The Changing Face of Entrepreneurship in Germany

By Heiko Bergmann, Rolf Sternberg. 2007

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Regional characteristics, opportunity perception and entrepreneurial activities (2014, background): “So, for Germany, GEM data, though originally designed to study country differences, also provides the opportunity for inter-regional (sub-national level) analyses as is demonstrated by other studies (e.g., Bergmann and Sternberg 2007).”
Entrepreneurship and the determinants of firm survival within regions: human capital, growth motivation and locational conditions (2017, unknown): “It is clear that weaker locations, with higher unemployment and lower wages may induce entrepreneurship due to necessity driven motives that reduce the likelihood of survival (Bergmann and Sternberg 2007; Santarelli and Vivarelli 2007).”
Necessity entrepreneurship and competitive strategy (2014, unknown): “They also differ in human capital endowment, venture success, job satisfaction, and impact on economic development (Acs and Varga 2005; Bergmann and Sternberg 2007; Block and Koellinger 2009; Block and Sandner 2009; Kautonen and Palmroos 2010; Wong et al. 2005).”
How Do Risk Attitudes Differ within the Group of Entrepreneurs? The Role of Motivation and Procedural Utility (2015, unknown): “Past research has shown that opportunity entrepreneurs differ from necessity entrepreneurs in a number of aspects, such as income from entrepreneurship, duration in self-employment, job satisfaction, regional context, and socioeconomic characteristics (Bergmann and Sternberg 2007; Block and Sandner ”
What makes student entrepreneurs? On the relevance (and irrelevance) of the university and the regional context for student start-ups (2016, background): “…2 To the best of our knowledge there is only one study that discovers a statistically significant negative impact of regional GDP/capita on nascent entrepreneurial activities (Bergmann & Sternberg, 2007), the reasons of which were presumably related to the very…”
Opportunity Versus Necessity Entrepreneurship: Two Components of Business Creation (2018, unknown): “…is that 8 For examples of studies using the GEM and its definition of opportunity versus necessity entrepreneurship see Wennekers et al. (2005), Bergmann and Sternberg (2007), Ho and Wong (2007), Van Stel et al. (2007), Acs and Amorós (2008), Bjørnskov and Foss (2008), McMullen et al. (2008),…”
How economic freedom affects opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship in the OECD countries (2017, background): “…venture success, survival rates, job satisfaction, or impact on economic development, stressing the desirability of prioritizing opportunity entrepreneurship (see, for instance, Acs & Varga, 2005; Bergmann & Sternberg, 2007; Kautonen & Palmroos, 2010; Block, Kohn, Miller, & Ullrich, 2015).”
Understanding regional variation in entrepreneurial activity and entrepreneurial attitude in Europe (2011, background): “Beugelsdijk and Noorderhaven (2004) derived an index relating to ‘enterprise culture’, which, however, only indirectly links to entrepreneurship, and found significant differences between European regions.”
Local entrepreneurial resilience and culture: the role of social values in fostering economic recovery (2015, background): “Alternatively, the change in entrepreneurial activity could be scaled by the population of the local authority area (Lee et al., 2004; Bergmann and Sternberg, 2007).”
Factors influencing the entrepreneurial engagement of opportunity and necessity entrepreneurs (2016, background): “For example, stimulating the unemployed to start a business will benefit necessity and not opportunity entrepreneurs (Bergmann and Sternberg, 2007).”
Underdog Entrepreneurs: A Model of Challenge–Based Entrepreneurship (2017, background): “These initiatives are often, but not always, of a modest variety, but they represent important cumulative contributions to national economies (e.g., Bergmann & Sternberg, 2007; Jones & Latreille, 2011; Pag an, 2009), and more critically, serve as facilitators of a better life for those truly in…”
A progress review of entrepreneurship and regional development: What are the remaining gaps? (2016, background): “Further inspiration can be drawn from studies by economic geographers: Tamásy (2006), Wagner and Sternberg (2004), Mueller (2006), Bergmann and Sternberg (2007), Bosma and Schutjens (2011), Sternberg (2012) or Bosma and Sternberg (2014).”
Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs and Their Duration in Self-employment: Evidence from German Micro Data (2009, background): “This question is particularly relevant from a German policy perspective because necessity entrepreneurship has increased strongly over the last few years due to policy measures taken by the federal government (e.g., Bergmann and Sternberg, 2007; Wagner, 2005).”
What motivates entrepreneurial entry under economic inequality? The role of human and financial capital (2015, unknown): “Governmental policies aimed at fostering entrepreneurship increasingly consider the type of entrepreneurial endeavors – for example, the German government’s financial support to entrepreneurial ventures by the unemployed (Bergmann and Sternberg, 2007) and the US government Small Business Administrat”
The effect of the triple helix system and habitat on regional entrepreneurship: Empirical evidence from the U.S. (2012, unknown): “Individual-level studies investigate the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs by exploring individual characteristics such as personality, education, and ethnic origin (Bergmann and Sternberg, 2007; Levie, 2007; Storey, 1994; Wagner and Sternberg, 2004).”