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Does self-employment measure entrepreneurship? evidence from Great Britain
Faggio, Giulia; Silva, Olmo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
Research on entrepreneurship often uses information on self-employment to proxy for business creation and innovative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126339
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Does cultural diversity help innovation in cities: evidence from London firms
Lee, Neil; Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
London is one of the world’s major cities, and one of its most diverse. London’s cultural diversity is widely seen as a social asset, but there is little hard evidence on its importance for the city’s businesses. Theory and evidence suggest various links between urban cultural diversity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745829
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Self-employment and entrepreneurship in urban and rural labour markets
Faggio, Giulia; Silva, Olmo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
We study the link between self-employment and some salient aspects of entrepreneurship – namely business creation and … not evident when focussing on entrepreneurship. Finally, we show that the misalignment between self-employment and our … proxies for entrepreneurship in rural areas disappears once we account for local labour market conditions. Our results suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126578
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The location of new firms - Influence of commuting behaviour
Backman, Mikaela; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2015
In this paper, we analyse where people who become self-employed actually start their firms. In the entrepreneurship … compared to the municipality of residence. Our results indicate that the entrepreneurship literature must reconsider its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011273264
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The Firm and the Region as Breeding Grounds for Entrepreneurs
Baltzopoulos, Apostolos - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009
into entrepreneurship. I also find evidence that people are more likely to select the path of self-employment in the face …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969808
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R&D Strategies and Entrepreneurial Spawning
Andersson, Martin; Baltzopoulos, Apostolos; Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2010
This paper analyzes how different R&D strategies of incumbent firms affect the quantity and quality of their entrepreneurial spawning. By examining entrepreneurial ventures of ex-employees of firms with different R&D strategies three things emerge: First, firms with persistent R&D investments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552418
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New firms and labor market entrants: Is there a wage penalty for employment in new firms?
Nyström, Kristina; Elvung, Gulzat Zhetibaeva - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013
In this paper, we explore the role of new firms as an entry point to the labor market. Because the vast majority of new firms are short-lived, it is a risky decision to accept employment in a new venture. It can be argued that individuals with little (or no) labor market experience are more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739971
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Labor Decomposition: A Firm Level Analysis on Import Quality and Labor Demand
Warda, Peter - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013
Structural changes due to global integration certainly affect the employment, productivity and profitability of firms. An interesting case reflects how firms use imports to replace certain stages in production of physical goods. The relevant question here is: if imports make up a substantial...
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Can labour supply explain the rise in unemployment and intergroup wage inequality in the OECD?
Wasmer, E. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998
This paper investigates how labour supply trends might have affected the OECD labour markets in the last decades. It is argued that changes in supply cannot be considered as homogenous: they involve more young and more adult female workers, who are complements with skilled men and substitutes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744859
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Imports and exports at the level of the firm: evidence from Belgium
Muuls, Mirabelle; Pisu, Mauro - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
This paper explores a newly-available panel data set merging balance sheet and international trade transaction data for Belgium. Both imports and exports appear to be highly concentrated among few firms and seem to have become more so over time. Focusing on manufacturing, we find that facts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745332