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The Role of Loan Guarantee Schemes in Alleviating Credit Rationing in the UK
Cowling, Marc - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
It is a widely held perception, although empirically contentious, that credit rationing is an important phenomenon in the UK small business sector. In response to this perception the UK government initiated a loan guarantee scheme (SFLGS) in 1981. In this paper we use a unique dataset comprised...
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What is the Effect of the Current Financial Crisis on Venture Capital Financing? Empirical Evidence from US Internet Start-ups
Block, Joern; Sandner, Philipp - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Employing a large dataset regarding venture capital investments in US Internet firms, we analyze the effect of the current financial crisis on the venture capital market. Using regression analysis, we find that the financial crisis led to a 20% decrease in the average amount of funds raised per...
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The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Latinamerican Scoreborard: The impact of University-Industry Cooperation in Ecuador
Massón-Guerra, José Luis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
of the innovation and entrepreneurship in Latin-American Countries. …
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Measures of Science & Technology in Ecuador
José Luis, Massón-Guerra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
One of the structural problems in Latin-American has been the lower innovative capacity and lower generation of economically exploitable knowledge. This phenomenon has been produced by the absence of government’s incentives and strategies in order to be competitive inside the Knowledge Based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836574
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Entrepreneurial Morality: Some Indications from Greece
Bitros, George C.; Karayiannis, Anastassios D. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In countries with relatively small firms, entrepreneurial morality is determined by the influences that shape the values, the personality and the character of entrepreneurs as owners and managers of their enterprises. To shed some light on the processes involved we estimate an ordered probit...
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Education, social capital and entrepreneurial selection in Italy
Ferrante, Francesco; Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
taking the relevant risky decisions. Discovery and exploitation are separate but interlinked features of entrepreneurship … studies on entrepreneurship do not offer a neat picture of the actual contribution of education to entrepreneurial human … depth analysis of the determinants of entrepreneurship in Italy, thus accounting for the role that variables like the …
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The role of Entrepreneurial Universities in interfacing Competitive Advantages: The Case of Beira Interior region (Portugal)
Ferreira, Joao; Leitão, João; Raposo, Mario - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
: traditional activities and tourism; and entrepreneurship and innovation. In terms of future research, the same analytical tool …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837290
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Entrepreneurship Policy in Estonia
Kuura, Arvi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The main task of this article is to explore the entrepreneurship policy in Estonia. The idea proceeds from the book by … Lundström and Stevenson (2001), in which the authors describe, analyse and discuss the development of entrepreneurship policy in … chapter” in the aforementioned book concerning entrepreneurship policy in Estonia. It should be considered as an attempt to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837427
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The theory of entrepreneurship and evolutionary economics
Кантарбаева, Алия; Мустафин, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1997
The paper presents the analysis of recent developments of Schumpeterian theory of entrepreneurship and innovation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212782
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A Matching Model of Endogenous Growth and Underground Firms
Lisi, Gaetano; Pugno, Maurizio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Economic growth and unemployment exhibit an ambiguous relationship – according to empirical studies. This ambiguity can be investigated by observing the role of the underground economy in shaping the productivity of firms. Indeed, unemployment may be absorbed by underground firms, which adopt...
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