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Bestimmungsgründe für die Beschäftigung und Rekrutierung von Älteren sowie für das Angebot an altersspezifischen Personalmaßnahmen
Lehmann, Christian - 2011
Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Determinanten für die Beschäftigung von Älteren und für das Angebot an altersspezifischen Personalmaßnahmen. Anhand ökonometrischer Schätzungen mittels der Daten des IAB-Betriebspanels, insbesondere der Wellen 2005, 2006 und 2008, werden zudem die...
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Gender and Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Information Technology Users in Poland and Germany
Keplinger, Alicja - 2016
We examine the effect of gender and country (cultural and organizational differences) on the organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) of information technology (IT) users in Poland (transition economy) and Germany (developed economy). We investigate two dimensions of human capital: the OCB...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985087
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New business formation and incumbents' perception of competitive pressure
Changoluisa, Javier; Fritsch, Michael - 2016
We investigate the relationship between new business formation and the level of competitive pressure perceived by manufacturing incumbent establishments. The perceived pressure of competition is stronger the higher the level of entries in the respective industry. This relationship holds not only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011562661
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Entrepreneurship and the business cycle : nascent entrepreneurship can have some predictive power over the business cycle
Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2014
Entrepreneurship has a cyclical component, raising two questions. Is the entrepreneurship cycle related to the business … cycle? And is there causality? A twoway relationship between entrepreneurship and the business cycle would be in line with … the two faces of entrepreneurs: as agents of change creating upswings (opportunity entrepreneurship) and as rational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421978
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The persistence of regional entrepreneurship : are all types of self-employment equally important?
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2015
We explore the role of different types of self-employment for a persistence of the regional level of entrepreneurship … regarded a rather weak form of entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288768
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Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous and do family background variables make sense as instruments? : a Bayesian analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: February 2010
Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...
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International staff mobility in higher education : to what extent could an intra-European entrepreneurial approach be applied to Sino-CEE initiatives?
Pearce, Alison Michèle; Quan, Rose - In: Journal of East European management studies : JEEMS 20 (2015) 2, pp. 226-254
strategic entrepreneurship and cultural difference, this study investigates the implementation of staff mobility in a cross …
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Lifting the iron curtain : school-age education and entrepreneurial intentions
Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan - 2015
We exploit Germany’s reunification to identify how school-age education affects entrepreneurial intentions. We look at university students in reunified Germany who were born before the Iron Curtain fell. During school age, all students in the West German control group received formal and...
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Lifting the iron curtain : school-age education and entrepreneurial intentions
Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan - 2015
We exploit Germany's reunification to identify how school-age education affects entrepreneurial intentions. We look at university students in reunified Germany who were born before the Iron Curtain fell. During school age, all students in the West German control group received formal and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346583
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The pleasures and pains of self-employment : a panel data analysis of satisfaction with life, work, and leisure
Zwan, Peter van der; Hessels, Jolanda; Rietveld, … - 2015
We investigate how a transition from paid employment to self-employment in the labor market influences life satisfaction. Furthermore, we consider the dynamics of work and leisure satisfaction because the balance between work and leisure is an important element of life satisfaction....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327339