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Entrepreneurship, institutuions and economic dynamism : lessons from a comparison of the United States and Sweden

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - 2012

deemed to be of particular importance for entrepreneurship, innovation-based firm growth and its ensuing impact on the … economy. Particular aspects of entrepreneurship and economic dynamism are covered by pairs (or in one case three) coauthors …, considerable differences remain. These constitute the basis for the concluding policy discussion. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation …

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Gazelles as Job Creators: A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - 2008

It is often claimed that small and young firms account for a disproportionately large share of net employment growth. We conduct a meta analysis of the empirical evidence regarding whether net employment growth rather is generated by a few rapidly growing firms - so-called Gazelles - that are...

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Firm Growth, Institutions and Structural Transformation

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - 2010

This essay argues that the economic contribution of certain firms - be they small, young or rapidly growing - has to be understood in a broader context of creative destruction. Growth of some firms requires contraction and exit of some other firms to free up resources that can be reallocated to...

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Continued entrepreneurship and small firm growth

Davidsson, Per - 1989

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Entrepreneurship as growth, growth as entrepreneurship

Davidsson, Per; Delmar, Frédéric; Wiklund, Johan - In: Entrepreneurship and the growth of firms, (pp. 21-38). 2006

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How labor market institutions affect job creation and productivity growth : key labor market institutions, and the policies that shape them, affect the restructuring that leads to...

Henrekson, Magnus - 2014

Economic growth requires factor reallocation across firms and continuous replacement of technologies. Labor market institutions influence economic dynamism by their impact on the supply of a key factor, skilled workers to new and expanding firms, and the shedding of workers from declining and...

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