entrepreneurship

Based on data from a recent representative survey of the adult population in Germany, this paper documents that the patterns of variables influencing nascent and infant entrepreneurship are quite similar and broadly in line with our theoretical priors – both types of entrepreneurship are fostered by the width of experience and a role model in the family, and hindered by risk aversion, while being male is a supporting factor.

The paper examines the contingent value of entrepreneurs networks to survival likelihood of Internet ventures, and the dynamics of entrepreneurs networks over time. The empirical data are composed of the longitudinal surveys of 94 Internet ventures in Beijing, China.

This study examines the impact of entrepreneurs’ network structure and knowledge homogeneity/heterogeneity of their network members on product development, and revenue growth of software ventures in China and Russia. The study found that structural holes and knowledge heterogeneity affect positively product diversity in interactive ways.

This study examines the impact of entrepreneurs’ network structure and knowledge homogeneity/heterogeneity of their network members on product development, and revenue growth of software ventures in China and Russia. The study found that structural holes and knowledge heterogeneity affect positively product diversity in interactive ways.

In the study, the authors aim to improve the conceptualisations and measures of agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship.

This paper investigates the dynamic interrelationship between self-employment and unemployment rates. Empirical results confirm two distinct relationships between unemployment and self-employment, i.e. "refugee" and "entrepreneurial" effects.

This paper investigates whether a high level of new business formation in a region stimulates employment in that region. The study looks at the lag structure of these effects, using a data set covering a fairly large time span (1982-2002).

The paper investigates whether total entrepreneurial activity influences GDP growth for a sample of 36 countries. Findings indicate that entrepreneurial activity by nascent entrepreneurs and owner/managers of young businesses affects economic growth, but that this effect depends upon the level of per capita income.

The authors review and evaluate some recent contributions on the modeling of entrepreneurship within a neoclassical framework, analyzing how and to what extent the fundamental ingredients suggested in the social science literature were captured. They show how these approaches are important in stressing the main elements of a complex picture without being able to completely describe it.

The report uses longitudinal tax return data to
measure the responsiveness of individual tax filers to changes in marginal income tax rates with respect to their choices to engage in entrepreneurial activity.