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Postmaterialism Influencing Total Entrepreneurial Activity across Nations
Thurik, Roy; Uhlaner, Uhlaner, L.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006
distinction is made between nascent entrepreneurship, new business formation and a combination of the two, referred to as total … entrepreneurial activity, as defined within the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). The model is also tested for the rate of … effects. Data from 27 countries (GEM, World Values Survey and other sources) are used to test the hypotheses. Findings confirm …
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Self-Employed but Looking: A Labor Market Experiment
Koellinger, Philipp; Mell, Mell, J.; Pohl, Pohl, I.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2012
overestimate alternative earnings to entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730948
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Playing in Invisible Markets: Innovations in the Market for Toilets to Harness the Economic Power of the Poor
Ramani, Shyama V. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
Sanitation is at the heart of not only environmental security but also food security and health. Today about 41% of the global population or about 2.6 billion people do not have access to toilets and about 42,000 people die every week due to drinking water polluted with faecal matter. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856443
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Entrepreneurship and the National System of Innovation - What is Missing in Turkey?
Bascavusoglu-Moreau, Elif - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
Although very dynamic and flexible, Turkish SMEs are less innovative than their European counterparts. The analysis undertaken in this paper allows to assess whether this low level of innovative activities is related to a lack of entrepreneurial behaviour and/or to the weaknesses of the Turkish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856468
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Firm Ownership, FOEs, and POEs
Amsden, Alice - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
Where the theory of free competition reigns, developing countries should open their arms to investments from all types of enterprises in order to maximize jobs. Ownership, measured by votes of shareholders or boards of directors, is immaterial to performance. Matters change drastically, though,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856484
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Virtue as Competence in the Entrepreneurial Society
Karlson, Nils; Fergin, Elina - Ratioinstitutet - 2014
. Moreover, to a certain degree virtues are learnt through the practice of <p> entrepreneurship. Due to their importance, though …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262763
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Genome-wide Association Studies and the Genetics of Entrepreneurship
Koellinger, Philipp; Groenen, Patrick; Thurik, Roy; van … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010
We are currently investigating genetic influences on self-employment in an international research consortium using genome-wide association studies (GWAS). By meta-analysing results from numerous independent samples we address identification issues arising from multiple testing. To our knowledge,...
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Export Orientation among New Ventures and Economic Growth
van Stel, André; Hessels, Hessels, S.J.A. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007
While it is generally acknowledged that entrepreneurship as well as export activity may both be important strategies … of economic growth than entrepreneurial activity in general. We focus on the national or macro-level and use data from … the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor for a sample of 36 countries. An important advantage of using the macro-level is that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837534
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Businessman or Host? Individual Differences between Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners in the Hospitality Industry
Wagener, Wagener, S.L.; Gorgievski-Duijvesteijn, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008
Prior research has identified individual characteristics that distinguish business owners from non-business owners. We tested our contention that not every successful business owner can be characterized by such typical “entrepreneurial” characteristics. Multiple Analysis of Variance (MANOVA)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837586
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Climbing the Entrepreneurial Ladder: The Role of Gender
Thurik, Roy; Verheul, Ingrid; Grilo, Grilo, I.; van der … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008
entrepreneurial ladder and the factors that influence their position on the ladder. We use data from the 2006 "Flash Eurobarometer … survey on Entrepreneurship" consisting of more than 10,000 observations for 25 member states of the European Union, Norway …
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