“...Drawing on representative household data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examine the role of an early precursor of entrepreneurial development -...”

“...Based on representative data, the German Micro-Census, we provide an overview of the development of self-employment and entrepreneurship in Germany between...”

“...Entrepreneurs are found to have balanced skill sets and most have worked in small firms before starting their own business. In light of this, we compare the...”

“...Spinoffs frms are an important source of industry dynamics and innovation. While an emerging body of literature identifies strategic disagreements and ideas as...”

“...This paper investigates the impact of implicit institutions on the decision to become an entrepreneur. Implicit institutions are here defined as mindsets that...”

“...We examine ownership patterns of German university-invented patents before and after the abolition of the "professors' privilege" in 2002 to explore how the...”

“...Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession 'entrepreneur' shapes people's occupational preferences and thus...”

“...How valuable are cognitive and social abilities for entrepreneurs' incomes as compared to employees? We answer three questions: (1) To what extent does a...”

“...This paper tests the importance of social contacts on entrepreneurship. To measure differences in the interconnectedness of social contacts, we compare rural...”