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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

entrepreneurial ladder and the factors that influence their position on the ladder. We use data from the 2006 "Flash Eurobarometer … survey on Entrepreneurship" consisting of more than 10,000 observations for 25 member states of the European Union, Norway …

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Business Decision-Making under Uncertainty: Evidence from Employment and Number of Businesses

Ghosal, Vivek; Ye, Yang - CESifo - 2013

Using the framework provided by the asymmetric-information and real-options theories, we examine the impact of uncertainty on firms’ decisions and market outcomes. We construct alternative measures of uncertainty based on survey of professional forecasters and our estimation of...

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Uncertainty and the Employment Dynamics of Small and Large Businesses

Ghosal, Vivek; Ye, Yang - CESifo - 2014

We examine the impact of uncertainty on employment dynamics. Alternative measures of uncertainty are constructed based on the survey of professional forecasters, and regression-based forecasting models for GDP growth, inflation, S&P500 stock price index, and fuel prices. Our results indicate...

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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

uncertainty. This is done using a longitudinal data set of some 50 Dutch startups. The results suggest a dynamic process between …

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Determinants Of Entrepreneurship In Europe

Thurik, Roy; Grilo, Grilo, I. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

. Data of two Entrepreneurship Flash Eurobarometer surveys (2003 and 2004) containing over 20,000 observations are used …This paper uses an Eclectic Framework explaining entrepreneurship incorporating different streams of literature and … spanning different disciplines. The Eclectic Framework integrates factors shaping the demand for entrepreneurship on the one …

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