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Initial Capital Constraints hinder Entrepreneurial Venture Performance
Praag, Mirjam van; Wit, Gerrit de; Bosma, Niels - Tinbergen Institute - 2003
This article investigates empirically whether and to what extent initial capital constraints hinder entrepreneurial performance once the venture has been started. Prior empirical research in this area could investigate this issue only indirectly by lack of data. The key contribution of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005209500
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Initial Capital Constraints hinder Entrepreneurial Venture Performance
Praag, Mirjam van; Wit, Gerrit de; Bosma, Niels - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003
This article investigates empirically whether and to what extent initial capital constraints hinder entrepreneurial performance once the venture has been started. Prior empirical research in this area could investigate this issue only indirectly by lack of data. The key contribution of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256781
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Fairness norms and self-interest in venture capital/entrepreneur contracting and performance
Fairchild, Richard - In: International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance 2 (2011) 1, pp. 4-20
We consider the combined impact of agency problems and social fairness norms on venture capital/entrepreneur contracting and performance. Particularly, we develop a behavioural game-theoretic model in which a venture capitalist and an entrepreneur negotiate over their respective equity shares,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360079
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Business success among visible and non-visible ethnic entrepreneurs: a look at the effects of unemployment, co-ethnic involvement and human capital
Kariv, Dafna; Menzies, Teresa V.; Brenner, Gabrielle A. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 115-150
This study examines the relationship between the success of businesses owned by ethnic minority immigrants in Canada … emerged, however, on the success of businesses owned by the visible and the non-visible ethnic groups: being more co …-ethnically involved and possessing higher levels of education positively affected the success of businesses owned by non-visible ethnic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010669077
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The Individual – Opportunity Nexus: A Review of Scott Shane: A General Theory of Entrepreneurship
Casson, Mark - In: Small Business Economics 24 (2005) 5, pp. 423-430
entrepreneurship, and also to identify unresolved issues. It is argued that the nature of ‘opportunity’, and the cognitive basis of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005684581
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The influence of knowledge-based innovation on entrepreneurial outcomes
Gawel, Aleksandra - In: International Journal of Transitions and Innovation Systems 2 (2012) 1, pp. 91-110
The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between knowledge-based innovation in an economy and new firm creation or company bankruptcy, as outcomes of the entrepreneurial process. Based on panel estimations for 16 regions in Poland, each of six years (2003-2008), the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010816562
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Considerations Regarding the Relevance of Failures in Entrepreneurial Development
Popescu, Manoela; Popescu, Dorin Vicentiu - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XII (2012) 1, pp. 1090-1094
entrepreneurial individual success and, of course, to promote and develop entrepreneurship. As such, this paper focuses on this topic …Economic, sociological and even psychological research revealed that entrepreneurship is a process, a dynamic … phenomenon, a science based on evident models of manifestation and development. And entrepreneurship represents a behavioral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010632344
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply the theory of guided preparation to investigate the relative impact of outside counseling assistance and entrepreneurship courses on...
Chrisman, James J.; McMullan, W.E.; Ring, J. Kirk; … - In: Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 1 (2012) April, pp. 63-83
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814590
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The effectiveness of coping strategies used by entrepreneurs and their impact on personal well-being and venture performance
Drnovsek, Mateja; Ortqvist, Daniel; Wincent, Joakim - In: Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u … 28 (2010) 2, pp. 193-220
This paper analyzes effectiveness of coping strategies that entrepreneurs use to daily manage work related stress. Coping is the process of expending efforts to solve personal and interpersonal problems and reducing stress induced by unpleasant and stressful situations. Two broad strategies of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010776396
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Social Capital and the Linkages of High-Tech Companies to the Military Defense System: Is there a Signaling Mechanism?
Honig, Benson; Lerner, Miri; Raban, Yoel - In: Small Business Economics 27 (2006) 4, pp. 419-437
study contributes to the existing literature of entrepreneurship by suggesting the relevance of knowledge spillovers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005722419