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Entrepreneurial choices of initial human capital endowments and new venture success
Rocha, Vera; Praag, Mirjam van; Folta, Timothy B.; … - 2016
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011456733
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Entrepreneurial choices of initial human capital endowments and new venture success
Rocha, Vera; Praag, Mirjam van; Folta, Timothy B.; … - 2016
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
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The value of human and social capital investments for the business performance of start-ups
Bosma, Niels; Praag, Mirjam van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 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/10011326404
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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320341
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The Consequences of Entrepreneurial Firm Founding on Innovation
Ewens, Michael; Fons-Rosen, Christian - 2014
This paper studies if and how individual-level patenting activity changes as an employee transitions to entrepreneurial firm founder. Using a large database of employment and innovative histories of over 1110 spinoff firm founders, the empirical strategy tracks both founders and her co-inventors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155828
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Entrepreneurship and public policy
Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - 2009
; High-growth firms ; High-impact entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Institutions ; Product market regulations ; Property rights …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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003867872
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Immigrant entrepreneurship
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016
We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and growth of immigrant-founded businesses over time relative to … into the United States, comprehensive data for quantifying immigrant entrepreneurship are difficult to assemble. We combine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011565661
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Local networks and new business formation
Füner, Lena; Berger, Marius; Bersch, Johannes; … - 2023
New business formation is a key driver of regional transformation and development. While we know that a region’s attractiveness for new businesses depends on its resources, infrastructure, and human capital, we know little about the role of local business networks in promoting or impeding the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014472795
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Self-efficacy and entrepreneurial performance of start-ups
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander; Rodríguez, Daniel; … - 2023
well as growthoriented outcomes such as job creation and innovation. We find statistically significant and economically … stronger when focusing on the growth-oriented outcome of innovation. Furthermore, we observe that generalized self-efficacy is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013493905