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Quality risk aversion, conjectures, and new product diffusion
Bogliacino, Francesco; Rampa, Giorgio - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 22 (2012) 5, pp. 1081-1115
In this paper, we provide a generalization of the standard models of the diffusion of a new product. Consumers are heterogeneous and risk averse, and the firm is uncertain about the demand curve: both learn from past observations. The attitude towards risk has important effects with regard to...
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What turns knowledge into innovative products? The role of entrepreneurship and knowledge spillovers
Block, Joern; Thurik, Roy; Zhou, Haibo - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 23 (2013) 4, pp. 693-718
The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship seeks to explain the fundamentals and consequences of … entrepreneurship with respect to economic performance. This paper uses the knowledge spillover theory to explain different innovation … outcomes. We hypothesize that a high rate of entrepreneurship facilitates the process of turning knowledge into new …
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Start-ups, long- and short-term survivors, and their contribution to employment growth
Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 23 (2013) 4, pp. 719-733
This study documents that the survival of start-ups is central in explaining the relationship between entry and regional employment growth. Distinguishing between start-ups according to the period of their survival shows that the positive effect of new business formation on employment growth is...
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The strength and persistence of entrepreneurial cultures
Foreman-Peck, James; Zhou, Peng - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 23 (2013) 1, pp. 163-187
The twentieth century United States provides a natural experiment to measure the strength and persistence of entrepreneurial cultures. Assuming immigrants bear the cultures of their birth place, comparison of revealed entrepreneurial propensities of US immigrant groups in 1910 and 2000 reflected...
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Entrepreneurship, structural change, and economic growth
Noseleit, Florian - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 23 (2013) 4, pp. 735-766
The ability to adjust to structural change is vital to economic development, and entries can be active participants in this process. While the importance of factor reallocations for growth is widely discussed, the role of entrepreneurs in managing these reallocations is currently not well...
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PROSPECTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO THE CHALLENGE OF JOB CREATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
MAHADEA, DARMA - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 17 (2012) 04, pp. 1250020-1
Entrepreneurship is critical to job creation and economic growth. Unemployment in South Africa is presently at about 25 … challenge. Entrepreneurship, through the creation of new ventures and expansion of business firms, can make a difference to … the entrepreneurial environmental conditions in South Africa and then examines how entrepreneurship can make a difference …
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AN ANALYSIS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS FIVE MAJOR NATIONALITY GROUPS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
TONG, QINGXIA; McCROHAN, DECLAN; EROGUL, MURAT SAKIR - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 17 (2012) 02, pp. 1250007-1
key differences between entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs' perceptions and attitudes toward entrepreneurship. More than … in the UAE. Arab expatriates in particular, have higher entrepreneurship rates compared to other nationality groups … factors like income and employment have a significant influence in determining entrepreneurship activity in the UAE …
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UNDERLYING LOGICS THAT TRANSFORM SURVIVAL OR SUBSISTENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUSTERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
HE, XIAOHONG; CHI, RENYONG - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 18 (2013) 03, pp. 1350018-1
survival entrepreneurial clusters can evolve into innovative industrial networks. By conceptualizing survival entrepreneurship …
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REVIEWING EXISTING POLICIES FOR UNLEASHING AND FOSTERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SELECTED AFRICAN COUNTRIES
SHERIFF, MICHAEL; MUFFATTO, MORENO - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 19 (2014) 03, pp. 1450016-1
Public Policies are vital for unleashing and fostering entrepreneurship in every society. This paper reviewed the … international documents and reports to examine the state and nature of the entrepreneurship policies in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania … findings, an entrepreneurship policy framework was developed that takes into account the type and level of entrepreneurship …
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Property rights as a complex adaptive system: how entrepreneurship transforms intellectual property structures
Harper, David - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 24 (2014) 2, pp. 335-355
This article aims to provide some elements of an evolutionary theory of property rights. It applies a systems …
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