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Genome-wide Association Studies and the Genetics of Entrepreneurship

Koellinger, Philipp; Groenen, Patrick; Thurik, Roy; van … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

We are currently investigating genetic influences on self-employment in an international research consortium using genome-wide association studies (GWAS). By meta-analysing results from numerous independent samples we address identification issues arising from multiple testing. To our knowledge,...

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Businessman or Host? Individual Differences between Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners in the Hospitality Industry

Wagener, Wagener, S.L.; Gorgievski-Duijvesteijn, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

Prior research has identified individual characteristics that distinguish business owners from non-business owners. We tested our contention that not every successful business owner can be characterized by such typical “entrepreneurial” characteristics. Multiple Analysis of Variance (MANOVA)...

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Climbing the Entrepreneurial Ladder: The Role of Gender

Thurik, Roy; Verheul, Ingrid; Grilo, Grilo, I.; van der … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

survey on Entrepreneurship" consisting of more than 10,000 observations for 25 member states of the European Union, Norway …

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I Can’t Get No Satisfaction - Necessity Entrepreneurship and Procedural Utility

Block, Joern H.; Koellinger, Philipp - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (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...

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Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Policy in Emerging Economies

Thurik, Roy - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

Entrepreneurship has emerged as an important element in the organization of economies. This emergence did not occur … countries embrace entrepreneurial energy. This led to the political mandate to promote entrepreneurship. Hence, a clear and … organized view is needed of what the determinants and consequences of entrepreneurship are. The present contribution tries to …

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Business Takeover or New Venture? Individual and Environmental Determinants from a Cross-Country Study

Block, Joern H.; Thurik, Roy; van der Zwan, van der … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

about the preferred mode of entry into entrepreneurship, such as taking over an existing business or starting a new venture …

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Religious beliefs and entrepreneurship among Dutch protestants

Rietveld, Rietveld, C.A.; van Burg, van Burg, E. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2013

between religious beliefs and entrepreneurship. Empirical evidence that entrepreneurship rates differ among religions suggests … that religious beliefs influence the pursuit of entrepreneurship. However, how and which specific religious beliefs play a … entrepreneurship within one specific branch of Christianity, namely, Protestantism. Using a unique sample of 756 Christian protestant …

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Unemployment Benefits Crowd Out Nascent Entrepreneurial Activity

Koellinger, Philipp; Minniti, Minniti, M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (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).

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Strategies, Uncertainty and Performance of Small Business Startups

Thurik, Roy; van Gelderen, van Gelderen, A.M.; Frese, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000

Personal strategies of owners/founders of small business startups are related to performance and to environmental uncertainty. This is done using a longitudinal data set of some 50 Dutch startups. The results suggest a dynamic process between strategy and performance. A discrimination is made...

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Stages Of Discovery And Entrepreneurship

Nooteboom, Bart - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003

In an attempt at a systematic theory of entrepreneurship, this paper connects various literatures, from economics and … business. In economics, there are many notions of entrepreneurship, some of which seem to contradict each other. For example …, there are notions of entrepreneurship as an equilibrating and as a disequilibrating force. In this paper, these differences …

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