The idea behind the new Dutch Bankruptcy Act is that it should reward risk-taking by entrepreneurs in order to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Therefore, the rights of the creditors may need to be adjusted in security at some level. Knowledge on the impact of creditor rights on...

Onderzoek naar de methoden voor de berekening van ontbrekende data. Het onderzoek poogt een antwoord te geven op de vraag hoe schattingen geprepareerd kunnen worden voor ontbrekende data in een datamatrix.

We investigated the manifold posed question: To what extent does investment in human and social capital, besides the effect of 'talent', enhance entrepreneurial performance?. We distinguished between three different performance measures: survival, profits, and generated employment. On the basis...

The start-up process is an important source for learning opportunities. The present study investigates different types of entrepreneurial learning in the start-up process. Combining contributions from psychology, sociology, organisational and entrepreneurship literature, an appropriate...

In this study we use a unique data set to examine factors related to international commitment of owner-managed firms. We draw on different streams of research such as the knowledge-based view, the stage theory of internationalization and the new venture theory of internationalization to study...

This paper investigates to what extent determinants of the rate of independent startups and the rate of new subsidiaries are different. Using a regional data base for the Netherlands over the period 1988-2002, we investigate the impact of two types of agglomeration effects, localisation and...

This is the sixth edition of the series 'Entrepreneurship in the Netherlands'. The series started in 1997 and is a joint publication of the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs and EIM Business and Policy Research. This 2003 edition deals with knowledge transfer from universities and other...

Why does one person actually succeed in starting a business, while a second person gives up? In order to answer this question, a sample of 517 nascent entrepreneurs (people in the process of setting up a business) was followed over a three-year period. After this period, it was established that...

SICLASS (Size Classes) is een econometrische model gericht om de huidige omvang en structuur van Europese midden en kleinbedrijven te bepalen. Daarnaast wordt het model gebruikt om macro-economische scenario’s te  maken voor de toekomst. Tevens kunnen ook andere scenario’s ontwikkeld...

From an empirical perspective there is growing evidence on the relation between size class distributions and economic performance. However, the question whether this change of the size class structure of industries has influenced economic performance is still underresearched. The purpose of this...