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of the unemployed and the share of long-term unemployment are found to have an important impact on regional start-up …
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The ability to adjust to structural change is vital to economic development, and entries can be active participants in 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...
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Using a panel data model, we study the effects of regional and industry-level traits on new business formation (NBF) for 164 industries across 266 Chinese prefectures between 1998 and 2007. The objective is to provide empirical estimates on effects of prefecture traits on entry rates, and in...
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This paper investigates the impact of new firms' quality on the magnitude of their employment effects. Our results clearly show that the quality of start-ups, measured by their affiliation to sectors and innovative industries, strongly influences the direct and the overall employment...
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We investigate the effects that regional start-up activity has on employment in new and in incumbent businesses. The …
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Start-ups are often described as the driving force for economic development and employment growth. However, the start-up … numbers in Germany are declining or stagnating. Therefore the question arises, whether the start-up support should be revised … interest. A comparison of research topics with the current challenges of start-up support shows great correspondences. Economic …
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Does heterogeneity in the educational backgrounds of the founders matter for firm success? Are team foundations more successful than single entrepreneurs? These questions are analysed using data on academic spinoffs in Germany. Firm success is measured by employment growth. I find that team...
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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,...
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; Start-up teams ; Entrepreneurial learning …
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and knowledge disparity. Analyzing unique data on functional experiences of the members of 337 start-up teams, we find … positively affect entrepreneurial performance, while it shows an inverse U-shaped relationship to innovative start-up performance …
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