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entrepreneurship since 2000 and shows that possessing certain personality characteristics will make it more likely that an individual … into entrepreneurship. Further, entrepreneurs are more likely to hire, the higher they score in risk tolerance, trust …
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We analyze the regional distribution and the effect of people in creative occupations based on data for more than 450 regions in eight European countries. The geographic distribution of the creative class is highly uneven. The creative class is not attracted to highly urbanized regions per se,...
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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 behavior. …
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What is meant by entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth is often not clear or very idiosyncratic. This paper … starts with a discussion of the nature of entrepreneurship and its relation to innovation. The second section provides an … overview of theory and empirical research on the relation between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth. The paper …
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This paper tests the importance of social contacts on entrepreneurship. To measure differences in the …
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We investigate the effects that new business formation has on employment in incumbent firms and compare it to the development in the start-ups. The analysis is performed for West German regions over the 1984-2002 period. It shows that the employment effects of new businesses on the incumbents...
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employment or entrepreneurship. Strong willingness to freely distribute research findings are related to a low appeal of private …
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mechanism of knowledge spillover strategic entrepreneurship whereby knowledge investments by existing organizations, when … research in entrepreneurship, strategy and economic growth. …
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without negative externalities. The paper makes a contribution to entrepreneurship research by qualifying the implications of …
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This paper investigates economic and subjective effects of public business assistance delivered to nascent entrepreneurs in Germany. Employing cluster analysis, we explore the actual scope and intensity of business assistance used. Then we analyze predictors of take-up and perceived usefulness...
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