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Billionaires
Leeson, Peter; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
Existing studies of entrepreneurship focus on entrepreneurs whose individual contribution to wealth creation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399313
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Product Market Reforms and Incentives to Innovate in Sweden
Edquist, Harald; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013
The Swedish economy has developed rapidly since the mid-1990s relative to most comparable countries, in particular relative to almost all other EU-15 countries. We investigate two policy areas that are believed to have been important for the strong economic development in Sweden during the last...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010729195
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Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Economic Dynamism: Lessons from a Comparison of the United States and Sweden
Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
deemed to be of particular importance for entrepreneurship, innovation-based firm growth and its ensuing impact on the … economy. Particular aspects of entrepreneurship and economic dynamism are covered by pairs (or in one case three) coauthors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010643158
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Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship … public policy affects the prevalence and performance of both productive entrepreneurship and so-called high …-impact entrepreneurship in turn. Although varying contexts and economic systems make prescribing a general panacea impossible, a number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677920
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Explaining National Differences in the Size and Industrial Distribution of Employment
Davis, Steven J.; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
What factors determine national differences in the size and industry distribution of employment? This study stresses the role of business taxation, employment security laws, credit market policies, wage-setting institutions and the size of the public sector. We characterize these aspects of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207059
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Allocation of Economic Competence in Teams: A Comparative Institutional Analysis
Pelikan, Pavel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
Attention is called to a little explored scarce resource, termed 'economic competence', which combines features of human capital and bounded rationality, and causes a singularity in resource-allocation in society. The performance of each economy is shown to strongly depend on how this resource...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419543
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Institutional Effects on the Evolution of the Size Distribution of Firms
Henrekson, M.; Johansson, D. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1998
In this paper it is argued that the size distribution of firms may largely be determined by institutional factors. This hypothesis is tested in an exploratory fashion by studying the evolution of the size distribution of firms over time in Sweden for a period spanning from teh late 1960s to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005639326
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Explaining National Differences in the Size and Industrial Distribution of Employment.
Davis, S-J; Henrekson, M - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
What factors determine national differences in the size and industry distribution of employment? This study stresses the role of business taxation, employment security laws, credit market policies, wage-setting institutions and the size of the public sector.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005639337
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Institutional Effects on the Evolution of the Size Distribution of Firms
Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1998
In this paper it is argued that the size distribution of firms may largely be determined by institutional factors. This hypothesis is tested in an exploratory fashion by studying the evolution of the size distribution of firms over time in Sweden for a period spanning from the late 1960s to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645407
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Economic Perfomance and Market Work Activity in Sweden after the Crisis of the Early 1990s
Davis, Steven J.; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
Following a severe contraction in the early 1990s, the Swedish economy accumulated a strong record of output growth coupled with a disappointing performance in the labor market. As of 2005, hours worked per person 20–64 years of age are 10.5 percent below the 1990 peak and a mere one percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645448