Wir analysieren die räumliche Verteilung verschiedener Kategorien kreativer Personen in Deutschland. Allgemein ist der Anteil der Kreativen in den Städten höher als auf dem Land. Ein etwas abweichendes Standortverhalten zeigen die freiberuflichen Künstler, für die auch in einigen...

It has been argued that creativity is an important source of regional growth. This paper investigates the geography of people in creative occupation in Germany. The population share of the creative class as well as of bohemians and artists is relatively high in larger cities, but smaller places...

1. Entrepreneurship and psychology in geographic context: Introduction -- 2. Micro-level psychology of entrepreneurship -- 3. Geographic variation of psychological factors associated with entrepreneurship -- 4. Persistence of regional entrepreneurship -- 5. Historical roots -- 6. Implications...

The answer is yes to both. For decades, research on entrepreneurship culture has relied on two competing theoretical foundations for the important concept of entrepreneurship culture. One camp views entrepreneurship culture as an aggregate of personality traits conducive for entrepreneurship....

This paper examines the use of social capital in the venture creation process. We compare solo entrepreneurs (n=182) and new venture teams (n=274) from a random sample of start-ups in innovative industries and test social capital use and its effects on firm performance. Our results reveal that...

Previous research on entrepreneurial teams has failed to settle the controversy over whether team heterogeneity helps or hinders new venture performance. Reconciling this inconsistency, this paper suggests a new conceptual approach to disentangle differential effects of team heterogeneity by...