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Although minority and immigrant entrepreneurs in the US have chosen to concentrate in low-profit retail and service lines of business clustered geographically in urban minority neighbourhoods, their reasons for doing so are unclear. We investigate their motivations by analysing viability among...
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Recent research has concluded that the children of business owners are substantially more likely than others to become self-employed themselves. The authors of this study find that more than half of business owners in the confidential, restricted-access 1992 Characteristics of Business Owners...
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The authors investigate the empirical link between prevailing levels of crime and the viability of small businesses. Using confidential microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau's Characteristics of Business Owners Survey, they find, on balance, that young firms operating in high-crime niches in...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which various theories of capital structure “fit” in the case of new technology‐based firms. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses data from the Kauffman Firm Survey, a longitudinal data set of over 4,000 firms in...
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It is often asserted that a highly educated workforce is vital to improving the competitive position of American businesses, especially by boosting entrepreneurship. To examine this contention, we use population Census data and a new panel data of startup firms, to examine how the education and...
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Questo articolo analizza le fonti di finanziamento e le strategie delle nuove imprese tecnologiche utilizzando un’indagine sulle imprese effettuata dalla Fondazione Kauffman. I risultati rivelano come le imprese tecnologiche, ed in particolare quelle basate sull’alta tecnologia - high tech -...
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