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The location of new firms - Influence of commuting behaviour
Backman, Mikaela; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2015
In this paper, we analyse where people who become self-employed actually start their firms. In the entrepreneurship … compared to the municipality of residence. Our results indicate that the entrepreneurship literature must reconsider its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011273264
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Migration feedback effects in networks: an agent-based model
Rehm, Miriam; Naqvi, Ali Asjad - Department of Economics, New School for Social Research - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011164271
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Determinants of entrepreneurship. Is it all about the individual or the region?
Backman, Mikaela; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013
. Despite this fact many explanations to entrepreneurship only considers the personal characteristics of entrepreneurs. This is …. In this pa¬per we illustrate empirically that variations in the rate of entrepreneurship are explained not only in terms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739957
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Creativity as an integral element of social capital and its role for economic performance
Westlund, Hans; Andersson, Martin; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013
influence on each other. We regard creativity as one of the sources of entrepreneurship and innovation (although creativity also … and values being distributed in them, social capital can promote entrepreneurship and innovation and thus economic growth …, but social capital can have an inhibiting effect on entrepreneurship and innovation. Social capital can contribute to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818716
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Determinants of self-employment among commuters and non-commuters
Backman, Mikaela; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2014
-commuters. In the entrepreneurship literature it is claimed that the rich-ness and quality of an individual’s business, professional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818741
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INSTITUTIONAL POLYCENTRISM, ENTREPRENEURS’ SOCIAL NETWORKS, AND NEW VENTURE GROWTH
Batjargal, Bat - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2013
What is the interrelationship among formal institutions, social networks, and new venture growth? Drawing on the theory of institutional polycentrism and social network theory, we examine this question using data on 637 entrepreneurs from four different countries. We find the confluence of weak...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011161390
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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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The Emergence of a Private Business Sector in China
Krug, B.; Hendrischke, H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2001
This paper is part of a broader research project that aims to analyse the emerging private business sector in China by focusing on three topics.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005505048
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China’s Institutional Architecture: A New Institutional Economics and Organization Theory Perspective on the Links between Local Governance and Local Enterprises
Krug, B.; Hendrischke, H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2008
We start our exploration of China’s institutional change by asking what the China experience can tell us about institutional economics and organization theory. We point to under-researched areas such as the formation of firms and the interplay between firms and local politics. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288774
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The evolution of high-technology in China after 1978: Towards technological entrepreneurship
Greeven, M.J. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2004
entrepreneurship and identify computer hardware and software as key sectors for NTEs and high-technology development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034781