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Varady, David P.; Kleinhans, Reinout; Ham, Maarten van - 2015

CEs can learn from CDCs. In the context of the current austerity regimes, CEs and community entrepreneurship are …

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Testing the differential impact of COVID-19 on self-employed women and men in the United Kingdom

Reuschke, Darja; Henley, Andrew; Daniel, Elizabeth; … - 2021

This paper investigates whether the female self-employed are more affected by the COVID-19 crisis than the male self-employed using longitudinal data four months following the first 'lockdown' in the UK. We specifically test the role of family/social, economic and psychological factors on...

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Why do individuals choose self-employment?

Dawson, Christopher; Henley, Andrew; Latreille, Paul L. - 2009

entrepreneurship on the basis of stated motivation, but with no evidence that being 'forced' into entrepreneurship through economic … necessity is a significant factor. Motivation towards entrepreneurship is therefore highly multidimensional. Multivariate …-directed 'opportunity' entrepreneurship is more strongly associated with higher educational attainment. Those joining family businesses …

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HRM practices and performance of family-run workplaces : evidence from the 2004 WERS

Siebert, William S.; Peng, Fei; Maimaiti, Yasheng - 2011

This paper analyses HRM practices of family-run workplaces using the 2004 WERS. Family-ownership and management within workplaces in the corporate sector is our focus. This family-run group represents nationally about 26% of workplaces and 14% of employment. We find that employees in this group...

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Testing the "residential rootedness"-hypothesis of self-employment for Germany and the UK

Reuschke, Darja; Ham, Maarten van - 2011

Based on the notion that entrepreneurship is a 'local event', the literature argues that self-employed workers and …

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Transitioning from solo self-employed to microbusiness employer : local economic environment or owner characteristics?

Henley, Andrew - 2019

relatively weak. Entrepreneurship policy needs to target particular groups, including women and less experienced business owners …

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Motherhood, migration, and self-employment of college graduates

Cai, Zhengyu; Stephens, Heather M.; Winters, John V. - 2019

Women face unique challenges in starting and running their own businesses and may have differing motives to men for pursuing self-employment. Previous research suggests that married women with families value the flexibility that self-employment can offer, allowing them to balance their family...

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Learning to grow : how new, small, high technology firms acquire cognitive and socio-political legitimacy in their regions

Mitra, Jay - In: International journal of technology management : IJTM 46 (2009) 3/4, pp. 344-370

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Young firm internationalization and survival : empirical tests on a panel of "adolescent" new technology-based firms in Germany and the UK

Coeurderoy, Régis; Cowling, Marc; Licht, Georg; … - In: International small business journal : researching … 30 (2012) 5, pp. 473-492

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The experiences of male gay business owners in the UK

Galloway, Laura - In: International small business journal : researching … 30 (2012) 8, pp. 890-906

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