There is still hardly any empirical evidence on how divergent broadband technologies, and, by extension, bandwidth … economic benefits of high-speed broadband networks within and across neighbouring counties in Germany. Utilizing a balanced … the availability of high-speed broadband (which enables transfer rates of 50 Mbit/sec and higher) has a small but …

There is still hardly any empirical evidence on how divergent broadband technologies, and, by extension, bandwidth … economic benefits of high-speed broadband networks within and across neighbouring counties in Germany. Utilizing a balanced … the availability of high-speed broadband (which enables transfer rates of 50 Mbit/sec and higher) has a small but …

Using unique data from a systematic roll-out of broadband infrastructure in rural areas, we provide evidence on the … impact of high-speed internet via broadband on three main sectors of economy: retail, agriculture, and manufacturing. Our … instrumental variable model, which relies upon the timing of the roll-out at the first stage, shows that in general broadband …

Entrepreneurs, creators of new firms, are a rare species. Even in innovation-driven economies, only 1-2% of the work … force starts a business in any given year. Yet entrepreneurs, particularly innovative entrepreneurs, are vital to the … competitiveness of the economy and may establish new jobs. The gains of entrepreneurship are only realized, however, if the business …

and broadband internet. Differentiating between wireline and wireless technologies as well as broadband availability and … broadband adoption, respectively, we review studies investigating the impacts on economic growth, employment and regional …

The purpose of this paper is to provide a contribution to the identification of the role of entrepreneurship in … economic growth by mapping out: 1) alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing 'creative destruction' from … firm); and 4) the possible scope for an economic policy aimed at maximizing the impact of entrepreneurship on economic …

The purpose of this paper is to provide a contribution to the identification of the role of entrepreneurship in … economic growth by mapping out: 1) alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing 'creative destruction' from … firm); and 4) the possible scope for an economic policy aimed at maximizing the impact of entrepreneurship on economic …

models based on the established literature. Traditionally, entrepreneurship is not dealt with in these models. In the present … paper it is shown that – when this variable is added - in all models there is a significant influence of entrepreneurship … while the remaining effects mainly stay the same. Entrepreneurship is measured as the business ownership rate (number of …