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Characteristics and performance of new firms and spinoffs in Sweden
Andersson, Martin; Klepper, Steven - 2012 - Date of this version: 7 February 2012
We analyze the rate of formation, the characteristics, and the performance of different types of new firms in Sweden … over a decade. Comparisons to Denmark, Brazil, and the U.S. suggest that the environment for new firm formation in Sweden … single owner. -- Sweden ; spinoffs ; new firm formation ; entrepreneurship ; performance ; employment growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530957
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Entrepreneurship, institutuions and economic dynamism : lessons from a comparison of the United States and Sweden
Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - 2012
, who are renowned specialists in the area and with deep knowledge of the pertinent institutions in Sweden and the US. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009666645
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The bright but right view? : a new type of evidence on entrepreneurial optimism
Bengtsson, Ola; Ekeblom, Daniel - 2014
Existing empirical evidence suggests that entrepreneurs are optimists, a finding researchers often interpret as evidence of a behavioral bias in entrepreneurial decision-making. We revisit this claim by analyzing an unusually large survey dataset (180,814 responses) that allows us to create a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247380
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Competencies and institutions fostering high-growth firms
Henrekson, Magnus (contributor); Johansson, Dan (contributor) - 2008
High-growth firms (HGFs) are critical for net job creation and economic growth. We analyze HGFs using the theory of competence blocs, linking firm growth to property rights and the interaction of complementary expertise. Specifically, we discuss how the institutional framework affects the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003723937
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The effects of displacement on self-employment survival
Nykvist, Jenny (contributor) - 2008
A large literature has studied the effect of displacement on labor market outcomes in general, but none has evaluated how the displaced manage as self-employed. This paper studies how the survival of the business is affected by displacement in connection to entry, using a discrete-time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003752151
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Gender quotas in the board room and firm performance : evidence from a credible threat in Sweden
Tyrefors, Björn; Jansson, Joakim - 2017 - This version: 2017-04-05
performance from an exogenous change in female board participation in Sweden. We use the credible threat, aimed at listed firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641946
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To be or not to be: the entrepreneur in endogenous growth theory
Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Karlsson, Johan - 2021
We examine the conceptualization of entrepreneurs in neo-Schumpeterian growth theory, which has reintroduced entrepreneurs into mainstream economics. Specifically, we analyze how neo-Schumpeterians relate to the contradiction between the entrepreneur-centered view of Schumpeter (1934) and the...
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To be or not to be : the entrepreneur in neo-Schumpeterian growth theory
Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Karlsson, Johan - 2022
Based on a review of 700+ peer-reviewed articles since 1990, identified using text mining methodology and supervised machine learning, we analyze how neoSchumpeterian growth theorists relate to the entrepreneur-centered view of Schumpeter (1934) and the entrepreneurless framework of Schumpeter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013401933
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Competition, takeovers and gender discrimination
Heyman, Fredrik (contributor); Svaleryd, Helena (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641133
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Is financial risk-taking behaviour genetically transmitted?
Cesarini, David (contributor) - 2008
In this paper, we use a sample of almost 30,000 Swedish mono- and dizygotic twins to study the heritability of financial risk-taking. Following a major pension reform in the year 2000, virtually all Swedish adults had to simultaneously make a finnancial decision axoecting post-retirement wealth....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003756987