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Start-ups, long- and short-term survivors and their effect on regional employment growth

Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - 2010

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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Employment growth in newly established firms : is there evidence for academic entrepreneur's human capital depreciation?

Müller, Kathrin - 2009

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Entrepreneurship and public policy

Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - 2009

; High-growth firms ; High-impact entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Institutions ; Product market regulations ; Property rights …Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship … public policy affects the prevalence and performance of both productive entrepreneurship and so-called high …

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A conversation with 590 nascent entrepreneurs

Campbell, Jeffrey R. (contributor); … - 2007

a business does not seem to be an important determinant of entry into entrepreneurship for males, while it seems to be …

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The Imprinting of Founders’ Human Capital on Entrepreneurial Venture Growth : Evidence from New Technology-Based Firms

Grilli, Luca - 2016

This paper tests the presence of an ‘entrepreneurial imprinting effect' of founders' human capital on entrepreneurial ventures' sales growth performance. More specifically, we disentangle the effect of the stock of human capital possessed at foundation from the potential injections and losses...

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A Theory of Entrepreneurial Overconfidence, Effort, and Firm Outcomes

Everett, Craig R. - 2015

We present a theory of entrepreneurial behavior that explores the relationship between overconfidence and successful firm outcomes, such as acquisition or IPO. In our model, increasing overconfidence produces two conflicting effects on the probability of a successful outcome: it not only induces...

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Businessman or Host? Individual Differences between Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners in the Hospitality Industry

Wagener, Stephanie L. - 2013

Prior research has identified individual characteristics that distinguish business owners from non-business owners. We tested our contention that not every successful business owner can be characterized by such typical ldquo;entrepreneurialrdquo; characteristics. Multiple Analysis of Variance...

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The productivity effects of worker replacement in young firms

Murmann, Martin - 2017

Existing management research has so far dealt with the consequences of labor turnover for established firms, but has not addressed its effect on young entrepreneurial businesses. In this paper I assess, both theoretically and empirically, the productivity effects of worker replacement in young...

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Entrepreneurship policy and firm performance Chile's CORFO Seed Capital Program

Navarro, Lucas - In: Estudios de economía 45 (2018) 2, pp. 301-316

-which is a subsidy provided to new, innovative firms on Start, Growth, and Survival. The projects are supported by sponsors in … Survival. The analysis also examined a change in the program rules in 2011, whereby sponsors were paid based on performance … association of the program with the probability of Start and a positive correlation with Growth and Survival. These results could …

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Entrepreneurial Persistence Beyond Survival : Measurement and Determinants

Caliendo, Marco - 2019

the determinants of entrepreneurial persistence. Next to observed survival we also construct a hybrid persistence measure … indicators emphasize different aspects of persistence. For the survival indicator, the predictive power is concentrated in … differ in survival chances, but they are more likely to lack a high psychological commitment to their business ventures …

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