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How long does it take to become an entrepreneurial society: The case of german convergence in self-employment

Schindele, Yvonne - 2010

Since the beginning of the transformation of East Germany from a socialist planned economy to a market economy, there has been an ambitious political goal of fostering entrepreneurial activity in that part of the country. One of the most-hoped for results of this undertaking is the anticipated...

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Regional trajectories of entrepreneurship: The effect of socialism and transition

Fritsch, Michael; Kristalova, Maria; Wyrwich, Michael - 2020

comparative analysis of the development of entrepreneurship in East and West Germany after World War II. The introduction of an … decades later were major historical shocks to the economy in general, and to entrepreneurship specifically. Our comparative … analysis of East and West Germany assesses how these shocks affected the level of entrepreneurship at the regional level …

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Personality Traits, Self-Employment, and Professions

Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

We investigate the effect of broad personality traits-the Big Five-on an individual's decision to become self- employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of self-employment varies considerably across professions, we also...

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The persistence of regional entrepreneurship: Are all types of self-employment equally important?

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2015

We explore the role of different types of self-employment for a persistence of the regional level of entrepreneurship … regarded a rather weak form of entrepreneurship. …

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Does persistence in start-up activity reflect persistence in social capital?

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2015

Emerging literature shows that spatial differences in entrepreneurship tend to persist over longer periods of time. A … regional culture and a supporting environment in favor of entrepreneurship that particularly involves social capital. This … chapter summarizes the available empirical evidence on the regional persistence of entrepreneurship and elaborates in detail …

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The entrepreneurial culture: guiding principles of the self-employed

Noseleit, Florian - 2008

What makes entrepreneurs different? Using a cross-country dataset, this paper explores essential parts of the value system of entrepreneurs in Western European countries by comparing value items of the self-employed to that of the non-self-employed. The self-employed rate values higher that aim...

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Entrepreneurs' acceptance of formal institutions: a cross-country analysis

Freytag, Andreas; Noseleit, Florian - 2009

Institutional settings and the resulting incentive structures are crucial for economic development. The type of entrepreneurial activity and the entrepreneurial effort are especially dependent on underlying incentive structures. We argue that institutions with better incentive structures for...

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The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture: Germany 1925 - 2005

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2012

and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist …

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How much of a socialist legacy? The reemergence of entrepreneurship in the East German transformation to a market economy

Fritsch, Michael; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Rusakova, Alina; … - 2012

The 40 years of socialist regime in East Germany were characterized by a massive anti-entrepreneurship policy. We … investigate the reemergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany during its transformation to a market economy following the … market economy, suggesting the existence of a long-lasting regional entrepreneurship culture. …

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Drivers of self-employment: A multivariate decomposition analysis for the case of Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2013

for the East German recovery of entrepreneurship after 40 years of socialist regime. We find different results for self … particular increase of solo-entrepreneurship. …

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