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New Firm Survival and Human Capital
Acs, Zoltan J.; Armington, Catherine - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252210
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The Determinants of New-firm Survival across Regional Economies
Acs, Zoltan J.; Armington, Catherine; Zhang, Ting - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2006
Motivated by differences in new-firm survival across regions, this paper explores the impact of regional human capital on new-firm survival rates. New-firm survival is interpreted through formation rates of surviving versus closed firms in the service sector. By incorporating knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252214
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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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Climbing the Entrepreneurial Ladder: The Role of Gender
Grilo, I.; Thurik, A.R.; Verheul, I.; Zwan, P.W. van der - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2008
survey on Entrepreneurship" consisting of more than 10,000 observations for 25 member states of the European Union, Norway …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288343
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The Impact of Geographic Differences in Human Capital on Service Firm Formation Rates
Acs, Zoltan J.; Armington, Catherine - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
Although human capital externalities are a key variable in theories of economic growth, there has been little investigation of the mechanism by which these externalities are realized. We examine the relationship between the local levels of human capital and firm formation rates and find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824127
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Employment Growth and Entrepreneurial Activity in Cities
Acs, Zoltan J.; Armington, Catherine - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
Recent theories of economic growth have stressed the role of externalities in generating growth. Using data from the Census Bureau that tracks all employers in the whole U.S. private sector economy, we examine the impact of these externalities, as measured by entrepreneurial activity, on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765277
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Job Creation and Persistence in Services and Manufacturing
Acs, Zoltan J.; Armington, Catherine - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
An important new literature on gross employment flows has produced a great outpouring of stylized facts. In this paper we examine one aspect of this literature through the lens of dynamic models and theories of industrial evolution. We extend the Davis and Haltiwanger methodology for analysis of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765281
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Entrepreneurial Diversity and Economic Growth
Verheul, I.; Stel, A.J. van - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2007
Most studies investigating the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth treat entrepreneurs as a … countries participating in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor we investigate whether the impact on growth depends on socio …-demographic diversity in entrepreneurship (in terms of age, education and gender). We find that in less developed countries older and higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005795615
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Explaining Female and Male Entrepreneurship at the Country Level
Verheul, I.; Stel, A.J. van; Thurik, A.R. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2005
Using Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data for 29 countries this study investigates the (differential) impact of … several factors on female and male entrepreneurship at the country level. These factors are derived from three streams of … literature, including that on entrepreneurship in general, on female labor force participation and on female entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005795624
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Entrepreneurial Activity, Self-Perception and Gender
Verheul, I.; Uhlaner, L.M.; Thurik, A.R. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2002
entrepreneurship, as well as direct and indirect effects of gender. Results support the model of both direct and indirect effects of … gender. The paper provides insights into gender issues in entrepreneurship as well as the definition of entrepreneurship in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004970841