16,165 research outputs found
Unemployment Benefits Crowd Out Nascent Entrepreneurial Activity
No full textAnalyzing a cross-country panel of 16 OECD countries from 2002 to 2005, we find that higher unemployment benefits crowd out nascent entrepreneurial activity. Our results hold regardless of entrepreneurial motivation (necessity or opportunity) and entrepreneurial type (imitative or innovative).entrepreneurship;business startups;unemployment benefits
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction - Necessity Entrepreneurship and Procedural Utility
No full textWe study a unique sample of 1,547 nascent entrepreneurs in Germany and analyze which factors are associated with their start-up satisfaction. Our results identify a group of nascent entrepreneurs that “cannot get satisfaction†with their start-up because they did not choose to become entrepreneurs out of free will, but out of long-term unemployment or a lack of better employment alternatives. Overall, financial success is the most important determinant of start-up satisfaction. Yet, achievement of independence and creativity is also highly important, a finding that emphasizes the economic relevance of procedural utility and non-financial incentives.entrepreneurship;necessity entrepreneurship;procedural utility;satisfaction;unemployment
ON THE RETURN TO JOURNAL QUALITY, COAUTHORSHIP AND AUTHOR ORDER WITHIN TOP RANKED AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS PROGRAMS
No full textUtilizing an original data set containing annual salaries and peer-reviewed publication histories for 326 faculty members from top-ranked Ph.D.-granting programs we examine the labor market for academic agricultural economists. The results suggest that higher quality publications have a greater impact on annual earnings, that sole authored articles have a higher return than multi-authored articles and that no wage premium exists for being the lead author of a non-alphabetic paper.Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,
The Relationship between Technology, Innovation, and Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence on E-Business in Europe
No full textThis article analyzes the relationship between the usage of Internet-based technologies, different types of innovation, and performance at the firm level. Data for the empirical investigation originates from a sample of 7,302 European enterprises. The empirical results show that Internet-based technologies were an important enabler of innovation in the year 2003. It was found that all studied types of innovation, including Internet-enabled and non-Internet-enabled product or process innovations, are positively associated with turnover and employment growth. Firms that rely on Internet-enabled innovations are at least as likely to grow as firms that rely on non-Internet-enabled innovations. Finally, it was found that innovative activity is not necessarily associated with higher profitability. Possible reasons for this and implications are discussed.firm performance;innovation;information technology;profitability;e-business
Why are some entrepreneurs more innovative than others?
No full textEntrepreneurship, Innovation, Business opportunities, Judgment, Decision making, M13, O31, L26,
PH.D. CURRICULUM PANEL: A RECENT GRADUATE'S PERSPECTIVE
No full textThis document contains the outline of a panel discussion presentation given by the author at the 2002 WCC-72 meetings, regarding recent graduate students' perceptions of Ph.D curricula
The Writing Process of a Ph.D. Proposal: Corpus Analysis and an Interview with the Author
No full textThis chapter is an example of a doubly innovative methodological approach to the drafts and revisions of a Ph.D. proposal. The authors used corpus analysis on five separate small-scale corpora to detect changes in approaches and attitudes toward the topic, mainly by focusing on single-word and multi-word term analysis and combining a qualitative and quantitative approach. Data were extracted by using Sketch Engine. The authors also sought to destabilize the relationship between the researcher and the author of the texts from which the corpora were derived by making the author of the texts a second author who provides an introspective analysis of the research findings. This was achieved through an unconventional interview method that drew on dialogic engagement
Interview of Stephen Andrilli, Ph.D.
No full textStephen Francis Andrilli was born in August 1952 in Bryn Mawr, PA. He was born to Francis and Leatrice Andrilli. Dr. Andrilli is the oldest of four children; his three sisters are Carol (now Carol Strosser), Patricia (now Patricia Kempczynski), and Barbara (now Barbara Parkes). Aside from a few years of living in Gettysburg, Dr. Andrilli has lived in the Philadelphia area for most of his life. He attended St. Jerome School, where he finished 8th grade. He then attended LaSalle College High School, where he graduated in 1969 at age 16. He entered La Salle University (formerly La Salle College) in 1969 and graduated with a B.A. in Mathematics in 1973. From La Salle, he went directly to Rutgers University, where he earned a Master’s in 1975 and a Ph.D. in 1979, both in Mathematics. His dissertation is titled “On the Uniqueness of O’Nan’s Sporadic Simple Group.” He taught for two years at Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, MD, and then joined La Salle University\u27s Mathematics and Computer Science Department in 1980, where he was hired as Assistant Professor. He became Associate Professor in 1992 and then Professor in 2017. Among many publications, he is the co-author of two textbooks: Elementary Linear Algebra (5th edition) and Linear Methods: A General Education Course. In 1990, Dr. Andrilli was awarded the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. In addition to teaching math courses at all undergraduate levels, Dr. Andrilli also taught courses in the Education Department and was the supervising professor for education students pursuing a career in math education. Being a “coach” for these pre-service student-teachers for 19 years has been the greatest source of pride and joy for Dr. Andrilli. He supervised 89 undergraduate and graduate students as they were beginning to learn the craft of teaching math at local secondary schools. With his wife Ene, Dr. Andrilli loves to travel, and has made many trips to Europe, including a pilgrimage through Italy with two priests and many parishioners. He looks forward to visiting Estonia, which is where Ene\u27s family is from
Peer Influence in Network Markets: An Empirical Investigation
No full textWe analyze the effect of peer influence on the diffusion of an innovative network good. We argue that the adopters of a network good have an incentive to convince others to purchase the same product because their utility depends on the number of other users. This peer-effect influences individuals’ adoption decisions alongside the more familiar installed-base-effect, based on the individual’s own insight that a larger number of installed units increases his/her benefit of adopting. We test empirically which effect dominates with Instant Messaging, an innovative network good. We arrive at surprising results with far-reaching implications for research and management. The diffusion of Instant Messaging was to a large extent driven by the peer-effect, but the installed-base-effect seemed to play no role. We perform our estimation with a discrete time hazard rate model that controls for unobserved heterogeneity.Hazard Rate Model;Innovation Diffusion;Instant Messaging;Network Markets;Peer Influence
The Relationship between Technology, Innovation, and Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence on E-Business in Europe
No full textThis article analyzes the relationship between the usage of Internet-based technologies, different types of innovation, and performance at the firm level. Data for the empirical investigation originates from a sample of 7,302 European enterprises. The empirical results show that Internet-based technologies were an important enabler of innovation in the year 2003. It was found that all studied types of innovation, including Internet-enabled and non-Internet-enabled product or process innovations, are positively associated with turnover and employment growth. Firms that rely on Internet-enabled innovations are at least as likely to grow as firms that rely on non-Internet-enabled innovations. Finally, it was found that innovative activity is not necessarily associated with higher profitability. Possible reasons for this and implications are discussed
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