166 research outputs found
Building Winners? An Empirical Evaluation of Public Business Assistance in the Founding Process
This paper investigates economic and subjective effects of public business assistance delivered to nascent entrepreneurs in Germany. Employing cluster analysis, we explore the actual scope and intensity of business assistance used. Then we analyze predictors of take-up and perceived usefulness taking into account the different patterns of utilized assistance. Finally, we assess economic effects by studying subsequent business performance employing propensity score matching. We cannot reveal that business assistance translates into better start-up performance. However, we find that a lack of personal entrepreneurial resources predicts take-up of business assistance in general as well as perceived usefulness of comprehensive business assistance.entrepreneurship, business assistance, policy evaluation, entrepreneurial resources, big five
Regional characteristics, opportunity perception and entrepreneurial activities
This paper seeks to better understand the link between regional characteristics and individual entrepreneurship. We combine individual-level GEM data for Western Germany with regional-level data, using multi-level analysis to test our hypotheses. We find no direct link between regional knowledge creation, the economic context and an entrepreneurial culture on the one side and individual business start-up intentions and start-up activity on the other side. However our findings point to the importance of an indirect effect of regional characteristics as knowledge creation, the economic context and an entrepreneurial culture have an effect on the individual perception of founding opportunities which in turn predicted start-up intentions and activity
Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Entrepreneurship: A New Era Has Begun
While the disruptive potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data
has been receiving growing attention and concern in a variety of research and
application fields over the last few years, it has not received much scrutiny
in contemporary entrepreneurship research so far. Here we present some
reflections and a collection of papers on the role of AI and Big Data for this
emerging area in the study and application of entrepreneurship research. While
being mindful of the potentially overwhelming nature of the rapid progress in
machine intelligence and other Big Data technologies for contemporary
structures in entrepreneurship research, we put an emphasis on the reciprocity
of the co-evolving fields of entrepreneurship research and practice. How can AI
and Big Data contribute to a productive transformation of the research field
and the real-world phenomena (e.g., 'smart entrepreneurship')? We also discuss,
however, ethical issues as well as challenges around a potential contradiction
between entrepreneurial uncertainty and rule-driven AI rationality. The
editorial gives researchers and practitioners orientation and showcases avenues
and examples for concrete research in this field. At the same time, however, it
is not unlikely that we will encounter unforeseeable and currently inexplicable
developments in the field soon. We call on entrepreneurship scholars,
educators, and practitioners to proactively prepare for future scenarios
The deep imprint of Roman sandals : evidence of long-lasting effectsof Roman rule on personality, economic performance, and well-beingin Germany
We investigate whether the Roman presence in the southern part of Germany nearly 2,000 years ago had a deep imprinting effect with long run consequences on a broad spectrum of measures ranging from present-day personality profiles to a number of socioeconomic outcomes and why. Todays populations living in the former Roman part of Germany score indeed higher on certain personality traits, have higher life and health satisfaction, longer life expectancy, generate more inventions and behave in a more entrepreneurial way. These findings help explain that regions under Roman rule have higher present-day levels of economic development in terms of GDP per capita. The effects hold when controlling for other potential historical influences. When addressing potential channels of a long term effect of Roman rule the data indicates that the Roman road network plays an important role as a mechanism in the imprinting that is still perceptible today
What drives solo and team startups at European universities? The interactive role of entrepreneurial climate, gender, and entrepreneurship course participation
Student entrepreneurship can take the form of solo or team efforts. While a positive and supportive university context is likely to increase entrepreneurial activities in general, it is unclear whether this effect is equally strong on both forms of entrepreneurship and for all types of students. Focusing on students embedded in universities, we study the entrepreneurial climate of universities and its combined effects with gender and entrepreneurship education on solo and team entrepreneurship. Drawing from organizational theory and team formation literature, we hypothesize that a positive entrepreneurial climate stimulates both, solo and team entrepreneurship. Yet, we argue that this effect is contingent on individuals’ intrinsic preferences for independence or growth which may differ by gender and entrepreneurship course participation. We test our hypotheses by means of a multilevel and longitudinal research design, using a large international dataset on student entrepreneurs (GUESSS). We find that a positive entrepreneurial climate indeed fosters solo and team startups of students, with gender and entrepreneurship education having an interactive effect. Our results suggest that a positive climate leads to more solo startups of women and more team startups of men. We contribute to a better understanding of student entrepreneurship and, specifically, the formation of solo and team startups. Our results elucidate the hitherto overlooked person-context dynamics and help explain why a supportive university context can unintentionally widen the gender gap in team startups
Cultural Imprinting:Ancient Origins of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Germany
A region’s present-day economic performance can be deeply anchored in historical factors. We provide the first systematic evidence of a deep imprinting effect in the context of Roman rule in the south-western part of Germany nearly 2,000 years ago. Our analysis reveals that regions in the former Roman part of Germany show a stronger entrepreneurship and innovation culture today, evident by higher levels of quantity and quality entrepreneurship and innovation. The data indicate that this lasting 'Roman effect' was constituted by the early establishment of interregional social and economic exchange and related infrastructure. Our findings thus help in unpacking the hidden cultural roots of present-day economic performance, with important implications for research and economic policy
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