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Do Startups Benefit from Their Investors’ Reputation? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Bernstein, Shai; Mehta, Kunal; Townsend, Richard; Xu, Ting - 2022

We analyze a field experiment conducted on AngelList Talent, a large online search platform for startup jobs. In the experiment, AngelList randomly informed job seekers of whether a startup was funded by a top-tier investor and/or was funded recently. We find that the same startup receives...

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Do Startups Benefit from Their Investors' Reputation? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Bernstein, Shai; Mehta, Kunal; Townsend, Richard; Xu, Ting - 2022

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Stereotypes about Successful Entrepreneurs

Lyonnet, Victor; Stern, Léa - 2023

What comes to mind when thinking about a successful entrepreneur? Belief formation models suggest that what comes to mind is an oversimplified picture of the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, i.e, stereotypes about successful entrepreneurs. Using French administrative data on 48,767...

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The regional environment of smart organisations as a source for entrepreneurship development in the EU

Godlewska-Majkowska, Hanna; Komor, Agnieszka; Pilewicz, … - In: Entrepreneurial business and economics review : EBER 11 (2023) 3, pp. 143-162

environment of a smart organisation and the entrepreneurship level, based on examples of EU regions. Research Design & Methods … entrepreneurship and innovative enterprises. The model was tested for three groups of firms: in general aggregation, groups engaged in … companies. There is no correlation between a region's prosperity and overall entrepreneurship, but there is a clear link between …

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Why do Employees Leave Their Jobs for Self-Employment? – The Impact of Entrepreneurial Working Conditions in Small Firms

Werner, Arndt; Moog, Petra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Based on the finding that entrepreneurs who found new firms tend to work as employees of small rather than large firms prior to start-up, we test how different working conditions, which enhance entrepreneurial learning, affect their decision to become entrepreneurs when moderated by firm size....

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Risk, uncertainty and entrepreneurship : evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment

Koudstaal, Martin; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2014

Theory predicts that entrepreneurs have distinct attitudes towards risk and uncertainty, but empirical evidence is mixed. To better understand the unique behavioral characteristics of entrepreneurs and the causes of these mixed results, we perform a large "lab-in-the-field" experiment comparing...

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The origins and extent of entrepreneurial action-orientedness : an experimental study

Barirani, Ahmad; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2017

We test the hypothesis, based on popular and theoretical perspectives, that entrepreneurs are more action-oriented than other occupational groups. We compare their playing strategies in an optimal stopping game using a randomized online experiment among 100s of entrepreneurs, managers and...

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The origins and extent of entrepreneurial action-orientedness : an experimental study

Barirani, Ahmad; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2017

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Human Capital of Entrepreneurial Teams in Nascent High-Tech Sectors : A Comparison between Cleantech and Internet

Garrone, Paola; Grilli, Luca; Mrkajic, Boris - 2017

We use an inductive approach to understand what types of founders’ human capital, at individual and team levels, are necessary to recognize and exploit entrepreneurial opportunities. A sample of 195 founders who teamed up in the nascent phases of Cleantech and Interned-based sectors is...

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Illegal entrepreneurship experience

Aidis, Ruta; Praag, Mirjam van - 2004

entrepreneurship experience (IEE), an unconventional form of human capital, is related to the performance and motivation of …

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