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Small business, innovation, and entrepreneurship

Sahut, Jean-Michel; Peris-Ortiz, Marta - In: Small Business Economics 42 (2014) 4, pp. 663-668

The purpose of this special issue is to examine small businesses, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and show that … different advantages and drawbacks with innovation, but small businesses provide the most conducive environment for … entrepreneurship and innovation that are not necessarily sustained by the know-how and resources characteristic of large …

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The Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research

Henrekson, Magnus; Lundström, Anders - In: Small Business Economics 32 (2009) 1, pp. 1-14

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Microcredit: an answer to the gender problem in funding?

Brana, S. - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 1, pp. 87-100

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) target people excluded from the traditional banking system. By providing start-up capital to these under-financed individuals, they enable a greater number of women to start their own business, particularly in sectors where initial capital requirements are high....

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Regulatory costs on entrepreneurship and establishment employment size

Calcagno, Peter; Sobel, Russell - In: Small Business Economics 42 (2014) 3, pp. 541-559

In this article, we examine how the level of regulation affects the size distribution of businesses. To the extent that regulation functions as a fixed cost, it should lead to larger firm size. However, regulations may also lead to smaller establishments with firms outsourcing regulated...

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Entrepreneurship, innovation, and human flourishing

Henrekson, Magnus - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 3, pp. 511-528

This essay uses Edmund Phelps’ new book Mass Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge, and Change … (Phelps <CitationRef CitationID="CR67">2013</CitationRef>) as inspiration to discuss innovation and entrepreneurship. The book … niggardly evaluation of European innovation, and the lack of convincing empirical evidence for the claim that the rate of …

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Entrepreneurs from low-skilled immigrant groups in knowledge-intensive industries: company characteristics, survival and innovative performance

Mueller, Elisabeth - In: Small Business Economics 42 (2014) 4, pp. 871-889

This paper analyzes how companies of immigrant entrepreneurs in knowledge-intensive industries differ from companies of native entrepreneurs with respect to start-up characteristics, company survival and innovative performance. I focus on immigrants from the “recruitment countries” of south...

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Entrepreneurship and innovation networks

Karlsson, Charlie; Warda, Peter - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 2, pp. 393-398

innovation networks remain invariant between decades, and (2) how knowledge about such features can be employed in policy at the …

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Steven Klepper: Recipient of the 2011 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Carlsson, Bo - In: Small Business Economics 37 (2011) 2, pp. 131-140

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Entrepreneurship and the theory of taxation

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - In: Small Business Economics 37 (2011) 2, pp. 167-185

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Economic creativity and innovation implementation: the entrepreneurial drivers of growth? Evidence from 63 countries

Williams, Leslie; McGuire, Stephen - In: Small Business Economics 34 (2010) 4, pp. 391-412

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