This paper investigates whether start-up motivations and the level of social security can explain entrepreneurial aspirations. We use country-level data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) for the year 2005. We distinguish between the necessity motive, independence motive and increase...

Behandelt de economische effecten van subsidies voor research & ontwikkeling aan bedrijven. De impact van die extra subsidies op middellange termijn wordt geschat met behulp van het PRISMA-model SCALES.

This paper investigates the extent to which HRM differs between female- and male-led businesses. A Control-Commitment Continuum consisting of several HRM dimensions is proposed. To test to what extent HRM systems and specific practices in female- and male-led businesses differ with respect to...

This study attempts to create a better understanding of the role of entrepreneurship education in developing entrepreneurial qualities. Theory and practice are confronted. The paper discusses the extent to which entrepreneurship can be taught, and the way in which it should be taught. The...

Onderzoek naar het aandeel van concurrentie bij sector prestatie aan de hand van twee tijdsperioden; het verleden (1988 - 1999) en de toekomst (2001-2012). Voor dit onderzoek is een model (MOCO) ontwikkeld om de effecten van turbulentie en concentratie van economische prestaties van sectoren te...

The data set COMPENDIA contains harmonized data on the number of business owners and the size of the labour force for 23 OECD countries over the period 1972-2000, as well as the quotient of these two variables which is called the business ownership rate of a country. Business ownership rates...

This report tries to gain insight in the willingness or ambition to grow of a small business owner. The main question of this report is therefore: Which factors influence the ambition to grow a business? To examine the ambition to grow an economic and a psychological perspective is given in this...

A multinomial logit model and survey data from the 25 EU member states and the US are used to establish the effect of demographic and other variables on various entrepreneurial engagement levels. These engagement levels range from 'never thought about starting a business' to 'thinking about it',...

PRISMA is een macrosector-model van de Nederlandse economie, geijkt op het CPB-model Athena. Het is geschikt voor analyses voor de middellange en lange termijn. Meerwaarde van het model is het onderscheiden van grootteklassen en de module die aantallen ondernemers verklaart. Actueel...

The relationship between organizational structure and performance in small firms has received relatively limited attention over the last few decades. In understanding small firm performance this seems to be a serious omission. In this paper, we first present the rationale for including...