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Local competiveness fostered through local institutions for entrepreneurship

Andersson, Martin; Henrekson, Magnus - 2014

We review and assess the role local institutional framework conditions play in fostering local entrepreneurship. The … basic premise is that entrepreneurship is a central driver of economic renewal and change, and that institutions affect both … the supply and direction of entrepreneurship. While local institutions always develop and operate against the backdrop of …

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Local rates of new firm formation : an empirical exploration using Swedish data

Andersson, Martin; Lavesson, Niclas; Partridge, Mark D. - 2019

variables to address endogeneity, we find that local growth drives local entrepreneurship exclusively in services industries … started by people, so it is unsurprising that the main factor driving local entrepreneurship is the characteristics of the …

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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...

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Local Competitiveness Fostered through Local Institutions for Entrepreneurship

Andersson, Martin; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

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