International Review of Entrepreneurship: Volume 14, Issue 3, 2016
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Review of Empirical Studies on Self-Employment out of Unemployment: Do Self-Employment Policies Make a Positive Impact?
(Senate HallDublin, 2016)The role of self-employment policies as a way out of unemployment has been challenged. Shane (2009) stated that incentives for starting low growth companies should be eliminated as they attract the worst entrepreneurs. ... -
The Returns to Field of Study in College: A Comparison Between Entrepreneurs and Wage-Workers
(Senate HallDublin, 2016)The different returns to formal education for entrepreneurs and wage-workers is a widely studied topic, yet little is known about the effects of specific educational training (i.e., field of study) on entrepreneurial ... -
Business Takeover or New Venture? (Why) Do Women Prefer New Ventures?
(Senate HallDublin, 2016)This paper analyzes the role of (nascent) entrepreneurs' sex in choosing the mode of business entry. Using a unique data set and estimating logit regressions we show that nas-cent entrepreneurs' sex indeed affects their ... -
Value Adding Activities in the Venture Capital Literature: A Review on Data, Variables and Methods
(Senate HallDublin, 2016)Established literature has shown that venture capital funds' high returns can be partly attributed to value adding activities performed by the venture capital firms in their portfolio firms. Despite of the topic´s importance, ... -
Self-Employed Individuals With and Without Employees: Individual, Social and Economic Level Differences
(Senate HallDublin, 2016)This paper focuses on the differences between solo self-employed individuals and self-employed persons that hire employees, in terms of individual, social and economic variables. The study is based on Dyer's (1994) model ... -
Indicators of Start-Ups' Adoption of Blue Ocean Strategy: Empirical Evidence for the Danube Region
(Senate HallDublin, 2016)We empirically explore the differences between early stage entrepreneurs from the Danube Region who enter markets with high competition (red oceans) or low competition (blue oceans) in terms of their aspirations for ...