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Enterprise Ground Zero in China
Krug, Krug, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006
The paper claims that the analysis of the private business sector needs to concentrate on entrepreneurship. Based on …-determine the economic performance of new firms. Entrepreneurship takes the form of institution building by which the high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731466
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Institution Building and Change in China
Hendrischke, Hans; Krug, Krug, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006
political and economic entrepreneurship, or, phrased in institutional terms, local business systems emerge from the interplay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731226
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Framing China: Transformation and Institutional Change
Hendrischke, Hans; Krug, Krug, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006
The paper offers a frame for investigating the extent to which decentralisation, and subsequent locally chosen institutions shape private organisational and institutional innovation. To include the numerous locally based “economic regimes” matters as the resulting business system reflects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731261
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No Black Box and No Black Hole: from Social Capital to Gift Exchange
Dolfsma, Wilfred; van der Eijk, van der Eijk, A.R.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005
In this paper, we draw on the literature about gift exchange to suggest a conceptualization of the emergence, maintenance and use of social capital (SK). We thus open up the black box of how social relations are established, and are able to indicate what can be meaningfully ascribed to social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731321
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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).
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837508
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837512
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837513
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837534
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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)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837586
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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
survey on Entrepreneurship" consisting of more than 10,000 observations for 25 member states of the European Union, Norway …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837660