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Who values the status of the entrepreneur?

Praag, Mirjam van - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession 'entrepreneurship' shapes people's occupational preferences and thus their choice behavior. The current study focuses on the determinants and consequences of the group status of a profession,...

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The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship competencies and intentions: An evaluation of the Junior Achievement Student Mini-Company Program

Oosterbeek, Hessel; Praag, Mirjam van; IJsselstein, Auke - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Both the European Community, its member countries and the United States have stimulated schools to implement entrepreneurship programs into schooling curricula on a large scale, based on the idea that entrepreneurial competencies and mindsets must be developed at school. The leading and...

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If you are so smart, why aren't you an entrepreneur? Returns to cognitive and social ability: Entrepreneurs versus employees

Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

How valuable are cognitive and social abilities for entrepreneurs' incomes as compared to employees? We answer three questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math ability,...

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Innovation and market characteristics and success of new research-based spin-off products

Helm, Roland; Mauroner, Oliver - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

service innovation by spin-offs. Furthermore, the study confirms the generally positive relationship between innovation speed …

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Implications from Cue Utilization Theory and Signalling Theory for Firm Reputation and the Marketing of New Products

Helm, Roland - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

The main research streams, which focus on signals, signalling theory and cue utilization theory stress the importance of a producersÂ´ credibility or reputation as an important factor that determines a signalsÂ´ potential to reduce customersÂ´ risks and to motivate customers to adopt a...

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Determinants of spin-offs' long term success - a causal model

Helm, Roland; Mauroner, Oliver - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The aim of this paper is to explain successful product and service innovation by spin-offs from public research centres … and to investigate how innovativeness, stage of development, market knowledge and parent support influence the market … the spin-off idea on innovation success. As settled by the resource based view of the firm the technological base is a …

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