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Family business and regional development
Basco, Rodrigo (contributor); Stough, Roger (contributor);  … - 2021
experts in entrepreneurship, regional economics, and economic geography, this book will be a valuable reading for advanced …
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Entrepreneurship and Economic Transition
Aidis, Ruta - 2003
address the issue of entrepreneurship intwo distinct ways: a) as it has historically developed within the field of … economicsand b) as it develops in the transitional context. In contrast to advanced westerneconomies, productive entrepreneurship … entrepreneurship in Central EasternEuropean and Former Soviet Union countries. Entrepreneurship in Lithuaniaseems to not fit neatly …
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A focus on ethical value under the vision of leadership, teamwork, effective communication and productivity
Mercader, Víctor; Galván-Vela, Esthela; Ravina … - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14 (2021) 11, pp. 1-32
The new economy and the knowledge-based society brought significant changes in all the areas of our daily lives. Also, the COVID-19 pandemic and the COVID-19 crisis implicated tremendous transformations in all the domains, on the one hand, threatening the balance of our society and, on the other...
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Contextualizing entrepreneurship theory
Baker, Ted; Welter, Friederike - 2020
"As the breadth and empirical diversity of entrepreneurship research have increased rapidly during the last decade, the … quest to find a "one-size-fits-all" general theory of entrepreneurship has given way to a growing appreciation for the …. Entrepreneurship means different things to different people at different times and in different places and both its causes and its …
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The Value of Human and Social Capital Investments for the Business Performance of Start-ups
Bosma, Niels; van Praag, Mirjam; Thurik, Roy; de Wit, Gerrit - 2002
We investigate the manifold posed question: To what extent does investment in human and social capital, besides the effect of talent, enhance entrepreneurial performance? We distinguish between three different performance measures: survival, profits, and generated employment. On the basis of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324773
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The Relationship between Firm Births and Job Creation
van Stel, André; Storey, David - 2002
This paper examines the relationship between firm births and job creation in Great Britain. We use a new data set for 60 British regions, covering the whole of Great Britain, between 1980 and 1998. The central theme of the paper is that, with the exception of a recent paper by Audretsch and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324987
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Business Survival and Success of Young Small Business Owners
van Praag, C. Mirjam - 2003
Little empirical evidence provides insight in person-oriented drivers of business survival and success of small business owners. In this paper I perform a duration analysis of business survival amongst young white (selfemployed) small business owners in the U.S. Compulsory exits are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325065
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Entrepreneurial Progress: Climbing The Entrepreneurial Ladder in Europe and The US
van der Zwan, Peter; Verheul, Ingrid; Thurik, Roy; … - 2009
through these stages. Data are used from the 2007 “Flash Eurobarometer Survey on Entrepreneurship”, covering 27 European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325726
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Risk Attitudes and Profits among Small Enterprises in Nigeria
Lammers, Judith; Willebrands, Daan; Hartog, Joop - 2010
This paper analyses the effect of risk attitudes of firm owners on profits among micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Lagos, Nigeria. Higher risk perceptions are shown to have a significant positive effect on profits, whereas risk propensity has a negative or no effect. Education, age, being...
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Testing the Female Underperformance Hypothesis
Henrekson, Magnus; Du Rietz, Anita - 1999
Most previous studies have found evidence at the aggregate level that female entrepreneurs underperform relative to their male counterparts. This study conducts a comprehensive test of this finding. The test is conducted on a large Swedish sample of 4200 entrepreneurs (405 females) with 1 to 20...
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