Skill variety, innovation and new business formation.

Autor/inn/en	Hessels, Jolanda; Brixy, Udo; Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	Skill variety, innovation and new business formation. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Qualifikationsunterschiede, Innovation und Unternehmensgründung.
Quelle	Bonn (2014), 35 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper. 7889
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Unternehmensgründung; Berufliche Selbstständigkeit; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsanpassung; Unternehmer; Internationaler Vergleich; Heterogenität; Innovation; Innovationsbereitschaft; Innovationsfähigkeit; Deutschland; Niederlande
Abstract	We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical framework linking new business creation with an entrepreneur's skill variety. Second, in this model we allow for both generalists and specialists to possess skill variety. Third, we test our model empirically using data from Germany and the Netherlands. Individuals with more varied work experience seems indeed more likely to successfully start up a new business and being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates the relationship between having varied experiences, and being successful in starting up a new business. Our conclusion is that entrepreneurs with more varied work experience are more likely to introduce innovations that have not only technical, but also commercial value. Our findings support the notion that entrepreneurship can be learned. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2014/3