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Entrepreneurial Activity, Self-Perception and Gender

Verheul, I.; Uhlaner, Lorraine M.; Thurik, Roy - 2012

entrepreneurship, as well as direct and indirect effects of gender. Results support the model of both direct and indirect effects of … gender. The paper provides insights into gender issues in entrepreneurship as well as the definition of entrepreneurship in …

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What Distinguishes a Serial Entrepreneur?

Ilmakunnas, Pekka; Hyytinen, Ari - 2006

We analyze serial entrepreneurship using a unique crosssectional survey of employees that is for this study linked with … longitudinal, register-based employer-employee data. Serial entrepreneurship accounts for nearly 30% of the transitions from paid … employment into entrepreneurship. What make an entrepreneur serial are her aspirations and her ability to go ahead and live by …

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Entrepreneurship Policy in Bavaria : Between Laptop and Lederhosen

Hülsbeck, Marcel; Lehmann, Erik E. - 2013

This chapter highlights the success of entrepreneurship policy in one of the most innovative Region in Europe: Bavaria …. With the beginning of the early 1990's, Bavaria strongly followed an entrepreneurship policy which is called "Between … Laptop and Lederhosen". This trade-off describes entrepreneurship policy between the traditional and sometimes conservative …

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The role of the environment in entrepreneurial propensity of youngsters' business ideas

Czakó, Katalin; Polster, Csilla; Setyaningsih, Santi; … - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 12 (2023), pp. 1-19

Entrepreneurship shows regional differences through countries' history, economic environments, society and habits of … research concept and the results may give useful inputs in knowledge transfer and education of entrepreneurship. …

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Does Self-Efficacy Affect Entrepreneurial Investment?

Cassar, Gavin; Friedman, Henry L. - 2011

We empirically examine the effect of self-efficacy on entrepreneurial investment choices. We identify various attributes of entrepreneurial investment, and argue that higher self-efficacy is associated with more aggressive entrepreneurial investment decisions. We show that self-efficacy...

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The impact of mentorship and funding support on stimulating entrepreneurship motivation among family members

Marsal, Hanin; Hamdan, Allam Mohammed Mousa; Awwad, … - In: European journal of family business 14 (2024) 1, pp. 117-130

This study investigates and assesses factors that influence entrepreneur's motivation to start up a project and explores government support programs. A study model was developed, and a quantitative approach was used for this purpose to collect data from potential entrepreneurs among family...

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An analytical approach to crowdinvesting : the impact of marketing and idea stealing on the entrepreneur's decision making

Bethmann, Nicola; Frieden, Matthias - 2019

In a game theoretical setting, this paper studies the entrepreneur's decision making by using a new financing opportunity referred to as crowdinvesting. In this model, the entrepreneur can collect money and advertise his innovative idea. However, crowdinvesting carries the risk of being copied...

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The KfW/ZEW start-up panel : design and research potential

Fryges, Helmut; Gottschalk, Sandra; Kohn, Karsten - 2009

So far, there has been no data set which observes firm formations in Germany not only on a cross-sectional basis using one-time surveys, but continuously over a number of years. Therefore, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), KfW Bankengruppe and Creditreform set up a panel study of...

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Towards Classification of Resources for the Business Model Concept

Seppänen, Marko - 2008

The purpose of this paper was to continue the discussion on the representation of resources as a part of the business model concept. Recently, a business model concept has been proposed to support managing the exploitation of business opportunities. Such exploitation generates a need to select...

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Exploring Curvilinear Relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Firm Performance

Samantha, Gunathilaka - 2018

Objective - The vital role of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on firm performance has been widely studied in developed countries. Most studies have found a positive linear relationship between EO and firm performance. However, the empirical findings are inconclusive. According to the recent...

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