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Firm Formation with Complementarities: The Role of the Entrepreneur

Roessler, Christian; Koellinger, Philipp - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

We model the emergence of organization forms in a game between prospective entrepreneurs. Complementary roles arise endogenously in a way that admits a stable assignment of workers to firms. This contrasts with existing work on job matching, where stability typically requires workers to be...

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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

both linked to an actor, on product development and profit growth of software ventures in two different institutional …. Specifically, structural holes have a positive main effect on product portfolio but a negative main effect on profit growth in the …

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Is More Entrepreneurship better?

Koellinger, Philipp; Roessler, Christian - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

We develop a new perspective on the boundary of the firm that is consistent with the empirical observation that the share of entrepreneurs first decreases and then increases in the course of economic development. Existing theory based on transaction costs is difficult to relate to these...

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Entrepreneurs' Access to Private Equity in China: The Role of Social Capital

Batjargal, Bat; Liu, Mannie M. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002

Drawing on Social network theory, this article argues for enhancing effects of social capital of entrepreneurs on investment selection decisions of venture capitalists (to invest versus not to invest), and main effects of social capital on investment process decisions such as venture valuation,...

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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 … revenue growth of new ventures is negative, a network’s structural holes have a positive effect on the revenue growth …. Furthermore, the positive effect of structural holes on the revenue growth is stronger in an environment with a more adverse …

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Internet Entrepreneurship: Networks and Performance of Internet Ventures In China

BATJARGAL, BAT - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

This article examines the contingent value of entrepreneurs' networks to survival likelihood of Internet ventures, and the dynamics of entrepreneurs' networks over time. The empirical data are composed of the longitudinal surveys of 94 Internet ventures in Beijing, China. The study found the...

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