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Non-state Sovereign Entrepreneurs and Non-territorial Sovereign Organizations
Brauer1, Jurgen; Haywood, Robert - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
We propose two new concepts, of non-state sovereign entrepreneurs and the non-territorial sovereign organizations they form, and relate them to issues pertaining to state sovereignty, governance failures, and violent social conflict over the appropriation of the powers that accrue to states in...
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Conflict and Entrepreneurial Activity in Afghanistan: Findings from the National Risk Vulnerability Assessment Data
Ciarli, Tommaso; Parto, Saeed; Savona, Maria - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
effect of the conflict on entrepreneurship is very small. The results on the control variables suggest that (i) the … generation of entrepreneurship has seen conflict and instability for a whole life,( ii) a small business is a mean of surviving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456285
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A theoretical overview of the interactions between entrepreneurship and strategic management
Zeqiri, Izet - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This work provides a useful emphasis on the interactions between entrepreneurship and strategic management. The causes … organization to its environment. The convergence of entrepreneurship and strategic management is being driven partly by time and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457182
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The Geography of Creative People in Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Stützer, Michael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
It has been argued that creativity is an important source of regional growth. This article 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457192
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Institutions and the Allocation of Entrepreneurial Talent between Productive and Destructive Activities
Sanders, M.; Weitzel, U. - School of Economics, Universiteit Utrecht - 2009
Entrepreneurship is generally regarded as a force of change, innovation and development in modern economies … entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458221
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Entrepreneurship activity in contemporary Russia
Verkhovskaya, Olga R.; Dorokhina, Maria V. - Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State … - 2008
of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project in 2006. The authors compare of entrepreneurial activity levels for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458653
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Factors of succession: From an entrepreneurship to a professionally managed firm. Experience of CIS and Central and East European countries
Shirokova, Galina V.; Shatalov, Alexander I.; Knatko, … - Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State … - 2009
The paper is presenting the results of the research which studied the impact of various factors on the management succession from owner to CEO in the countries with transition economies. On the basis of the literature review the hypotheses about the influence of such factors as size and age of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458662
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Corporate tax policy, entrepreneurship and incorporation in the EU
Mooij, Ruud A. de; Nicodème, Gaëtan - Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs, … - 2007
European data on firm births and legal form of business was used to analyze income shifting via increased entrepreneurship and … incorporation. The results suggest that lower corporate taxes exert an ambiguous effect on entrepreneurship. The effect on …
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Market Potential and New Firm Formation
Grek, Jenny; Karlsson, Charlie; Klaesson, Johan - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009
The purpose of the paper is to show how entrepreneurship conditions vary between regions of various sizes, and test the … theoretical arguments on why large regions generally should generate more entrepreneurship. The paper empirically ana¬lyzes the … role of regional size in explaining varia¬tions in total entrepreneurship. It also examines en¬trepreneurship in different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008460548
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Gender Differences in Entrepreneurial Choice and Risk Aversion: A Decomposition Based on a Microeconometric Model
Fossen, Frank M. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
Why are female entrepreneurs so rare? Women have both to a lower entry rate into selfemployment and a higher exit rate in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which includes a standard risk aversion parameter. As inputs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461826