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Entrepreneurial choices of initial human capital endowments and new venture success

Rocha, Vera; Praag, Mirjam van; Folta, Timothy B.; … - 2016

The founder (team)'s human capital is a vital determinant of future firm performance. This is a stylized fact. Less is known about the effect of the human capital of the initial workforce hired by the founder(s). We study the performance consequences of a founder's choice of the initial...

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The "entrepreneurial boss" effect on employees' future entrepreneurship choices : a role model story?

Rocha, Vera; Praag, Mirjam van - 2016

Both organizational and sociological approaches in entrepreneurship research highlight the importance of social context … in shaping individual preferences for entrepreneurship. An influential contextual factor that has not been studied in … entrepreneurship research is one's boss at work. Do entrepreneurial bosses contribute to their employees' decisions to become …

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The origins and extent of entrepreneurial action-orientedness : an experimental study

Barirani, Ahmad; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2017

We test the hypothesis, based on popular and theoretical perspectives, that entrepreneurs are more action-oriented than other occupational groups. We compare their playing strategies in an optimal stopping game using a randomized online experiment among 100s of entrepreneurs, managers and...

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Enterprising women in Southern Africa : when does land ownership matter?

Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry; Tregenna, Fiona - 2020

Limited access to finance is one of the major barriers for women entrepreneurs in Africa. This paper presents a model of start-ups in which firms' sales and profits depend on their productivity and access to credit. However, due to the lack of collateral assets such as land, female entrepreneurs...

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Badge of honor or scarlet letter? : unpacking investors' judgment of entrepreneurs' past failure

Zunino, Diego; Praag, Mirjam van; Dushnitsky, Gary - 2017

Research shows that most ventures fail, yet it has devoted limited attention to the consequences of entrepreneurs' past failure for investors' decisions. Our motivating insight is that failure can be due to bad luck, lack of skill or both. Therefore, failure conveys ambiguous information about...

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The returns to entrepreneurship : evidence from matched person-firm data

Praag, Mirjam van; Raknerud, Arvid - 2017

Empirical studies show low pecuniary returns of switching from wage employment to entrepreneurship. We reconsider the … indicate that the average returns to entrepreneurship are significantly negative for individuals entering entrepreneurship …

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Gender and constraints to entrepreneurship in Africa : new evidence from Swaziland

Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry - 2015

This paper contributes to closing a knowledge gap on gender, entrepreneurship and development by linking the …

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Start-up capital and women's entrepreneurship : evidence from Swaziland

Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry - 2016

This paper examines gender differences in entrepreneurial performance and their links with start-up capital utilizing a search model and empirical analysis of survey of entrepreneurs from Swaziland. The results show that entrepreneurs of both genders with higher start-up capital record better...

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Networks, Start-Up Capital and Women's Entrepreneurial Performance in Africa : Evidence from Eswatini

Brixiova, Zuzana - 2019

This paper analyzes the role of networks in access of women entrepreneurs to start-up capital and firm performance in Eswatini, a country with one of the highest female unemployment rates in Africa. The paper first shows that higher initial capital is associated with better sales performance for...

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Training, Human Capital, and Gender Gaps in Entrepreneurial Performance

Brixiova, Zuzana - 2019

entrepreneurship as a possible growth driver. This paper contributes to reconciling mixed findings in the literature on the …

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