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Impact investing and the fostering of entrepreneurship in disadvantaged urban areas : evidence from microdata in French banlieues
Boulongne, Romain; Durand, Rodolphe; Flammer, Caroline - 2020
We examine whether impact investing is more effective in fostering business venture success and social impact when investments are directed toward ventures located in disadvantaged urban areas (that is, areas with high crime, unemployment, and poverty) compared to similar investments directed...
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The persistence of regional new business formation-activity over time : assessing the potential of policy promotion programs
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2005
entrepreneurship. These factors also seem to be responsible for changes in the level of regional new business formation. In addition … Innovationsaktivitäten und von Entrepreneurship stellen geeignete Ansatzpunkte für eine Politik dar, die auf eine Steigerung der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513666
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The effect of new firm formation on regional development over time
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2004
In our analysis of the impact of new firm formation on regional employment change we identified considerable time lags. We investigated the structure and extent of these time lags by applying the Almon lag model and found that new firms can have both a positive and a negative effect on regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513686
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COVID-19 and SMEs : a 2021 "time bomb"?
Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier; Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; … - 2021
This paper assesses the prospects of a 2021 time bomb in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) failures triggered by the generous support policies enacted during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis. Policies implemented in 2020, on their own, do not create a 2021 time bomb for SMEs. Rather, business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012425090
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The catch-22 of external validity in the context of constraints to firm growth
Fischer, Greg; Karlan, Dean - 2015
We document the presence of multiple and varied constraints to small and medium firm growth. This presents both a practical problem for business training programs and a challenge to academic economists trying to identify mechanisms though which these programs may affect outcomes. External...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481053
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The global entrepreneurship index (GEINDEX)
Acs, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2009
This paper constructs a Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEINDEX) that captures the contextual feature of … entrepreneurship across countries. We find the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development to be mildly S-shaped not … U-shaped or L-shaped. Our findings suggest moving away from simple measures of entrepreneurship across countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824122
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The effect of new business formation on employment : the dominance of density
Schroeter, Alexandra - 2009
effects of new business formation in agglomerations. -- Entrepreneurship ; new business formation ; regional development … ; entrepreneurship policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809941
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Are more start-ups really better? : quantity and quality of new businesses and their effect on regional development
Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - 2009
at stimulating economic growth through entrepreneurship should focus on high-quality start-ups. -- Entrepreneurship ; new … business formation ; regional development ; entrepreneurship policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887125
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Socioeconomic heritage and rapid firm growth
Wyrwich, Michael - 2009
. -- Entrepreneurship ; Rapid firm growth ; Strategy ; Management ; West Germany ; East Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003906043
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A model of destructive entrepreneurship
Desai, Sameeksha; Acs, Zoltán J.; Weitzel, Utz - 2010
The current research on entrepreneurship as an economic phenomenon often assumes its desirability as a driver of … unproductive entrepreneurship has been examined, destructive entrepreneurship has been largely ignored. We build from existing … theory and define destructive entrepreneurship as wealth-destroying. We propose three assumptions to develop a model of …
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