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Do service sector trends stimulate entrepreneurship? A socio-economic labour market perspective

Bogenhold, Dieter; Fachinger, Uwe - In: International Journal of Services, Economics and Management 1 (2008) 2, pp. 117-134

The aim of this paper is to discuss the service sector trends in relation to the issue of entrepreneurship. Talking … about entrepreneurship in service industries means talking about a variety of items and related academic fields. The paper … discussion can be summarised: very much of the revival of entrepreneurship goes hand in hand with the broader service sector …

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Democratizing Entry: Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship

Kerr, William; Nanda, Ramana - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2006

We examine entrepreneurship and creative destruction following US banking deregulations using Census Bureau data. US … banking reforms brought about exceptional growth in both entrepreneurship and business closures. The vast majority of closures …

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Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?

Glaeser, Edward L.; Kerr, William R. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2008

Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of manufacturing startups across cities and industries. Demographics have limited explanatory power. Overall levels of local customers and suppliers are only modestly important, but new...

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Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry

Nanda, Ramana; Khanna, Tarun - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2007

This study explores the importance of cross-border social networks for entrepreneurs in developing countries by examining ties between the Indian expatriate community and local entrepreneurs in India's software industry. We find that local entrepreneurs who have previously lived outside India...

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Do Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States

Autor, David H.; Kerr, William R.; Kugler, Adriana D. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2007

Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity by distorting production choices. Firms facing (non-Coasean) worker dismissal costs will curtail hiring below efficient levels and retain unproductive workers, both of which should affect productivity. These theoretical...

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Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion

Kerr, William R. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2005

This study explores the importance of knowledge transfer for international technology diffusion by examining ethnic scientific and entrepreneurial communities in the US and their ties to their home countries. US ethnic research communities are quantified by applying an ethnic-name database to...

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The Global Internet Economy

Kogut, Bruce (contributor) - The MIT Press

By 2002, all but a handful of countries were connected to the Internet. The intertwining of the Internet and the globalization of finance, corporate governance, and trade raises questions about national models of technology development and property rights. The sudden ability of hundreds of...

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RIQUALIFICAZIONE PRODUTTIVA, FABBISOGNI DI CAPITALE UMANO IMPRENDITORIALE E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE

Ferrante, Francesco; Federici, Daniela - Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DEF), Libera …

Il dibattito sulla frammentazione e fragilità del sistema imprenditoriale italiano di fronte alle sfide dell’economia della conoscenza e dell’internazionalizzazione si intreccia con quello relativo al funzionamento dei meccanismi di generazione e di allocazione del capitale umano. Tale...

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special issue: Weber, Schumpeter and Knight on entrepreneurship and economic development

Brouwer, Maria T. - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 12 (2002) 1, pp. 83-105

This paper interprets the discussion on entrepreneurship and economic development that started off with Weber's papers …, emphasizing the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship. Knight, who stressed neither rationality nor innovation but …

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Job creation and persistence in services and manufacturing

Armington, Catherine; Acs, Zoltan - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 14 (2004) 3, pp. 309-325

An important new literature on gross employment flows has produced a great outpouring of stylized facts. In this paper we examine one aspect of this literature through the lens of dynamic models and theories of industrial evolution. We extend the Davis and Haltiwanger methodology for analysis of...

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