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made a plea for guidance in the era of entrepreneurship, scholars have been slow to respond. The purpose of this paper is … introduced a greater element of entrepreneurship have been rewarded with additional growth. …
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Can stringent labor laws be efficient? Possibly, if they provide firms with a commitment device to not punish short-run failures and thereby incentivize the pursuit of value-maximizing innovative activities. In this paper, we provide empirical evidence that strong labor laws indeed appear to...
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Contemporary theories of entrepreneurship generally focus on the decision-making context of the individual. The … entrepreneurship literature is that opportunities are exogenous, the most prevalent theory of innovation in the economics literature … suggests that opportunities are endogenous. This paper bridges the gap between the entrepreneurship and economic literature on …
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We examine the origins and outcome of entrepreneurship on the basis of exceptionally comprehensive Norwegian matched … worker-firm-owner data. In contrast to most existing studies, our notion of entrepreneurship not only comprises self …-employment, but also employment in partly self-owned limited liability firms. Based on this extended entrepreneurship concept, we find …
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entrepreneurship into state economic development and incubate entrepreneurial companies. Regional entrepreneurship policy is a new … with the needs and expertise of private industry to accelerate entrepreneurship and economic growth. …
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Innovative new ventures fail if they cannot attract resources needed to commercialise new ideas and inventions. Obtaining external resources is a central issue for nascent entrepreneurs - people who are in the process of starting new ventures. We argue in this paper that, a way to deal with this...
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, are found to be conducive to entrepreneurship, while others, such as Hinduism, inhibit entrepreneurship. In addition, the … tradition of the caste system influence entrepreneurship, suggesting a link between religion and economic behaviour. …
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We document that the fraction of entrepreneurs who work in the region where they were born is significantly higher than the corresponding fraction for dependent workers. This difference is more pronounced in more developed regions and positively related to the degree of local financial...
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period 1998-2005. Departing from the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship, the focus of our analysis is on the role … opportunities for entrepreneurship than other regions. Moreover, while sectoral diversity tends to dampen new firm foundation … diversity of people is more conducive to entrepreneurship than the diversity of firms. We conclude that regions characterized by …
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We develop a model of endogenous lobby formation in which wealth inequality and political accountability undermine entry and financial development. Incumbents seek a low level of effective investor protection to prevent potential entrants from raising capital. They succeed because they can...
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