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Lab on a Chip, 2015 This article describes entrepreneurship from concept to product, and discusses commercialization strategies, financing, marketing, and exit plans supplemented by case studies.
Ali K. Yetisen +7 more
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Clusters of entrepreneurship [PDF]
Journal of Urban Economics, 2009 Employment growth is strongly predicted by smaller average establishment size, both across cities and across industries within cities, but there is little consensus on why this relationship exists. Traditional economic explanations emphasize factors that reduce entry costs or raise entrepreneurial returns, thereby increasing net returns and attracting ...
Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto +4 more
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Immigration and Entrepreneurship [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013 Abstract Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This is reflected in immigration policies, and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs.
Fairlie, Robert W., Lofstrom, Magnus
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Renascent entrepreneurship [PDF]
Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2008 Why should individuals who have exited their firm consider re-entering into entrepreneurship, i.e. become renascent entrepreneurs? According to the logic of economic models of firm dynamics there is no reason to re-enter into entrepreneurship following firm failure.
Stam, F.C. +2 more
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Creatine and entrepreneurship [PDF]
Journal of Bioeconomics, 2016 Creatine is a nitrogenous organic acid which supplies energy to body cells and enhances physical performance. Using the Young Finns Study combined with the Finnish Linked employer-employee data we show that quantities of creatine measured in 1980 prior to labour market entry affect entrepreneurial success as measured by capital income accumulation over
Alex Bryson +6 more
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Journal of Labor Economics, 2002 The theory proposed below is that entrepreneurs are jacks-of-all-trades who may not excel in any one skill, but are competent in many. A coherent model of the choice to become an entrepreneur is presented. The primary implication is that individuals with balanced skills are more likely than others to become entrepreneurs.
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016 We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and growth of immigrant-founded businesses over time relative to native-founded companies. Our work quantities immigrant contributions to new firm creation in a wide variety of fields and using multiple definitions.
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, Kerr, William
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Clusters and entrepreneurship [PDF]
Journal of Economic Geography, 2010 This article examines the role of regional clusters in regional entrepreneurship. We focus on the distinct influences of convergence and agglomeration on growth in the number of start-up firms as well as in employment in these new firms in a given region-industry.
Mercedes Delgado +3 more
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Religion and Entrepreneurship [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007 While considerable concern has emerged about the impact of religion on economic development, little is actually known about how religion impacts the decision making of individuals. This paper examines the influence of religion on the decision for people to become an entrepreneur.
David B. Audretsch +3 more
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Organizational Dynamics, 2010 This article introduces career entrepreneurship, a rapidly spreading phenomenon in the global knowledge-driven economy. Career entrepreneurship involves taking an entrepreneurial approach to managing our careers. It means doing things that seem illegitimate to other people and contradict socially-recognized and accepted sequences of work ...
Konstantin Korotov +2 more
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