Using a panel data model, we study the effects of regional and industry-level traits on new business formation (NBF) for 164 industries across 266 Chinese prefectures between 1998 and 2007. The objective is to provide empirical estimates on effects of prefecture traits on entry rates, and in...

The changes in the employment structure in rural China are studied with a focus on off farm self-employment. Data from the China Household Income Project surveys covering the same 14 provinces from 1988 to 2018 are used. We find that the proportion of adults in rural China with self-employment...

Using a panel data model, we study the effects of regional and industry-level traits on new business formation (NBF) for 164 industries across 266 Chinese prefectures between 1998 and 2007. The objective is to provide empirical estimates on effects of prefecture traits on entry rates, and in...

We explore how institutional quality moderates the effectiveness of privatization on entrepreneurs' sales performance. To do this, we blend agency theory and entrepreneurial cognition theory with insights from institutional economics to develop a model of emerging market venture performance....

The changes in the employment structure in rural China are studied with a focus on off farm self-employment. Data from the China Household Income Project surveys covering the same 14 provinces from 1988 to 2018 are used. We find that the proportion of adults in rural China with self-employment...

What kind of innovative competences are credibly developed by private entrepreneurs in China’s transition economy? On the basis of original empirical fieldwork in 45 software enterprises in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, we propose a working theory of innovative competence development in an...

We study the impacts of relaxing internal migration barriers on entrepreneurship by exploiting China’s 2014 nationwide hukou reforms and the administrative firm registry. Our difference-in-differences estimation finds that treated counties meet sizable increases in entrepreneurial activities...

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...

This study examines the impact of online feedback on the extent of alternative startups’ fundraising success or failure through reward-based online crowdfunding platforms. By drawing on regulatory focus theory, we theorize that online feedback relating to products or services is crucial in...

This article studies the synergy effect of entrepreneurship on China's industrial clusters. We propose an extension to Duranton and Overman's (2005) method which enables us to delimit industrial clusters in space. The empirical model is identified with historical measures of local entrepreneur...