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Monetary shocks, agency costs, and business cycles [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper integrates money into a real model of agency costs. Money is introduced by imposing a cash-in-advance constraint on a subset of transactions.
Charles T. Carlstrom, Timothy S. Fuerst
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Determinants of territorial differences in entrepreneurial rates. An empirical analysis of Italian local systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
According to the last GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) surveys, Italy has one of the lowest rates of entrepreneurial activity among innovation driven countries. Moreover, Italy is characterized by large territorial differences in the entrepreneurial
Cainelli, Giulio   +2 more
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Historical shocks and persistence of economic activity: Evidence from a unique natural experiment

open access: yes, 2016
This paper investigates the persistence of entrepreneurship in the region of Kaliningrad between 1925 and 2010. During this time period the area experienced a number of extremely disruptive shocks including; devastation caused by World War II, a nearly ...
Fritsch, Michael   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The Impact of Sustainability Orientation and Sustainability Challenges in SME Responses to Institutional Support

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT SMEs receive increasing institutional support to embed sustainability, yet they vary widely in their ability to translate such support into practice. This study addresses this gap by examining the internal cognitive and strategic mechanism (sustainability orientation) through which managers interpret institutional support and the contextual ...
Michael Zisuh Ngoasong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early Development of Entrepreneurial Qualities: the Role of Initial Education [PDF]

open access: yes
This study attempts to create a better understanding of the role of entrepreneurship education in developing entrepreneurial qualities. Theory and practice are confronted. The paper discusses the extent to which entrepreneurship can be taught, and the ...
Ingrid Verheul, Isobel van der Kuip
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The structure of optimism : "Controllability affects the extent to which efficacy beliefs shape outcome expectancies" [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In this article we theoretically develop and empirically test an integrative conceptual framework linking dispositional optimism as general outcome expectancy to general efficacy beliefs about internal (self) and external (instrumental social support and
Monsen, Erik, Urbig, Diemo
core   +2 more sources

Past and Future of Sustainability Indicator Research in Agribusiness: A Bibliometric and Forecasting Analysis

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study offers a forward‐looking assessment of sustainability indicator research in agribusiness by integrating bibliometric mapping with ARIMA‐based forecasting. Analysing 403 Scopus‐indexed articles, bibliographic‐coupling analysis identifies three contemporary thematic domains: Techno‐Managerial Sustainability, Systemic and ...
Marcelo Kratz Mendes   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Founder Succession and Accounting Properties [PDF]

open access: yes
Using a sample of 231 entrepreneurial firm successions in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan, we find that firms' unsigned discretionary accruals decrease while timely loss recognition increases subsequent to successions, suggesting a shift in accounting ...
Fan, Joseph P.H.   +2 more
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Productivity and Emissions in Italian Agriculture: A Farm‐Level Efficiency Analysis

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving the European Union climate‐neutrality objectives requires metrics that jointly assess farm productivity and greenhouse gas emissions at a granular level. However, harmonized evidence for benchmarking the productivity–emissions nexus of Italian farms remains limited.
Giulio Fusco   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An analysis of the direct and indirect effects of the relationship between personality and adaptability on entrepreneurial behavior in Trophy Generation entrepreneurs. [PDF]

open access: yesرویکرد‌های نوین در مدیریت و بازاریابی
This study was conducted to examine the direct and indirect effects of the relationship between personality and propensity for adaptability on entrepreneurial behavior among Trophy Generation entrepreneurs.
Seyyed Hassan Hataminasab
doaj   +1 more source

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