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Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance
Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; Vijverberg, Wim - Tinbergen Institute - 2003
This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and … entrepreneurship to farming. The education effect that separates workers into self-employment and wage employment is stronger for women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144501
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Returns for Entrepreneurs versus Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vis-à-vis Wage Employees
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
spells in entrepreneurship versus wage employment, thereby accounting for selectivity into entrepreneurial positions based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008513241
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Returns for Entrepreneurs versus Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vis-a-vis Wage Employees
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
spells in entrepreneurship versus wage employment, thereby accounting for selectivity into entrepreneurial positions based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256522
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Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance
Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; Vijverberg, Wim - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003
This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and … entrepreneurship to farming. The education effect that separates workers into self-employment and wage employment is stronger for women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256702
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Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship
Hsieh, Chihmao; Parker, Simon C.; Praag, C. Mirjam van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
-averse peoplemight be suited to entrepreneurship; and it may also help explain why prior researchhas generated mixed evidence about the … effects of risk aversion on selection into entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255496
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Ability Dispersion and Team Performance: A Field Experiment
Hoogendoorn, Sander; Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
This paper studies the impact of diversity in cognitive ability among members of a team on their performance. We conduct a large field experiment in which teams start up and manage real companies under identical circumstances. Exogenous variation in - otherwise random - team composition is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255965
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Ability Dispersion and Team Performance
Hoogendoorn, Sander; Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
What is the effect of dispersed levels of cognitive ability of members of a (business) team on their team’s performance? This paper reports the results of a field experiment in which 573 students in 49 teams start up and manage real companies under identical circumstances. We ensured exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256050
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The Entrepreneur's Mode of Entry: Business Takeover or New Venture Start?
Parker, Simon C.; Praag, C. Mirjam van - Tinbergen Institute - 2006
We analyse the decision to become an entrepreneur by either taking over an established business or starting a new venture from scratch. A model is developed which predicts how several individual- and firm-specific characteristics influence entrepreneurs' entry mode. The new venture creation mode...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005209489
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Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship
Hsieh, Chihmao; Parker, Simon C.; Praag, C. Mirjam van - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
the impacts both of risk aversion and balanced skills on the likelihood individuals choose entrepreneurship. Data on Dutch …-averse people might be suited to entrepreneurship; and it may also help explain why prior research has generated mixed evidence … about the effects of risk aversion on selection into entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399735
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The Entrepreneur's Mode of Entry: Business Takeover or New Venture Start?
Parker, Simon C.; Praag, C. Mirjam van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006
We analyse the decision to become an entrepreneur by either taking over an established business or starting a new venture from scratch. A model is developed which predicts how several individual- and firm-specific characteristics influence entrepreneurs' entry mode. The new venture creation mode...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257509