - 2018
self-employment rates. With representative German data and unconditional quantile regression analysis we show that an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011944325
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The impact of firm entry regulation on long-living entrants
Prantl, Susanne - 2010
What is the impact of firm entry regulation on sustained entry into self-employment? How does firm entry regulation influence the performance of long-living entrants? In this paper, I address these questions by exploiting a natural experiment in firm entry regulation. After German reunification,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662646
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Business training and female enterprise start-up, growth, and dynamics : experimental evidence from Sri Lanka
De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2012
We conduct a randomized experiment in Sri Lanka to measure the impact of the most commonly used business training course in developing countries, the Start-and-Improve Your Business (SIYB) program. In contrast to existing business training evaluations which are restricted to microfinance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629703
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Entrepreneurial progress : climbing the entrepreneurial ladder in Europe and the US
Zwan, Peter van der; Verheul, Ingrid; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 2010 - Version: March 2010
through these stages. Data are used from the 2007 “Flash Eurobarometer Survey on Entrepreneurship”, covering 27 European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378847
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Risk attitudes and profits among small enterprises in Nigeria
Lammers, Judith; Willebrands, Daan; Hartog, Joop - 2010
This paper analyses the effect of risk attitudes of firm owners on profits among micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Lagos, Nigeria. Higher risk perceptions are shown to have a significant positive effect on profits, whereas risk propensity has a negative or no effect. Education, age, being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011380730
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Drivers of entrepreneurship and post-entry performance of newborn firms in developing countries
Quatraro, Francesco; Vivarelli, Marco - 2013
particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the same concept of "entrepreneurship" will be critically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009754698
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Entrepreneurship, institutuions and economic dynamism : lessons from a comparison of the United States and Sweden
Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - 2012
deemed to be of particular importance for entrepreneurship, innovation-based firm growth and its ensuing impact on the … economy. Particular aspects of entrepreneurship and economic dynamism are covered by pairs (or in one case three) coauthors …, considerable differences remain. These constitute the basis for the concluding policy discussion. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation …
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Entrepreneurial couples
Dahl, Michael S.; Praag, Mirjam van; Thompson, Peter - 2014
inequality in the household. We find no evidence of non-pecuniary benefits or costs of co-entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010357376
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Surviving against the tide : are new businesses in innovative industries Less affected by general economic trends?
Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian; Schindele, Yvonne - 2014
in other manufacturing industries. The data comprises all German manufacturing start-ups of the 1992 to 2005 period. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360550