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Catching up or lagging behind? : the long-term business and innovation potential of subsidized start-ups out of unemployment

Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen; Weißenberger, Martin - 2019

From an active labor market policy perspective, start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are very effective in improving long-term labor market outcomes for participants. From a business perspective, however, the assessment of these public programs is less clear since they might attract...

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What makes an employer?

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - 2019

As the policy debate on entrepreneurship increasingly centers on firm growth in terms of job creation, it is important …

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High-growth entrepreneurship

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Kim, Mee Jung; Lee, … - 2018

Analyzing data on all U.S. employers in a cohort of entering firms, we document a highly skewed size distribution, such that the largest 5% account for over half of cohort employment at firm birth and more than two-thirds at firm age 7. Little of the size variation is accounted for by industry...

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The influence of start-up motivation on entrepreneurial performance

Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander; Stier, Claudia - 2022

entrepreneurship research. In this context, we investigate whether the motives of becoming an entrepreneur influence the subsequent …

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Better means more : property rights and high-growth aspiration entrepreneurship

Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2009

This paper contrasts the determinants of entrepreneurial entry and high-growth aspiration entrepreneurship. Using the … Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) surveys for 42 countries over the period 1998-2005, we analyse how institutional … entrepreneurship, but has less pronounced effects for entrepreneurial entry. The availability of finance and the fiscal burden matter …

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The determinants of young firms growth in Tunisia

Arouri, Hassan; BenYoussef, Adel; Quatraro, Francesco; … - 2018

The aim of this paper is to investigate the growth dynamics of young small firms (in contrast with larger and older incumbents) in a developing country context, using a unique and comprehensive dataset of non-agricultural Tunisian companies. Our results suggest that significant differences...

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Growing out of the crisis : hidden assets to Greece's transition to an innovation economy

Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander - 2013

Greece's currently planned institutional reforms will help to get the country going with limited economic growth. With an economy based primarily on tourism, trade, and agriculture, Greece lacks an established competitive industry and an innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export...

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Entrepreneurship and the process of firms' entry, survival and growth

Santarelli, Enrico (contributor); … - 2006

This survey paper aims at critically discussing the recent literature on firm formation and survival and the growth of new-born firms. The basic purpose is to single out the microeconomic entrepreneurial foundations of industrial dynamics (entry and exit) and to characterise the founder's...

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