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The founder (team)ś human capital is a vital determinant of future firm performance. This is a stylized fact. Less is known about the effect of the human capital of the initial workforce hired by the founder(s). We study the performance consequences of a founderś choice of the initial...
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The founder (team)'s human capital is a vital determinant of future firm performance. This is a stylized fact. Less is known about the effect of the human capital of the initial workforce hired by the founder(s). We study the performance consequences of a founder's choice of the initial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458941
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 research on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is undecided as to whether a specific EO improves firm performance. We considered EO in a different light by examining the role of emergent strategy. By considering entrepreneurial orientation as it is effected by emergent strategy, we found a...
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' planning behavior, the convenience of engaging in planning activities is still an open debate in the entrepreneurship …
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explained by business dynamics, innovation, human capital and the level of entrepreneurship in each region. Findings The results … obtained lead the authors to conclude that entrepreneurship understood as both the creation of new firms and entrepreneurial … activity as alternative measures of entrepreneurship. In this research, however, both variables are considered together …
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This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and … return in industrial countries. The return varies, however, by gender, rural or urban residence, and the share of agriculture … entrepreneurship to farming. The education effect that separates workers into self-employment and wage employment is stronger for women …
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, we find no correlation between founders’ human capital (especially education and entrepreneurship experience) and initial …
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identifying program characteristics that can lead to more effective public policies promoting firm growth and entrepreneurship. We …
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A large literature has studied the effect of displacement on labor market outcomes in general, but none has evaluated how the displaced manage as self-employed. This paper studies how the survival of the business is affected by displacement in connection to entry, using a discrete-time...
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