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Small firms contribute to the economy by creating new vacancies and are the most common business form in the EU. However, small firms are not tended to expand internationally and only a limited number of small firms export to the countries outside the EU. The study aims to investigate...
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High levels of net migration to the UK have contributed to growing cultural diversity, and researchers are turning their attention to the long-term effects of diversity on productivity. Yet little is known about these issues. This paper asks: what are the links between the composition of firms'...
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A large and still growing body of literature suggests that entrepreneurship is of exceptional importance in explaining …
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Objectives: This paper aims to examine the transition process from the development and state of entrepreneurship in 15 … transition, entrepreneurship. While it is surely the case that certain transition tasks, like privatizing state-owned enterprises … to entrepreneurship between the post-socialist countries of Europe and the non-post-socialist countries, controlling for …
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entrepreneurship. …
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Age is an important factor in entrepreneurship. The paths into entrepreneurship at a later age may be varied. Self … urban areas, although rural areas have strong traditions of entrepreneurship. Seniors with prior experience are more likely … to start a business in urban areas: habitual entrepreneurship is more frequent in urban areas, at least in later life …
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start a social enterprise. A key step in gaining further insights into entrepreneurship in these areas is developing a …
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). However, our paper adds to the extant literature on international entrepreneurship by analyzing the role of FDI at individual …
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inhabitants. However, results from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor for Spain show that this is not consistent across the urban …-rural divide. Explanation for variances in entrepreneurship in rural as compared to urban areas have been linked to specific socio …
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We investigate the effects that regional start-up activity has on employment in new and in incumbent businesses. The analysis is performed for West German regions over the 1987-2002 period. It shows that the effects of new businesses on employment in the incumbents are significantly positive and...
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