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Skill variety, innovation and new business formation

Hessels, Jolanda; Brixy, Udo; Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas - 2014

being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates the …

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Business ownership and unemployment in Japan

Acht, Joost van; Stam, Joop A.; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 2004

The influence of industrial structure, more specifically of business ownership, is investigated on the level of unemployment in Japan. The question is to what extent business ownership, i.e., entrepreneurship, can reduce the level of unemployment. It will be concluded that Japan is hardly an...

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The transaction costs perspective on standards as a source of trade and productivity growth

Butter, Frank A. G. den; Groot, Stefan P. T.; Lazrak, Faroek - 2007

This paper discusses the design, implementation and use of standards from the perspective of transaction costs economics. A proper design and implementation of standards may lead to a considerable reduction of transaction costs, which enhances trade and, consequently, economic welfare. A major...

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Evolutionary thinking in environmental economics

Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 2007

Evolutionary and environmental economics have a potentially close relationship. This paper reviews past and identifies potential applications of evolutionary concepts and methods to environmental economics. This covers a number of themes: resource use and ecosystem management; growth and...

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The elasticities of complementarity and substitution

Broer, Dirk Peter - 2004

displays constant returns. It is more informative in case returns to scale are not constant, as it disentangles entry effects …

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Modelling entrepreneurship

Bosma, Niels; Wit, Gerrit de; Carree, Martin Anthony - 2003

by both high entry and high exit rates. …

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The entrepreneurial adjustment process in disequilibrium

Burke, Andrew; Stel, Adriaan J. van - 2009

disequilibrium but little empirical research has examined firm entry and exit in this context. We redress this by modelling the … interrelationship between firm entry and exit in disequilibrium. Introducing a new methodology we investigate whether this … new-firm entry) while in overshoots competition induced by new firms (in particular strong displacement) helps restore …

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Micro moments database for cross-country analysis of ICT, innovation, and economic outcomes

Bartelsman, Eric J.; Hagsten, Eva; Polder, Michael - 2017

This paper provides technical documentation to a database built up from firm-level sources titled Micro moments database(MMD) that is made available for researchers through Eurostat. The MMD is an internationally harmonized research database of statistical moments collected from linked...

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Entrepreneurship and role models

Bosma, Niels; Hessels, Jolanda; Schutjens, Veronique; … - 2011

In the media role models are increasingly being acknowledged as an influential factor in explaining the reasons for the choice of occupation and career. Various conceptual studies have proposed links between role models and entrepreneurial intentions. However, empirical research aimed at...

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Entrepreneurship and economic transition

Aidis, Ruta - 2003

Identification of the entrepreneur's economic function has engaged economistsfor more than 200 years. In this paper we address the issue of entrepreneurship intwo distinct ways: a) as it has historically developed within the field of economicsand b) as it develops in the transitional context. In...

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