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WHY ARE OPTIMISTIC ENTREPRENEURS SUCCESSFUL?AN APPLICATION OF THE REGULATORY FOCUS THEORY
Aidis, Ruta; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Sauka, Arnis - William Davidson Institute <Ann Arbor, Mich.> - 2008
Does entrepreneurial optimism affect business performance? Using a unique data setbased on repeated survey design, we investigate this relationship empirically. Ourmeasures of ‘optimism’ and ‘realism’ are derived from comparing the turnovergrowth expectations of 133 owners-managers with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418715
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Subsidies, Rent Seeking and Performance : Being Young, Small or Private in China
Du, Jun; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2016
Entrepreneurs in emerging market economies operate in weak institutional contexts, yet these can imply different types of government. In some countries (e.g. Russia), the government is predatory, and the main risk faced by (successful) entrepreneurs relates to expropriation. In other countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014136262
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The continued search for the solow residual : the role of national entrepreneurial ecosystem
Acs, Zoltán J.; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; … - 2014
This paper introduces a new concept in addition to the traditional measures of stocks of capital, labor, human capital and knowledge, to understand the Solow Residual: National Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (NEE). The NEE construct is based on a methodology that combines institutions and human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010438892
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Institutions and Entrepreneurship Development in Russia: A Comparative Perspective
Estrin, Saul; Aidis, Ruta; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2007
entrepreneurial development in Russia. We utilize Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001 and 2002 to investigate … the effects of the weak institutional environment in Russia on entrepreneurship, comparing it first with all available GEM …’s institutional environment is important to explain its relatively low levels of entrepreneurship development, where the latter is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677437
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RUSSIA
Aidis, Ruta; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - School of Slavonic and East European Studies <London> - 2008
This paper presents an account of the environment faced by entrepreneurs in Russia. Insection one we give a brief introduction to the country which is followed by theoverview of a public policy on small and medium enterprises in the next section. Thecurrent state of SMEs and some particularities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005868081
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Institutions and Entrepreneurship Development in Russia : A Comparative Perspective
Estrin, Saul; Aidis, Ruta; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2011
entrepreneurial development in Russia. We utilize Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001 and 2002 to investigate … the effects of the weak institutional environment in Russia on entrepreneurship, comparing it first with all available GEM …'s institutional environment is important to explain its relatively low levels of entrepreneurship development, where the latter is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014223906
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Entrepreneurial Entry: Which Institutions Matter?
Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
In this paper we explore the relationship between the individual decision to become an entrepreneur and the institutional context. We pinpoint the critical roles of property rights and the size of the state sector for entrepreneurial activity and test the relationships empirically by combining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822242
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Which institutions encourage entrepreneurial growth aspirations?
Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - In: Journal of Business Venturing 28 (2013) 4, pp. 564-580
We develop entrepreneurship and institutional theory to explain entrepreneurial growth aspirations across individuals … the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor surveys in 42 countries for 2001–2006, applying a multilevel estimation framework to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010665618
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The Continued Search for the Solow Residual: The Role of National Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Acs, Zoltan J.; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper introduces a new concept in addition to the traditional measures of stocks of capital, labor, human capital and knowledge, to understand the Solow Residual: National Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (NEE). The NEE construct is based on a methodology that combines institutions and human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011094078
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Which Institutions Encourage Entrepreneurs to Create Larger Firms?
Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We develop entrepreneurship and institutional theory to explain variation in different types of entrepreneurship across … grow faster. We test these hypotheses using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor surveys in 55 countries for 2001 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839291