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Determinants of entrepreneurial engagement levels in Europe and the US

Grilo, Isabel; Thurik, Roy - 2008

to differ across the various entrepreneurial engagement levels. Data from two Entrepreneurship Flash Eurobarometer …

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Financial signalling by innovative nascent entrepreneurs

Audretsch, David B.; Bönte, Werner; Mahagaonkar, Prashanth - 2009

External finance is central for nascent entrepreneurs, people in the process of starting new ventures. We argue that nascent entrepreneurs use patents and prototypes in order to signal their ability to appropriate the returns from their innovation as well as the project´s feasibility. Our...

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Evolution on the shoulders of giants: entrepreneurship and firm survival in the German laser industry

Buenstorf, Guido - 2005

This paper studies 40 years of evolution in the German laser industry to test the generality of evolutionary patterns observed in the U.S. laser industry. Key characteristics found in the U.S. industry are also present in Germany. There is sustained entry into the industry, and neither a...

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Entrepreneurship among married couples in the United States: a simultaneous probit approach

Parker, Simon C. - 2005

This article proposes a simultaneous probit equation framework to analyse the business ownership patterns of married couples in the United States. A structural model of knowledge spillovers within couples is formulated and estimated. Empirical analysis reveals significant and substantial...

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Employment Growth and Entrepreneurial Activity in Cities

Ács, Zoltán J.; Armington, Catherine - 2004

Recent theories of economic growth have stressed the role of externalities in generating growth. Using data from the Census Bureau that tracks all employers in the whole U.S. private sector economy, we examine the impact of these externalities, as measured by entrepreneurial activity, on...

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Penetrating the "Knowledge Filter" in Regional Economies

Plummer, Lawrence A.; Ács, Zoltán J. - 2004

New knowledge in the form of products, processes and organizations leads to opportunities that can be exploited commercially. However, converting new ideas into economic growth requires turning new knowledge into economic knowledge that constitutes a commercial opportunity. Acs, Audretsch,...

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The Entrepreneurship-Philanthropy Nexus: Nonmarket Source of American Entrepreneurial Capitalism

Ács, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; Phillips, Ronnie J. - 2007

creation of wealth (entrepreneurship) and the reconstitution of wealth (philanthropy). Philanthropy has been part of the … way for future economic growth. This entrepreneurship-philanthropy nexus has not been fully explored by either economists …

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The entrepreneurship-philanthropy nexus: nonmarket source of American entrepreneurial capitalism

Ács, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; Phillips, Ronnie J. - 2007

the creation of wealth (entrepreneurship) and the reconstitution of wealth (philanthropy). Philanthropy has been part of … paved the way for future economic growth. This entrepreneurship-philanthropy nexus has not been fully explored by either …

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Chandlerian firms vs. entrepreneurship

Gambardella, Alfonso; Giarratana, Marco S. - 2004

This paper employs an original dataset for 146 US metropolitan areas to test some propositions that characterize two different models of organizing firms and industries: the managerial firm, epitomized by the work of Alfred Chandler, and the entrepreneurial system, recently highlighted by many...

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Determinants of entrepreneurship in Europe

Grilo, Isabel; Thurik, A. Roy - 2004

This paper presents an Eclectic Framework explaining (developments in and determinants of) entrepreneurship … the demand for entrepreneurship on the one hand, with those influencing the supply of entrepreneurs on the other hand. It … entrepreneurship can be shifted. In its empirical part the present paper estimates a multinomial logit using survey data from the 15 EU …

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