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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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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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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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The Lag Structure of the Impact of Business Ownership on Economic Performance in OECD Countries
Carree, M.A.; Thurik, A.R. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2006
This paper investigates the impact of changes in the number of business owners on three measures of economic performance, viz. employment growth, GDP growth and labor productivity growth. Particular attention is devoted to the lag structure. The analysis is performed at the country level for 21...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288756
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China Incorporated
Krug, B.; Hendrischke, H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2001
The development of entrepreneurship and a private business sector in China pose various challenges to analysis. On the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288810
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Why Are Some Entrepreneurs More Innovative Than Others?
Koellinger, Ph.D. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2007
The study provides theoretical insights and empirical evidence on the emergence of different types and degrees of entrepreneurial innovativeness. The results suggest that entrepreneurial innovativeness depends both on individual factors and on the environment in which the individual lives. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288852
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THE EFFECTS OF NETWORK’S STRUCTURAL HOLES: POLYCENTRIC INSTITUTIONS, PRODUCT PORTFOLIO, AND NEW VENTURE GROWTH IN CHINA AND RUSSIA
Batjargal, Bat - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2012
This study examines the effect of network’s structural holes, i.e., the absence of a link between two contacts who are both linked to an actor, on product development and profit growth of software ventures in two different institutional contexts of China and Russia. Using interview data of 159...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552176
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Internet Entrepreneurship: Networks and Performance of Internet Ventures In China
BATJARGAL, BAT - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005
This article examines the contingent value of entrepreneurs' networks to survival likelihood of Internet ventures, and the dynamics of entrepreneurs' networks over time. The empirical data are composed of the longitudinal surveys of 94 Internet ventures in Beijing, China. The study found the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784620
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What Makes Small Firms Grow? Finance, Human Capital, Technical Assistance, and the Business Environment in Romania
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Lup, Dana - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
Although the development of a new private sector is generally considered crucial to economic transition, there has been rather little empirical research on the determinants of startup firm growth. This paper uses panel data techniques to analyze a survey of 297 new small enterprises in Romania...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784674