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Foreign direct investment and domestic entrepreneurship : blessing or curse?
Danakol, Seçil Hülya; Estrin, Saul; Reynolds, Paul … - 2013
This paper explores the effects of foreign direct investment, measured by mergers and acquisitions, on domestic entrepreneurial entry. We use a micro‐panel of more than two thousand individuals disaggregated by industry in seventy countries including both developed and developing economies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224595
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Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Entrepreneurship : Blessing or Curse?
Danakol, Seçil - 2013
This paper explores the effects of foreign direct investment, measured by mergers and acquisitions, on domestic entrepreneurial entry. We use a micro‐panel of more than two thousand individuals disaggregated by industry in seventy countries including both developed and developing economies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071742
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The Determinants of Venture Capital: Additional Evidence
van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno; Romain, Astrid - 2004
intensity is pro-cyclical. Interest rates affect more the demand side of VC (entrepreneurs) than the supply side. Indicators of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295646
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Venture Capital Firms Valuation in Bull and Bear Markets : Evidence From Sweden
Isaksson, Anders - 2020
This study uses an experimentally designed case study approach to investigate Swedish venture capital firms' valuation practices in two different economic contexts – the economic boom (bull market) of 1999 and the downturn (bear market) of 2002. A key finding in our study is that during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838963
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Angel Cognition and Active Involvement in BA Groups : A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis
Wirtz, Peter - 2019
The present research sets out to reach a better understanding of the determinants of business angels' active involvement in making business angel groups accomplish diverse functions and building cognitive resources and shared competencies. We develop a framework where angels' decision making...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012888909
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Do foreign players change the nature of the game among local entrepreneurs?
Maliranta, Mika; Nurmi, Satu - 2004
new, exceptionally rich linked data on employees, entrepreneurs and their companies. Our new indicator of foreign presence … pressure in a way that selects efficient entrepreneurs from inefficient ones, which stimulates productivity …-enhancing restructuring at the micro-level. In contrast to the theoretical prediction, higher education does not seem to make entrepreneurs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284974
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International Market Entry by U.S. Internet Firms : An Empirical Analysis of Country Risk, National Culture, and Market Size
Rothaermel, Frank T. - 2015
We study international market entry in the context of the Internet, and ask: On what basis do U.S. Internet firms choose the markets that they enter? Our baseline hypothesis is that international market entry decisions are based on balancing perceived risks and returns inherent in a foreign...
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Human Capital, Social Capital and Performance : An Empirical Test from an Entrepreneurial Project-Based Industry
Usai, Alessandro; Delmestri, Giuseppe; Montanari, Fabrizio - 2001
social capital of entrepreneurs affect the performance of their projects? We investigated this in the Italian cinema industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014127353
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Ethnic minority self-employment in Germany : geographical distribution and determinants of regional variation
Bruder, Jana; Räthke-Döppner, Solvig - 2008
In Germany self-employment among foreigners increased significantly in recent years. We study the geographical distribution of ethnic minority self-employment in Germany and find determinants for variations in start-up activities across 440 administrative German regions. We analyze the Statistic...
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Entrepreneurs from low-skilled immigrant groups in knowledge-intensive industries : company characteristics, survival and innovative performance
Müller, Elisabeth - 2011
This paper analyzes how companies of immigrant entrepreneurs in knowledgeintensive industries differ from companies of … native entrepreneurs with respect to start-up characteristics, firm survival and innovative performance. I focus on …. Immigrant entrepreneurs are less than half as likely to found a company in a knowledge-intensive industry as native …
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