Nascent and infant entrepreneurs in Germany: evidence from the Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM)
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Neue Ansätze der Mittelstandsforschung. ed. / Joachim Merz ; Reinhard Schulte. Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag, 2008. p. 395-411 (CREPS Entrepreneurship, Professions, Small Buseniss Economics; Vol. 4).
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Nascent and infant entrepreneurs in Germany
T2 - evidence from the Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM)
AU - Wagner, Joachim
N1 - Literaturverz. S. 409 - 411
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - 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. Results of this study using cross section data are in line with conclusions from longitudinal studies for other countries finding that between one in two and one in three nascent entrepreneurs become infant entrepreneurs ...
AB - 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. Results of this study using cross section data are in line with conclusions from longitudinal studies for other countries finding that between one in two and one in three nascent entrepreneurs become infant entrepreneurs ...
KW - Economics
KW - Gender and Diversity
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 978-3-8258-1148-8
T3 - CREPS Entrepreneurship, Professions, Small Buseniss Economics
SP - 395
EP - 411
BT - Neue Ansätze der Mittelstandsforschung
A2 - Merz , Joachim
A2 - Schulte, Reinhard
PB - LIT Verlag
CY - Münster, Westfalen
ER -