We examine the evolution of several key firm economic and financial variables in the years surrounding and during the Great Recession using the Kauffman Firm Survey, a large panel of young firms founded in 2004 and surveyed for eight consecutive years. We find that these young firms experienced...

My three-essay dissertation consists of three independent chapters that examine how two major institutions, organizations and family, shape entrepreneurship in Sweden. In chapter one, I frame a contingent approach to social influence on entrepreneurship and empirically test the specifications...

Non-mulch planting technology is an effective mean to solve the residual plastic mulch pollution in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) fields in southern Xinjiang. The impacts of irrigation management on the growth development and yield of non-mulch cotton were quantitatively evaluating by employing...

Sociology

Academic research has become increasingly collaborative, not just in the hard sciences and engineering but also in the social sciences. In this paper, we review studies that have documented this increasing collaboration, showing that collaboration, especially in the form of co-authorship, has...

In this paper, we extend our previous research by investigating the stability of start-up teams and its impact on reaching operating status. Using the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED), we analyze a nationally representative cohort of nascent entrepreneurs over three observation...

We examine consequences of team stability and change on the time new ventures take to achieve various organizing milestones. We propose two competing hypotheses: 1) Stable teams indicate greater coordination and positively contribute to achieving certain founding events and 2) Teams that...

We investigate the impact of past performance and team composition on exits of members from entrepreneurial teams. Not only does the homophily principle guide team formation, but it also seems to drive exits from teams. Our findings suggest that greater internal diversity along some but not all...

Previous research has emphasized the positive impact of supportive informal relations on workers in various occupational settings. Such support seems particularly important for workers who aspire to be self-employed, running their own businesses. Existing theory, however, offers little guidance...