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(Re-) Constructing the Entrepreneurial Spirit


Leona Achtenhagen


Jonkoping University - Jonkoping International Business School (JIBS)

Friederike Welter


Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
2005

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), 2005
Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 2005

Abstract:     
In this paper, we introduce discourse analysis as a method to investigate on different levels of analysis how the major German newspapers discuss the phenomenon of ‘entrepreneurial spirit’, and how this discussion changes over the years 1997-2003 (and thus before, during and after the Internet boom). We relate the analysis to the context of entrepreneurship in Germany over the same period and conclude with implications for policy-makers.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 14

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

JEL Classification: M13

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Date posted: December 19, 2009  

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Achtenhagen, Leona and Welter, Friederike, (Re-) Constructing the Entrepreneurial Spirit (2005). Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), 2005. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1499374

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Leona Achtenhagen (Contact Author)
Jonkoping University - Jonkoping International Business School (JIBS) ( email )
Jönköping, 55111
Sweden
Friederike Welter
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen) ( email )
Hohenzollernstr. 1-3
Essen, 45128
Germany
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