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Entrepreneurship in China: empirical results from two provinces
Krug, B.; Hendrischke, H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2002
China therefore entrepreneurship depends crucially on the ability to establish firms, i.e. to find organisational forms for … entrepreneurship depends on mechanisms for co-ordinating individual or organisational behaviour of firms. These mechanisms were lacking … components of (private) entrepreneurship. One is the search for organisational forms conforming to the situational constraints …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288618
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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 Incorporated
Krug, B.; Hendrischke, H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2001
The development of entrepreneurship and a private business sector in China pose various challenges to analysis. On the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288810
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Ties That Bind: the emergence of entrepreneurs in China
Krug, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2000
The paper describes the emergence of entrepreneurship in Shanxi province based on fieldwork in the last 6 years … of entrepreneurship can be expected within China. In short, local cultures matter. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288552
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The Strawberry Growth Underneath the Nettle: the emergence of entrepreneurs in China
Krug, B.; Polos, L. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2000
Chinese entrepreneurs innovatively manage organisations in the absence of strong economic institutions, under conditions of high environmental and technological uncertainty. This paper presents the findings of an empirical study designed to investigate how Chinese entrepreneurs can be successful...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288596
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One Analogy Can Hide Another: Physics and Biology in Alchian’s “Economic Natural Selectionâ€
Levallois, C. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2008
Today, Alchian's "Uncertainty, evolution and economic theory" (1950) is hailed by evolutionary economists as a most important piece, which resumed an evolutionary brand of theorizing in economics after the eclipse of the interwar period. On the other hand, Alchian's article is also cherished by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005450922
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Self-Employment Across 15 European Countries:
Noorderhaven, N.; Thurik, A.R.; Wennekers, A.R.M.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2003
This paper deals with differences in the rate of self-employment (business ownership) in 15 European countries for the period 1978-2000, focusing on the influence of dissatisfaction and using the framework of occupational choice. Using two different measures of dissatisfaction, in addition to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288417
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Unemployment Benefits Crowd Out Nascent Entrepreneurial Activity
Koellinger, Ph.D.; Minniti, M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), 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).
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288468
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I Can’t Get No Satisfaction - Necessity Entrepreneurship and Procedural Utility
Block, J.H.; Koellinger, Ph.D. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288472
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Uncertainty Avoidance and the Rate of Business Ownership Across 21 OECD Countries, 1976-2004
Wennekers, A.R.M.; Thurik, A.R.; Stel, A.J. van; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2006
, the concepts of uncertainty and risk are elaborated, as well as their relevance for entrepreneurship. An occupational … compensating pull of entrepreneurship in countries with low uncertainty avoidance may have gained momentum in recent years. Third …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288606