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Self-Employment Across 15 European Countries:
Noorderhaven, N.; Thurik, A.R.; Wennekers, A.R.M.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2003
This paper deals with differences in the rate of self-employment (business ownership) in 15 European countries for the period 1978-2000, focusing on the influence of dissatisfaction and using the framework of occupational choice. Using two different measures of dissatisfaction, in addition to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288417
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Unemployment Benefits Crowd Out Nascent Entrepreneurial Activity
Koellinger, Ph.D.; Minniti, M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2008
Analyzing 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).
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288468
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I Can’t Get No Satisfaction - Necessity Entrepreneurship and Procedural Utility
Block, J.H.; Koellinger, Ph.D. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2008
We 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288472
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Uncertainty Avoidance and the Rate of Business Ownership Across 21 OECD Countries, 1976-2004
Wennekers, A.R.M.; Thurik, A.R.; Stel, A.J. van; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2006
, the concepts of uncertainty and risk are elaborated, as well as their relevance for entrepreneurship. An occupational … compensating pull of entrepreneurship in countries with low uncertainty avoidance may have gained momentum in recent years. Third …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288606
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The Locus of Innovation in Small and Medium-sized Firms: The Importance of Social Capital and Networking in Innovative Entrepreneurship
Hulsink, W.; Elfring, T.; Stam, W. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2008
Social networks matter in the innovation processes of young and small firms, since ‘innovation does not exist in a vacuum (Van De Ven, 1986: 601).’ The contacts a firm has could both generate advantages for further innovation and growth, and disadvantages leading to inertia and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288607
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Commitment or Control? Human Resource Management Practices in Female and Male-Led Businesses
Verheul, I. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2007
This paper investigates the commitment-orientation of HRM practices in female- and male-led firms. A distinction is made between emphasizing commitment or control in the design of HRM practices. To test for gender differences use is made of a sample of 555 Dutch firms. Contrary to what is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288615
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Entrepreneurship in China: empirical results from two provinces
Krug, B.; Hendrischke, H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2002
China therefore entrepreneurship depends crucially on the ability to establish firms, i.e. to find organisational forms for … entrepreneurship depends on mechanisms for co-ordinating individual or organisational behaviour of firms. These mechanisms were lacking … components of (private) entrepreneurship. One is the search for organisational forms conforming to the situational constraints …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288618
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The Impact of New Firm Formation on Regional Development in the Netherlands
Stel, A.J. van; Suddle, K. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2005
This paper examines the relationship between new firm formation and regional employment change in the Netherlands. Using a new regional data base for the period 1988-2002, we examine the time lags involved in the relationship. We also investigate whether the relationship differs by time period,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288626
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Learning Opportunities And Learning Behaviours Of Small Business Starters: Relations With Goal Achievement, Skill Development, And Satisfaction
Gelderen, A.M. van; Sluis, L. van der; Jansen, P. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2004
Learning is a vital issue for small business starters, contributing to short term and long term business performance, as well as to personal development. This study investigates when and how small business starters learn. It specifies the situations that offer learning opportunities, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288671
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Determinants Of Entrepreneurship In Europe
Grilo, I.; Thurik, A.R. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2004
This paper uses an Eclectic Framework explaining entrepreneurship incorporating different streams of literature and … spanning different disciplines. The Eclectic Framework integrates factors shaping the demand for entrepreneurship on the one … policy identifying the channels through which the demand or the supply of entrepreneurship can be shifted. In its empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288678