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Self-employment as proxy for entrepreneurship : empirical caveats
Bjuggren, Carl Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Stenkula, Mikael - 2010
Research on entrepreneurship has received an increased amount of interest in recent years, with self-employment being … used as the most common proxy for “entrepreneurship” in empirical studies. However, there are various ways of defining self … recognized. -- Labor force survey ; RAMS ; self-employment ; entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983855
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Taxation, labor market policy and high-impact entrepreneurship
Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Stenkula, Mikael - 2010
Public policy affects the prevalence and performance of both productive and high-impact entrepreneurship. High …-impact entrepreneurship prospers when knowledge is successfully generated and exploited in the economy. This process depends on complementary …-impact entrepreneurship. -- Entrepreneurship ; gazelles ; high-growth firms ; high-impact entrepreneurship innovation ; institutions ; labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003948634
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Are high-growth firms overrepresented in high-tech industries?
Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov; Elert, Niklas; Johansson, Dan - 2015
It is frequently argued that policymakers should target high-tech firms, i.e., firms with high R&D intensity, because such firms are considered more innovative and therefore potential fast-growers. This argument relies on the assumption that the association among high-tech status, innovativeness...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500774
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The evolution of owner-entrepreneurs' taxation : five tax regimes over a 160-year period
Elert, Niklas; Johansson, Dan; Stenkula, Mikael; … - 2022
entrepreneurship empirically by means of investments made by active owners of closely held firms. Using detailed Swedish tax data, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013193322
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To be or not to be: the entrepreneur in endogenous growth theory
Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Karlsson, Johan - 2021
We examine the conceptualization of entrepreneurs in neo-Schumpeterian growth theory, which has reintroduced entrepreneurs into mainstream economics. Specifically, we analyze how neo-Schumpeterians relate to the contradiction between the entrepreneur-centered view of Schumpeter (1934) and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012498110
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Are High-Growth Firms Overrepresented in High-Tech Industries?
Daunfeldt, Sven-Olof; Elert, Niklas; Johansson, Dan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
It is frequently argued that policymakers should target high-tech firms, i.e., firms with high R&D intensity, because such firms are considered more innovative and therefore potential fast-growers. This argument relies on the assumption that the association among high-tech status, innovativeness...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011211884
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To be or not to be : the entrepreneur in neo-Schumpeterian growth theory
Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Karlsson, Johan - 2022
Based on a review of 700+ peer-reviewed articles since 1990, identified using text mining methodology and supervised machine learning, we analyze how neoSchumpeterian growth theorists relate to the entrepreneur-centered view of Schumpeter (1934) and the entrepreneurless framework of Schumpeter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013401933
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Using Self-employment as Proxy for Entrepreneurship: Some Empirical Caveats
Bjuggren, Carl Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Stenkula, Mikael - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
Research on entrepreneurship has received an increased amount of interest in recent years, with self-employment being … used as the most common proxy for “entrepreneurship” in empirical studies. However, there are various ways of defining self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511660
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Firm Growth, Institutions and Structural Transformation
Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
This essay argues that the economic contribution of certain firms – be they small, young or rapidly growing – has to be understood in a broader context of creative destruction. Growth of some firms requires contraction and exit of some other firms to free up resources that can be reallocated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520887
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Gazelles as Job Creators – A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence
Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008
It is often claimed that small and young firms account for a disproportionately large share of net employment growth. We conduct a meta analysis of the empirical evidence regarding whether net employment growth rather is generated by a few rapidly growing firms – so-called Gazelles – that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645364