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Disentangling the effects of new venture team functional heterogeneity on new venture performance

Cantner, Uwe; Goethner, Maximilian; Stuetzer, Michael - 2010

or hinders new venture performance. Reconciling this inconsistency, this paper suggests a new conceptual approach to … negatively relates to both start-ups' entrepreneurial and innovative performance. In contrast, we find knowledge scope to … positively affect entrepreneurial performance, while it shows an inverse U-shaped relationship to innovative start-up performance. …

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Rushing in where angels fear to tread?: The early internationalization of indigenous Chinese firms

Naudé, Wim - 2009

In this paper I empirically investigate the early international entrepreneurship of indigenous Chinese firms using data on 3,948 firms surveyed by the World Bank in 2002-03. I find important differences in the extent and motivation of early internationalization between indigenous and...

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Innovation and microenterprises growth in Ethiopia

Gebreeyesus, Mulu - 2009

This paper addresses two prominent issues on the development of small enterprises in Africa. Which factors inhibit or foster innovation activities in small enterprises? Do innovators create more jobs? We use a large set of microenterprises survey data from Ethiopia that comprise 1000...

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Early international entrepreneurship in China: Extent and determinants

Naudé, Wim; Rossouw, Stephanié - 2009

We use data on 3,948 Chinese firms obtained from the World Bank's Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey to investigate early international entrepreneurship (international new ventures) in China. The extent of early international entrepreneurship in China is significant: 65 per cent of the...

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Job creation by firms in Denmark

Ibsen, Rikke; Westergård-Nielsen, Niels Christian - 2011

In this paper we will look at job creation and destruction in firms. We will answer the question if it is the large companies that create jobs, while the smaller companies are contributing much less. Or is it the young companies that create jobs? And who destroys the most jobs? In the crisis...

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The mediating effect of entrepreneurs' competency on the relationship between bank finance and performance of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs)

Esubalew, Amare Abawa; Raghurama, A. - In: European Research on Management and Business Economics … 26 (2020) 2, pp. 87-95

improve the existing one. Though the direct effect of entrepreneurs' competence on the performance of MSMEs was relatively … mediating effect of the competence of entrepreneurs on the relationship between bank finance and performance of MSMEs and bridge … not significant. However, bank finance has a significant positive effect on the performance of MSMEs. Moreover, the study …

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What Works in Supporting Women-Led Businesses?

Ubfal, Diego - 2024

influence their decisions and can impact their business performance: gaps in human capital, access to finance, access to …

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E-commerce and its role during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia

Sawada, Yasuyuki; Elhan-Kayalar, Yesim; Shum, Matthew; … - 2023

Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are recognized as crucial drivers of economic development, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The advent of digital platforms, characterized by economies of scale and significant cross-network externalities in two-sided markets,...

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Do reduced labor costs increase employment among minimum wage workers? Evidence from a Swedish payroll tax cut

Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov; Gidehag, Anton; Westerberg, Hans … - 2023

We use a youth payroll tax cut in Sweden to investigate whether retail firms that were exposed to substantial labor cost savings increased employment of minimum wage workers more than firms that received smaller labor cost savings. Our dataset includes information on both contracted wages and...

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Unternehmensgründungen: Mehr innovative Startups durch einen Kulturwandel für Entrepreneurship?

Röhl, Klaus-Heiner - 2016

eine gute makroökonomische Performance vorweist, sinken die Gründungszahlen seit mehreren Jahren. Vieles weist darauf hin … macroeconomic performance, the number of companies being founded has been falling for several years. There are strong indicators …

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