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A selection-based theory of the transition from employment to entrepreneurship : the role of employer size

Parker, Simon C. (contributor) - 2006

. -- entrepreneurship ; occupational choice ; firm size …

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Financing entrepreneurship and the old-boy network

Inci, Eren; Parker, Simon C. - 2012

redistributive gains in the form of better loan terms as network members. -- entrepreneurship ; financiers ; networks ; start …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530313

Entrepreneurship in advanced and developing countries : a microeconomic perspective

Vivarelli, Marco - 2012

The purpose of this paper is to provide a contribution to the identification of the role of entrepreneurship in … economic growth by mapping out: 1) alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing 'creative destruction' from … firm); and 4) the possible scope for an economic policy aimed at maximizing the impact of entrepreneurship on economic …

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Transitions to entrepreneurship and industry-specific barriers

Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy Mason; Parker, Simon C. - 2011

enter entrepreneurship, we find that the conventional practice of conflating different industry types in empirical analyses … of transitions to entrepreneurship generates misleading findings about the determinants of entrepreneurship …. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; capital constraints ; transitions ; entry barriers ; business start-ups …

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Entrepreneurship among married couples in the United States : a simultaneous probit approach

Parker, Simon C. (contributor) - 2005

determinants of business ownership in America. -- entrepreneurship ; occupational choice ; family ; business ownership …

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Entrepreneurship among married couples in the United States: a simultaneous probit approach

Parker, Simon C. - 2005

This article proposes a simultaneous probit equation framework to analyse the business ownership patterns of married couples in the United States. A structural model of knowledge spillovers within couples is formulated and estimated. Empirical analysis reveals significant and substantial...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267672

Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship

Hsieh, Chihmao; Parker, Simon C.; van Praag, C. Mirjam - 2011

-averse peoplemight be suited to entrepreneurship; and it may also help explain why prior researchhas generated mixed evidence about the … effects of risk aversion on selection into entrepreneurship. …

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Risk, balanced skills and entrepreneurship

Hsieh, Chihmao; Parker, Simon C.; van Praag, Mirjam - 2011

the impacts both of risk aversion and balanced skills on the likelihood individuals choose entrepreneurship. Data on Dutch …-averse people might be suited to entrepreneurship; and it may also help explain why prior research has generated mixed evidence … about the effects of risk aversion on selection into entrepreneurship. …

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Ability dispersion and team performance : a field experiment

Hoogendoorn, Sander; Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - 2012

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Ability dispersion and team performance

Hoogendoorn, Sander; Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - 2014

What is the effect of dispersed levels of cognitive ability of members of a (business) team on their teamś performance? This paper reports the results of a field experiment in which 573 students in 49 teams start up and manage real companies under identical circumstances. We ensured exogenous...

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