CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees’ ideas enhances small firms’ innovation performance. A Heckman selection model … innovation performance. However, contributions depend heavily on the individuals’ area of expertise and on whether product or … process innovation is desired. Our findings enrich the current view on the entrepreneurial team, but also warn against the …

incentives and wage gifts on creativity. We find that tournaments substantially increase creative output, with no evidence for …

crowding out. Our findings suggest that rewards can improve innovation and creativity, and that there may be a tradeoff between …

Many entrepreneurs who close a business are actually willing to venture anew. However, to realize a restart is not only … restart, the aspect of capital acquisition might be particularly precarious for renascent entrepreneurs since business … yet only when losses are incurred by banks. Losses which are incurred privately by the entrepreneurs or by other …

entrepreneur is therefore one of the main success factors for the firm. Yet entrepreneurs differ considerably in their background … percent of novice entrepreneurs who file for bankruptcy reestablish afterwards. On average, slightly more than 15 months will … elapse until such ‘fallen’ entrepreneurs venture out anew. They differ from entrepreneurs not willing or able to take a …

Entrepreneurs are often faced with problems regarding start-up financing. But compared to novice entrepreneurs …, experienced entrepreneurs should have both more knowledge and better contacts, which should potentially reduce the occurrence of … entrepreneurs, who are of particular interest, the findings indicate that they cut back their financing demand and are more likely …

This paper analyzes how companies of immigrant entrepreneurs in knowledgeintensive industries differ from companies of … native entrepreneurs with respect to start-up characteristics, firm survival and innovative performance. I focus on …. Immigrant entrepreneurs are less than half as likely to found a company in a knowledge-intensive industry as native …

that previously failed entrepreneurs are less likely to survive and, in common with entrepreneurs with mixed prior … avoiding bankruptcy. Conclusions for entrepreneurship scholars, entrepreneurs and stakeholders are discussed. …