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The literature focusing on the geography of entrepreneurship has developed something of a schizophrenic approach. On … account for inter-spatial variations in entrepreneurship. On the other hand is a literature that has examined the impact of … entrepreneurship on the economic performance of that region. While the emergence of a statistical link between economic performance and …
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The present study aims at explaining female and male entrepreneurship from a country perspective. Explanatory variables … are derived from three streams of literature, including the literature on the determinants of entrepreneurship in general …, on female labor force participation, and on female entrepreneurship. To test hypotheses we make use of Global …
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capital. In this paper we introduce a new factor, entrepreneurship capital and why it should influence economic output. A … production function model including several different measures of entrepreneurship capital is then estimated for german regions …. The results indicate that entrepreneurship capital is a significant and important factor shaping output and productivity …
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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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Using Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data for 29 countries this study investigates the (differential) impact of … several factors on female and male entrepreneurship at the country level. These factors are derived from three streams of … literature, including that on entrepreneurship in general, on female labor force participation and on female entrepreneurship …
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The literature focusing on the geography of entrepreneurship has developed some-thing of a schizophrenic approach. On … account for inter-spatial variations in entrepreneurship. On the other hand is a literature that has ex-amined the impact of … entrepreneurship on the economic performance of that region. While the emergence of a statistical link between economic performance and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279540
impact of business accomplishments and gender on entrepreneurial self-image and explores the definition of entrepreneurship … university alumni associate with self-perceptions of entrepreneurship. Experience as a small business person (founding, running … separate expert panel study are used to rank business accomplishments according to degree of entrepreneur-ship. Results of both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276799
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279547
The paper analyses the impact of venture capital finance on growth and innovation activities of young German firms. Among other variables, our panel of firm data includes data on venture capital funding and patent applications. With statistical matching procedures we draw an adequate control...
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The relationship between entrepreneurship, measured by fluctuations in the business ownership rate, and unemployment in … different exogenous shocks as compared to other OECD countries, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not distinct …
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