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Building for competitive advantage in early stage start-ups : the role of entrepreneurial capabilities
Steffens, Paul R.; Burgers, Henri - 2009
entrepreneurship and RBV-theories by showing how entrepreneurial capabilities lead to competitive advantages in nascent and early …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438326
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Sector-Specific Analysis on the Creation of Entrepreneurial Startup Establishments in the United States
Burke, Madison - 2010
the role of entrepreneurship within the United States economy. While many economists focus on the availability and … role of entrepreneurship within the U.S. economy, critics note the use of aggregate data as a potential confounding factor …. In order to contribute to the empirical analysis of entrepreneurship, this paper analyzes the effects of value added as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475371
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Families, Human Capital, and Small Business: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robb, Alicia - 2003
Using data from the confidential and restricted-access Characteristics of Business Owners (CBO) Survey, we provide some suggestive evidence on the causes of intergenerational links in business ownership and the related issue of how having a family business background affects small business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444181
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Three Essays on Firm Behavior and Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslav Republics.
Koman, Matjaz - 2009
and entrepreneurship in selected former Yugoslav countries. The goal was to determine whether firms’ objective remains the … firms, entrepreneurship, and self-employment.The answers and insights provided by these three essays reveal that merely … entrepreneurship and therefore cannot always serve as a basis for future growth. The first essay uses Macedonian firm-level data to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476543
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Schooling, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Performance
Praag, C.M. van; Parker, S.C. - 2004
To what extent is the performance of a small business venture, once started, affected by capital constraints at the time of inception and by the business founder's investment in human capital? We attempt to answer this question taking into account the potential endogeneity of human and financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460015
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Education and Entrepreneurship in Industrialized Countries: A Meta-analysis
Sluis, J. vander; Praag, C.M. van; Vijverberg, W. - 2004
This paper provides a meta-analytical review of empirical studies into the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship … selection and performance. We first describe the main effects found in the current entrepreneurship literature. We then explain … conclusions result from this meta-analysis. First, we find that the impact of education on selection into entrepreneurship is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460016
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Three Essays on Self-Employment Transitions, Organizational Capital, and Firm Formation
Deli, Fatma - 2011
This dissertation explores how economic, organizational, and personal factors affect self-employment transitions, occupational decisions, and firm formation activities of individuals at different positions in the skill distribution. The first essay of my dissertation studies how local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460574
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Risk preference and employment contract type
Farrell, Lisa; Brown, Sarah; Harris, Mark N.; Sessions, … - 2006
We explore the possibility that a systematic relationship exists between employment within a particular type of contract and risk preference. We exploit a set of proxies for risk preference, whereby some of the proxies capture risk loving behaviour (expenditure on gambling, smoking and alcohol)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475665
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Innovative and entrepreneurial activity in the public sector : the changing face of public sector institutions
Luke, Belinda G.; Kearins, Kate; Verreynne, Martie-Louise - 2010
three SOEs. Findings reveal that those aspects typically associated with entrepreneurship, such as innovation, risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483465