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A corporation's culture as an impetus for spinoffs and a driving force of industry evolution
Cordes, Christian; Richerson, Peter J.; Schwesinger, Georg - 2011
developmental patterns in industries, such as genealogies and performance of spinoffs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286751
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Ethnic diversity and team performance: A field experiment
Hoogendoorn, Sander M.; van Praag, Mirjam - 2012
ethnic diversity on the performance of business teams using a randomized field experiment. We follow 550 students who set up … ethnic diversity has no effect on team performance in terms of business outcomes (sales, profits and profits per share … the performance of teams. In line with theoretical predictions, our data suggest that this positive effect could be …
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Dice thrown from the beginning? An empirical investigation of determinants of firm level growth expectations
Terjesen, Siri; Szerb, Lászlo - In: Estudios de Economía 35 (2008) 2, pp. 153-178
This study investigates three competing but complementary perspectives on factors related to entrepreneurial firm growth. We examine individual (entrepreneur) firm and national environment factors associated with the growth expectations of nascent, baby and established firms. Using 25,384 data...
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Ability dispersion and team performance: A field experiment
Hoogendoorn, Sander M.; Parker, Simon Charles; van … - 2012
This paper studies the impact of diversity in cognitive ability among members of a team on their performance. We … that team performance as measured in terms of sales, profits and profits per share first increases, and then decreases …
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Determinants of hidden champions: Evidence from Germany
Schlepphorst, Susanne; Schlömer-Laufen, Nadine; Holz, … - 2016
Our explorative study analyses the factors that affect the likelihood of German companies to be a hidden champion. Based on an econometric estimation model with quantitative data from 60 hidden champions and 346 non-hidden champions, we could confirm prior research findings that specific...
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Measuring Success in Small Family Businesses - A Socioemotional Wealth Perspective
Ivana, Bujan - 2019
The goal of this paper is to reveal typical non-financial success measures in small family business in Croatia. Socioemotional wealth model is used as a basis for questionnaire construction. Questionnaire items represent family typical success measures and are adaptable to different business...
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Entrepreneurial Experience and Usage of External Business Support
Ropega, Jaroslaw - 2019
the future SME support policy. …
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Managerial attributes and enterprise access to formal credit in Myanmar
Hansen, Henrik; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn; Trifkovic, Neda - 2019
Using data from a new survey of small and medium-sized enterprises in Myanmar, we analyse enterprise demand for formal credit and the extent to which they are constrained in the formal credit market. We account for firms self-selecting out of the credit market in Myanmar. Our data contain...
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Key behavioural characteristics of small-business owners: A lab-in-the-field experiment in Myanmar
Rand, John; Castro Rodriguez, Paula; Tarp, Finn; … - 2019
participant and enterprise characteristics. Finally, we reflect on the implications for enterprise performance and for policy as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146563
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Emergency aid for self-employed in the COVID-19 pandemic: A flash in the pan?
Block, Jörn Hendrich; Kritikos, Alexander; Priem, … - 2020
The self-employed are among those facing the highest probability of strong income losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments in many countries introduced support programs to support the self-employed, including the German federal government, which approved a €50bn emergency aid program...
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