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Strategies, Uncertainty and Performance of Small Business Startups
Thurik, Roy; van Gelderen, van Gelderen, A.M.; Frese, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000
Personal strategies of owners/founders of small business startups are related to performance and to environmental uncertainty. This is done using a longitudinal data set of some 50 Dutch startups. The results suggest a dynamic process between strategy and performance. A discrimination is made...
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Genome-wide Association Studies and the Genetics of Entrepreneurship
Koellinger, Philipp; Groenen, Patrick; Thurik, Roy; van … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010
We are currently investigating genetic influences on self-employment in an international research consortium using genome-wide association studies (GWAS). By meta-analysing results from numerous independent samples we address identification issues arising from multiple testing. To our knowledge,...
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Climbing the Entrepreneurial Ladder: The Role of Gender
Thurik, Roy; Verheul, Ingrid; Grilo, Grilo, I.; van der … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008
survey on Entrepreneurship" consisting of more than 10,000 observations for 25 member states of the European Union, Norway …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837660
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What's New About the New Economy? Sources of growth in the managed and entrepreneurial economies
Audretsch, David B.; Thurik, Roy - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000
in the era of entrepreneurship, scholars have been slow to respond. This paper attempts to make a first step identifying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837693
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What Turns Knowledge into Innovative Products? The Role of Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Spillovers
Block, Joern H.; Thurik, Roy; Zhou, Zhou, H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009
The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship seeks to explain the fundamentals and consequences of … entrepreneurship with respect to economic performance. This paper uses the knowledge spillover theory to explain different innovation … outcomes. We hypothesize that a high rate of entrepreneurship facilitates the process of turning knowledge into new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730854
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Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Policy in Emerging Economies
Thurik, Roy - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008
Entrepreneurship has emerged as an important element in the organization of economies. This emergence did not occur … countries embrace entrepreneurial energy. This led to the political mandate to promote entrepreneurship. Hence, a clear and … organized view is needed of what the determinants and consequences of entrepreneurship are. The present contribution tries to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730945
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A Note on Entrepreneurship, Small Business and Economic Growth
Thurik, Roy; Wennekers, Wennekers, A.R.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001
aspects of the recent scientific literature on the relation between entrepreneurship and small business, on the one hand, and … pay a penalty in terms of forgone growth. It also pays attention to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), a new and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730954
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Business Takeover or New Venture? Individual and Environmental Determinants from a Cross-Country Study
Block, Joern H.; Thurik, Roy; van der Zwan, van der … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010
about the preferred mode of entry into entrepreneurship, such as taking over an existing business or starting a new venture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731128
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Self-Employment Across 15 European Countries:
Thurik, Roy; van Stel, André; Noorderhaven, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003
This paper deals with differences in the rate of self-employment (business ownership) in 15 European countries for the period 1978-2000, focusing on the influence of dissatisfaction and using the framework of occupational choice. Using two different measures of dissatisfaction, in addition to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731173
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Post-Materialism as a Cultural Factor Influencing Entrepreneurial Activity across Nations
Thurik, Roy; Uhlaner, Uhlaner, L.M.; Hutjes, J. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002
The study of the determinants of entrepreneurship at the country level has been dominated by economic influences. The … relative stability of differences in levels of entrepreneurship across coun-tries suggests that other forces such as certain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731278