We use a knowledge-based perspective in examining the effects of individuals’ human capital and social capital on the … likelihood to engage in new venture creation. Our analyses are based on data collected for the 2002 Global Entrepreneurship …

Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk …

that, after the Reunification, entrepreneurship is higher among the residents of East German regions with West TV signal …

compatible with the free-market economy principles and supportive of entrepreneurship. We show that during the 40 years of … socialistic regime in East Germany entrepreneurship was highly regulated and virtually impossible and that the prevalent formal … and informal institutions broke the traditional ties linking entrepreneurship to the characteristics of individuals so …

Existing studies show a positive relationship between entrepreneurs' business performance and their conventional human … entrepreneurship experience (IEE), an unconventional form of human capital, is related to the performance and motivation of … entrepreneurs operating legal businesses in a transition context. Using regression techniques on a sample of 399 private business …

We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical … that entrepreneurs with more varied work experience are more likely to introduce innovations that have not only technical …, but also commercial value. Our findings support the notion that entrepreneurship can be learned. …

I present a theory on the relationship between educational choice and entrepreneurship in a labour market with …-ability individuals choose to quit school and become entrepreneurs. Using a comprehensive set of Norwegian register data, I find that this … entrepreneurship rates in the population. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; education ; ability …