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Alkuvaiheen koko, osakeyhtiömuoto ja kasvuhakuisuus selittävät nuorten yritysten toteutunutta kasvua

Kotiranta, Annu; Pajarinen, Mika; Rouvinen, Petri - 2016

In this report, we study the development of Finnish startup firms based on both survey and register data. The sample includes all firms that were founded in the first half of the year 2005, and those firms have been monitored for eight years. We find that entrepreneurs in growth-oriented...

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Impact of strategic management, corporate social responsibility on firm performance in the post mandate period: Evidence from India

Mitra, Nayan - In: International Journal of Corporate Social … 6 (2021) 1, pp. 1-15

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is like a chameleon, that changes its colour according to the context it is in. In the developed economy, it takes the form of sustainability and/ or philanthropy, whereas, in emerging economies, it speaks the language of religious, political and/or mandated...

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Strategic dynamics and corporate performance: A longitudinal assessment

Leker, Jens - 1996

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Business training and female enterprise start-up, growth, and dynamics: Experimental evidence from Sri Lanka

De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2012

We conduct a randomized experiment in Sri Lanka to measure the impact of the most commonly used business training course in developing countries, the Start-and-Improve Your Business (SIYB) program. In contrast to existing business training evaluations which are restricted to microfinance...

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Socioeconomic heritage and rapid firm growth

Wyrwich, Michael - 2009

The present paper sheds light on how growth of young firms is affected by expansive strategies and the socioeconomic heritage of their main actors. Socioeconomic heritage has to do with socialization, prior socioeconomic circumstances, and regional growth conditions; the term is elaborated upon...

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Characteristics and Performance of New Firms and Spinoffs in Sweden

Andersson, Martin; Klepper, Steven - 2012

We analyze the rate of formation, the characteristics, and the performance of different types of new firms in Sweden over a decade. Comparisons to Denmark, Brazil, and the U.S. suggest that the environment for new firm formation in Sweden is not markedly different than elsewhere. In line with...

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Entrepreneurship and Public Policy

Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - 2009

Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship … public policy affects the prevalence and performance of both productive entrepreneurship and so-called high …-impact entrepreneurship in turn. Although varying contexts and economic systems make prescribing a general panacea impossible, a number of …

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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...

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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...

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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 …

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