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Der Noth gehorchend, nicht dem eignen Trieb: Nascent necessity and opportunity entrepreneurs in Germany evidence from the regional entrepreneurship monitor (REM)

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    Abstract

    Using a large recent representative sample of the adult German population this paper demonstrates that nascent necessity and nascent opportunity entrepreneurs are different with respect to some of the characteristics and attitudes considered to be important for becoming a nascent entrepreneur, and that they behave differently. Given the lack of longitudinal data, however, we have no information about the performance of entrepreneurs from both groups in the longer run
    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationLüneburg
    PublisherInstitut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg
    Number of pages24
    Publication statusPublished - 05.2005

    Bibliographical note

    Financial support by the German Research Foundation DFG under grants WA 610/2-1 and WA 610/2-2 for the project Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM) Germany is gratefully acknowledged. The first part of the title (that translates literally to “Obeying need, not my own inclination”) is, obviously, a tribute to Friedrich von Schiller – see his Die Braut von Messina (Erster Aufzug, Erster Auftritt). This paper is my contribution to the Schillerjahr, celebrated in 2005 to commemorate his death on May 9th, 1805.

    Research areas and keywords

    • Economics
    • necessity entrepreneurship
    • opportunity entrepreneurship
    • Germany
    • REM

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