This paper aims at explaining cross-country variation in nascent entrepreneurship. Regression analysis is applied using various explanatory variables derived from three different approaches. We make use of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor database, including nascent entrepreneurship rates for...

Developments in firm size and its distribution have always been one of the main issues in economic research. Due to several trends in the economic structure some authors expected a shift from large to small firms (for example Audretsch and Thurik 2000). In the underlying thesis I will...

Dit rapport geeft inzicht in de rol die familiebedrijven spelen in het midden- en kleinbedrijf in Nederland. Er worden definities gegeven van familiebedrijven en er wordt een vergelijking gemaakt tussen familiebedrijven en niet-familiebedrijven.

New firms create new jobs. Many studies have shown that SMEs do play an important role in job creation. Others state that this role is overestimated due to the high job destruction rate among SMEs. Still, the net effect of new firms on employment creation can remain positive, especially when a...

In this report, we study competition from a cognitive psychology, marketing and strategic management perspective and hope to contribute to the notion of competition and competitive processes. In addition, we propose a new method to measure competition that is based on these more psychological...

Onderzoek naar bedrijfsopheffingen in Europese landen, in het bijzonder Nederland, en de Verenigde Staten. De algemene aanname dat de faillissementen licht procyclisch zijn, wordt ondersteund door een tijdreeksanalyse tussen 1980 en 1995. Verder blijken zeer kleine bedrijven (tot en met 9...

Autonomy is a primary motive for a large majority of small business starters. However, as an explanation of why people want their own (autonomous) business it is largely circular. In this paper, we focus on an explanation of the autonomy motive itself. We provide a theoretical and empirical...

We applied a novel method to evaluate the effect of capital constraints on entrepreneurial performance on a panel of 1000 Dutch entrepreneurs. We found that initial capital constraints hinder entrepreneurs in their performance (profit, duration and employment), also when we controlled for...

While a large literature has emerged focusing on nascent entrepreneurship, the propensity for exentrepreneurs to consider re-entering into entrepreneurship, or what we term here as renascent entrepreneurship, has been generally overlooked. This paper suggests a different view of learning, where...

Vergelijking van de situatie van meewerkende vrouwen in Nederland en de overige lidstaten van de Europese Unie. Aandacht wordt besteed aan ontwikkelingen op Europees en Nederlands niveau en de formele erkenning, die onder te verdelen is in professionele erkenning, financiële erkenning,...