intentions. However, empirical research aimed at establishing the importance of role models for (nascent) entrepreneurs is scarce …. Knowledge of the presence of entrepreneurial role models, their specific functions and characteristics is therefore limited. Our … completed by a representative sample of 292 entrepreneurs in three major Dutch cities - entrepreneurs who have recently started …

We extend Lazear’s theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical … framework linking new business creation with an entrepreneur’s skill variety. Second, in this model we allow for both … entrepreneurs with more varied work experience are more likely to introduce innovations that have not only technical, but also …

likely to become entrepreneurs. By not havingtaken this possible linkage into account, previous research has underestimated …-averse peoplemight be suited to entrepreneurship; and it may also help explain why prior researchhas generated mixed evidence about the … effects of risk aversion on selection into entrepreneurship. …

Existing studies show a positive relationship between entrepreneurs' business performance and their conventional human … entrepreneurship experience (IEE), an unconventional form of human capital, is related to the performance and motivation of … entrepreneurs operating legal businesses in a transition context. Using regression techniques on a sample of 399 private business …

How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’? What might explain any differences … show furthermore that entrepreneurs have higher returns to education than employees (in terms of the comparable performance … spells in entrepreneurship versus wage employment, thereby accounting for selectivity into entrepreneurial positions based on …

. Specific attention is paid to the unobserved talent bias. Moreover, the effect of the emergence of so called "knowledge …

entrepreneurs' entry mode. The new venture creation mode is associated with higher levels of schooling and wealth, whereas … managerial experience, new venture start-up capital requirements and risk promote the takeover mode. Entrepreneurs whose parents … entrepreneurs from the Netherlands provides broad support for the theory; implications for policy-makers concerned about the …

complex decision-making. We propose a model in which greater ability dispersion generates greater knowledge for a team, but …

This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and … entrepreneurship to farming. The education effect that separates workers into self-employment and wage employment is stronger for women …