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The Influence of Diversity on the Formation, Survival and Growth of New Firms
Backman, Mikaela; Kohlhase, Janet - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013
Our paper investigates how diversity of the labor force influences the rate of new firm formation and the performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818727
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Born global firms – do they perform differently?
Halldin, Torbjörn - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012
strategy. Measuring performance five years after firm foundation, born global firms are found to have higher growth in … employment and sales per employee but no such effect is found when performance is measured by profitability or labor productivity … firm definitions and having performance measured three to seven years subsequent to firm foundation. …
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Does Gibrat’s Law Hold for Swedish Energy Firms?
Tang, Ali - Handelns Utredningsinstitut (HUI Research) - 2014
Gibrat’s law predicts that firm growth is purely random and should be independent of firm size. We use a random effects–random coefficient model to test whether Gibrat’s law holds at the firm level in the Swedish energy market. No study has investigated whether Gibrat’s law holds for...
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Firm growth in the Swedish energy sector: Will large firms become even more dominant?
Macuchova, Zuzana; Rudholm, Niklas; Tang, Aili - Handelns Utredningsinstitut (HUI Research) - 2014
This paper examines the determinants of firm growth in the Swedish energy sector using a sample of 200 energy firms active from 2000 to 2010. The article has two aims. First, we want to investigate whether there is reason to believe that the Swedish energy market will become more concentrated in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818921
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Defining Relevant Product Markets for Pharmaceuticals
Mihaescu, Oana; Rudholm, Niklas - Handelns Utredningsinstitut (HUI Research) - 2013
To identify the relevant product markets for Swedish pharmaceuticals, a spatial econometrics approach is employed. First, we calculate Moran’s Is for different market definitions and then we use a spatial Durbin model to determine the effect of price changes on quantity sold off own and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818924
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How Culture Molds the Effects of Self Efficacy and Fear of Failure on Entrepreneurship
Wennberg, Karl; Pathak, Saurav; Autio, Erkko - Ratioinstitutet - 2013
effect of self-efficacy on entry is moderated by the cultural practices of institutional collectivism and performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010704424
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Femmes entrepreneures et croissance de l’entreprise; leur usage, leur expérience et leur appréciation de divers leviers (financement, mentorat, NTIC, etc.)
Léger-Jarniou, Catherine - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708403
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Innovation and Microenterprises Growth in Ethiopia
Gebreeyesus, Mulu - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712032
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International entrepreneurship and technological capabilities in the Middle East and North Africa
Brach, Juliane; Naudé, Wim - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
In this paper we investigate the extent of international entrepreneurship in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Oman and Syria using a dataset covering 3,281 firms. We find that weak technological capabilities constrain internationalization. Firms with ISO accreditation, an own website, and those who have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712037
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Public financing and entrepreneurship: behaviour and regional heterogeneity of SMEs
García-Tabuenca, García-Tabuenca , Antonio; … - In: INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH (2009) 15, pp. 89-109
The existence of restrictions for small- and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs) to access long-term credit has led governments to establish institutionalsystems to facilitate such access and reduce the cost of credit, with the conditionthat its feasibility is justified (and assessed) and there are...
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