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What is the value of entrepreneurship?: a review of recent research
van Praag, C. Mirjam; Versloot, Peter H. - 2007
This paper examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively and systematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy...
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The Inventor’s Role: Was Schumpeter Right?
Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Svensson, Roger - 2007
entrepreneur to also include the inventor in the innovation process. In addition, we provide a framework where the theories of … Knight's risk defining entrepreneur and Schumpeter's innovative entrepreneur can be bridged. Merging the two enhances the … information and reduce uncertainty. This serves to expand the market opportunities for the entrepreneur. The empirical analysis is …
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What determines the innovation capability of firm founders?
Arvanitis, Spyridon; Stucki, Tobias - 2010
Innovative start-ups, not start-ups in general, seem to be important drivers of economic growth. However, little is known about how such firms look like. As activities of start-ups are strongly related to firm founders, we investigate this question focusing on the innovation capability of firm...
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Entrepreneurial innovations and taxation
Haufler, Andreas; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2012
Many governments promote small businesses for the dual reasons of fostering 'breakthrough' innovations and employment growth. In this paper we study the effects of tax and subsidy policies on entrepreneurs' choice of riskiness of an innovation project and on their mode of commercializing the...
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Does quality make a difference? : Employment effects of high- and low-quality start-ups
Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - 2011
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 with sectors and innovative industries, strongly influences the direct and the overall employment...
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Unternehmensgründungen : mehr innovative Startups durch einen Kulturwandel für Entrepreneurship?
Röhl, Klaus-Heiner - 2016
Europa hinkt im Vergleich zu den Vereinigten Staaten oder Israel bei der Zahl erfolgreicher Startups hinterher. Innovationsstarke Gründungen, die innerhalb weniger Jahre zu globalen Konzernen wie Google oder Amazon heranwachsen, finden nicht hier statt. In vielen Staaten und Regionen Europas...
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Entrepreneurial culture and start-ups : could a cultural shift in favour of entrepreneurship lead to more innovative start-ups?
Röhl, Klaus-Heiner - 2016
Europe is lagging behind the United States and Israel in the number of successful start-ups. Highly innovative start-ups that grow to become global companies the size of Google or Amazon within just a few years are not being founded here. Many of Europe’s countries and regions are experiencing...
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Digital dynamism : how IT and social media are enhancing business opportunities for Sri Lankan entrepreneurs
Wijesinha, Anushka - 2015
As the Sri Lankan economy attempts to transform into a more value-added and knowledge-led one, recent advancements in technology and innovation have created a plethora of new opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises. This paper provides four case studies of innovative enterprises and...
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Why entrepreneurs choose risky R&D projects : but still not risky enough
Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; … - 2012
Entrepreneurs face higher commercialization costs than incumbents. We show that this implies that entrepreneurs will choose more risky projects than incumbents, aiming to reduce their high expected marginal commercialization cost. However, entrepreneurs may select too safe projects from a social...
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Billionaire entrepreneurs : a systematic analysis
Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - 2013
Abstract: The overwhelming majority of self-employed individuals are not entrepreneurial in the Schumpeterian sense. In order to unmistakably identify Schumpeterian entrepreneurs we focus on self-made billionaires (in USD) on Forbes Magazine's list who became wealthy by founding new firms. In...
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