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Could the Irish miracle be repeated in Hungary?
Ács, Zoltán J.; O'Gorman, Colm; Szerb, László; … - 2005
It is widely recognized that foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role in economic development … starting businesses and the opportunities pursued. These results suggest that economic development policies for middle …-income countries, like Hungary, should focus on increasing human capital, promote enterprise development, and upgrading the quality of …
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What is an Entrepreneurial Opportunity?
McMullen, Jeffery S.; Plummer, Lawrence A.; Ács, Zoltán J. - 2007
What an entrepreneurial opportunity is and from whence it comes are important issues for understanding how markets function and come into being. In addition to describing the forum held on the topic and summarizing the contributions of the articles that appear in the special issue, this article...
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Allocation and productivity of time in new ventures of female and male entrepreneurs
Verheul, Ingrid; Carree, Martin A.; Thurik, A. Roy - 2006
This paper investigates time allocation decisions in new ventures of female and male entrepreneurs using a new model that distinguishes between effects of preferences (what they like) and productivity (what they are good at) on the number of working hours. Using data of 1203 entrepreneurs we...
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Understanding the role of entrepreneurship for economic growth
Carree, Martin A.; Thurik, A. Roy - 2005
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The Persistence of Regional New Business Formation-Activity over Time - Assessing the Potential of Policy Promotion Programs
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2005
We investigate regional differences in the level and the development of regional new business formation activity. There …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261505
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Das Enable-Programm im Kontext der Europäischen Politik für Unternehmerische Initiative
Audretsch, David B.; Grimm, Heike - 2005
Der europäische Rat von Lissabon hat ein klares strategisches Ziel für die Europäische Union gesetzt: "Die Europäische Union soll zum wettbewerbsfähigsten und dynamischsten wissenbasierten Wirtschaftsraum der Welt gemacht werden - einem Wirtschaftsraum, der fähig ist, ein nachhaltiges...
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Nascent entrepreneurship and the level of economic development
Wennekers, Sander; van Stel, André J.; Thurik, A. Roy; … - 2005
entrepreneurial dynamics and its level of economic development. This would imply a different scope for entrepreneurship policy across … subsequent stages of development. Regressing GEM's 2002 data for nascent entrepreneurship in 36 countries on the level of … economic development as measured either by per capita income or by an index for innovative capacity, we find support for a U …
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Entrepreneurship Capital and Economic Performance
Audretsch, David B.; Keilbach, Max - 2004
The neoclassical model of the production, as applied by Robert Solow to built the neoclassical model of growth, linked labor and capital to output. More recently, Romer and others have expanded the model to include measures of knowledge capital. In this paper we introduce a new factor,...
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The Effects of New Business Formation on Regional Development over Time
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2004
of new businesses on regional development is reached about eight years after entry. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261497
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Entrepreneurship capital : determinants and impact
Audretsch, David B.; Keilbach, Max - 2004
The literature focusing on the geography of entrepreneurship has developed something of a schizophrenic approach. On the one hand is a series of studies, which have tried to identify characteristics specific to particular regions that account for inter-spatial variations in entrepreneurship. On...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261498