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Science and Technology-based Regional Entrepreneurship in the Netherlands: Building Support Structures for Business Creation and Growth Entrepreneurship

Hulsink, Hulsink, W.; Suddle, Suddle, K.; Hessels, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

the intermediate subnational and sectoral levels to analysing science- and technology-based regional entrepreneurship in … country’s general entrepreneurship policy, and the most important policy and support initiatives are subsequently discussed … that the Netherlands lags behind other countries when it comes to innovative entrepreneurship, various changes and …

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Rethinking the Dutch Innovation Agenda: Management and Organization Matter Most

Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; Volberda, Volberda, H.W. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

context to foster entrepreneurship and innovation (internal selection environment). Governmental agencies have to focus on …

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On and off the beaten path: How individuals broker knowledge through formal and informal networks

Dolfsma, Wilfred; Aalbers, Aalbers, R.; Koppius, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

Although informal networks are often emphasized as facilitating knowledge transfer, we use network data obtained from a multi-unit high-tech firm to show that the formal network also significantly contributes to inter-unit knowledge transfer. Individuals centrally placed in a network are, in...

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Problems and Solutions in Knowledge Transfer

Nooteboom, Bart - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

A central feature of innovation systems is that innovation arises from interaction between organizational units. This requires 'cognitive distance' that is sufficiently large to yield novelty of combinations, but not too large for mutual understanding. Two problems and solutions in the transfer...

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Unemployment Benefits Crowd Out Nascent Entrepreneurial Activity

Koellinger, Philipp; Minniti, Minniti, M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (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).

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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

Personal strategies of owners/founders of small business startups are related to performance and to environmental uncertainty. This is done using a longitudinal data set of some 50 Dutch startups. The results suggest a dynamic process between strategy and performance. A discrimination is made...

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Genome-wide Association Studies and the Genetics of Entrepreneurship

Koellinger, Philipp; Groenen, Patrick; Thurik, Roy; van … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

We are currently investigating genetic influences on self-employment in an international research consortium using genome-wide association studies (GWAS). By meta-analysing results from numerous independent samples we address identification issues arising from multiple testing. To our knowledge,...

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Export Orientation among New Ventures and Economic Growth

van Stel, André; Hessels, Hessels, S.J.A. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

While it is generally acknowledged that entrepreneurship as well as export activity may both be important strategies … the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor for a sample of 36 countries. An important advantage of using the macro-level is that …-stage ventures to macro-economic out-comes. Our results suggest that export-oriented entrepreneurship is indeed more important for …

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Stages Of Discovery And Entrepreneurship

Nooteboom, Bart - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003

In an attempt at a systematic theory of entrepreneurship, this paper connects various literatures, from economics and … business. In economics, there are many notions of entrepreneurship, some of which seem to contradict each other. For example …, there are notions of entrepreneurship as an equilibrating and as a disequilibrating force. In this paper, these differences …

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Businessman or Host? Individual Differences between Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners in the Hospitality Industry

Wagener, Wagener, S.L.; Gorgievski-Duijvesteijn, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

Prior research has identified individual characteristics that distinguish business owners from non-business owners. We tested our contention that not every successful business owner can be characterized by such typical “entrepreneurial” characteristics. Multiple Analysis of Variance (MANOVA)...

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