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Skill variety, innovation and new business formation
Hessels, Jolanda; Brixy, Udo; Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas - 2014
We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical …, but also commercial value. Our findings support the notion that entrepreneurship can be learned. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230889
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Skill variety, innovation and new business formation
Hessels, Jolanda; Brixy, Udo; Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas - 2014
We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical … commercial value. Our findings support the notion that entrepreneurship can be learned. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231657
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The workforce composition of young firms and product innovation : complementarities in the skills of founders and their early employees
Müller, Bettina; Murmann, Martin - 2016
We investigate the extent to which complementarities between technical and business skills of founders and employees matter for the generation of market novelties by new ventures. Using data about German start-ups, we find that there are no complementarities between technical and business skills...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011558130
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Riding the Waves of Reforms in Corporate Law, an Overview of Recent Improvements in Italian Corporate Codes of Conduct
Sabatini, Fabio - 2006
This paper provides an exploratory analysis on the relationship between educational qualification and work status in Italy, with a particular focus on entrepreneurs and self-employed workers. Rough data are drawn from four waves (1995, 1998, 2002, and 2004) of the Survey of Household Income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312463
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Educational Qualification, Work Status and Entrepreneurship in Italy : An Exploratory Analysis
Sabatini, Fabio - 2007
This paper provides an exploratory analysis on the relationship between educational qualification and work status in Italy, with a particular focus on entrepreneurs and self-employed workers. Rough data are drawn from four waves (1995, 1998, 2002, and 2004) of the Survey of Household Income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012731696
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Educational Qualification, Work Status and Entrepreneurship in Italy : An Exploratory Analysis
Sabatini, Fabio - 2007
This paper provides an exploratory analysis on the relationship between educational qualification and work status in Italy, with a particular focus on entrepreneurs and self-employed workers. Rough data are drawn from four waves (1995, 1998, 2002, and 2004) of the Survey of Household Income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014058423
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The impact of soft-skills training for entrepreneurs in Jamaica
Ubfal, Diego; Arraiz, Irani; Beuermann, Diether W.; … - 2020
A randomized controlled trial with 945 entrepreneurs in Jamaica shows positive short-term impacts of soft-skills training on business outcomes. The effects are concentrated among men and disappear 12 months after the training. The main channel is increased adoption of recommended business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012238010
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The impact of soft-skills training for entrepreneurs in Jamaica
Ubfal, Diego; Arraiz, Irani; Beuermann, Diether W.; … - 2019
A randomized control trial with 945 entrepreneurs in Jamaica shows positive shortterm impacts of soft-skills training on business outcomes. The effects are concentrated among men, and disappear twelve months after the training. We argue that the main channel is increased adoption of recommended...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005483
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The Workforce Composition of Young Firms and Product Innovation - Complementarities in the Skills of Founders and Their Early Employees
Mueller, Bettina - 2018
We investigate the extent to which complementarities between technical and business skills of founders and employees matter for the generation of market novelties by new ventures. Using data about German start-ups, we find that there are no complementarities between technical and business skills...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012935231
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The skill balancing act : determinants of and returns to balanced skills
Bublitz, Elisabeth; Noseleit, Florian - 2011
. -- entrepreneurship ; returns to human capital ; balanced skill set ; jack-of-all-trades …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009129709