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Entrepreneurship in China: Institutions, organisational identity and survival: empirical results from two provinces
Hendrischke, Hans; Krug, Krug, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002
China therefore entrepreneurship depends crucially on the ability to establish firms, i.e. to find organisational forms for … entrepreneurship depends on mechanisms for co-ordinating individual or organisational behaviour of firms. These mechanisms were lacking … components of (private) entrepreneurship. One is the search for organisational forms conforming to the situational constraints …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731089
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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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New Firm Growth: Exploring Processes and Paths
Garnsey, E.; Stam, Stam, F.C.; Heffernan, P.; Hugo, O. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003
This paper provides a new methodology for the diachronic study of new firm growth, theoretically grounded in the work of Penrose (1995). We show that a model of firm growth as an unfolding process makes possible draw simple, measurable inferences from firm level to aggregate evidence on growth...
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The evolution of high-technology in China after 1978: Towards technological entrepreneurship
Greeven, Greeven, M.J. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004
entrepreneurship and identify computer hardware and software as key sectors for NTEs and high-technology development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731553
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Entrepreneurial Finance in France: The Persistent Role of Banks
Cieply, Cieply, S.; Dejardin, Dejardin, M.A.F.G. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009
We study financial constraints new firms suffer from in France during the mid-nineties. Three types of constraints are distinguished: the classic and well-known weak and strong credit rationing and the new concept of self-rationing bound to the theory of discouraged borrowers. We look for these...
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Marketing Cooperatives and Financial Structure
Hendrikse, Hendrikse, G.W.J.; Veerman, Veerman, C.P. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000
The relationship between the financial structure of a marketing cooperative (MC) and the requirement of the domination of control by the members is analysed from a transaction costs perspective. A MC receives less favorable terms on outside equity than a conventional firm because the decision...
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Shareholders’ Voting at General Meetings: Evidence from the Netherlands
de Jong, de Jong, A.; Mertens, Mertens, G.M.H.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004
We study annual general meetings of shareholders in the Netherlands. The Dutch corporate governance system is characterized by relatively concentrated shareholdings and large stakes owned by pension funds, banks and insurance companies. The legal protection of shareholders is poor due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730998
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Marketing co-operatives
Hendrikse, Hendrikse, G.W.J.; Veerman, Veerman, C.P. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000
Marketing co-operatives (MCs) are analysed from an incomplete contracting perspective. The requirement of the domination of control by the members of a MC is a threat to the survival of a MC in markets where the level of asset specificity at the processing stage of production is increasing....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731460
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The Strawberry Growth Underneath the Nettle: the emergence of entrepreneurs in China
Krug, Krug, B.; Polos, Polos, L. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000
Chinese entrepreneurs innovatively manage organisations in the absence of strong economic institutions, under conditions of high environmental and technological uncertainty. This paper presents the findings of an empirical study designed to investigate how Chinese entrepreneurs can be successful...
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Network effects on Entrepreneurial Processes: Start-ups in the Dutch ICT Industry 1990-2000
Hulsink, Hulsink, W.; Elfring, Elfring, T. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003
The value of networks as an integral part of the explanation of entrepreneurial success is widely acknowledged. It is unclear, however, in what way certain networks influence the success of start-up companies. The question of this paper is: 'in what way does the entrepreneur's network contribute...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837644