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The use and effect of social capital in new venture creation: Solo entrepreneurs vs. new venture teams

Cantner, Uwe; Stützer, Michael - 2010

This paper examines the use of social capital in the venture creation process. We compare solo entrepreneurs (n=182) and new venture teams (n=274) from a random sample of start-ups in innovative industries and test social capital use and its effects on firm performance. Our results reveal that...

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Early international entrepreneurship in China: Extent and determinants

Naudé, Wim; Rossouw, Stephanié - 2009

investigate early international entrepreneurship (international new ventures) in China. The extent of early international … entrepreneurship in China is significant: 65 per cent of the exporting firms start export operations within three years. Foreign …

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The interplay of human and social capital in entrepreneurship in developing countries: The case of Uganda

Rooks, Gerrit; Szirmai, Adam; Sserwanga, Arthur - 2009

This paper discusses the characteristics and determinants of entrepreneurial behaviour in Uganda. It is based on a recent survey of urban and rural entrepreneurs, executed in May 2008. The main dependent variables are business success, gestation activities and innovative performance. The paper...

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What Works in Supporting Women-Led Businesses?

Ubfal, Diego - 2024

Innovative women entrepreneurs can be agents of change and offer novel solutions to global challenges. However, they face multiple barriers to growing their businesses. This paper reviews the literature on strategies to support women entrepreneurs in improving their business outcomes. It focuses...

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Unemployment benefit duration and startup success

Camarero Garcia, Sebastian; Murmann, Martin - 2020

Despite the importance of business creation for the economy and a relevant share of new firms being started out of unemployment, most research has focused on analyzing the effect of unemployment insurance (UI) policies on reemployment outcomes that ignore self-employment. In this paper, we...

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How Digital Are Albanian Enterprises: A Microeconomic Analyses

Kalaj, Ermira; Merko, Flora - 2021

This paper focuses on the analyses of the digitalization of enterprises and its performance impact in Albania. Using data from 2019 Enterprise Surveys (ES) we try to give answer questions related to digitalization that characterize Albanian enterprises. The survey was a shared project of the...

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Financing Constraints, Home Equity and Selection into Entrepreneurship

Jensen, Thais Laerkholm; Leth-Petersen, Søren; Nanda, … - 2021

impacted selection into entrepreneurship. We find that increased entry was concentrated among entrepreneurs whose firms were …

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When Less Is More: Why Limited Entrepreneurship Education May Result in Better Entrepreneurial Outcomes

Elert, Niklas; Sjöö, Karolin; Wennberg, Karl - 2020

Entrepreneurship research suggests that entrepreneurship education and training can bridge the gender gap in … entrepreneurship, but little empirical research exists assessing the validity and impact of such initiatives. We examine a large … government-sponsored entrepreneurship education program aimed at university students in Sweden. While a pre-study indicates that …

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The early development of new establishments: An evaluation of the role of spatial selection and agglomeration

Changoluisa, Javier - 2021

This paper analyzes the early development of new establishments evaluating the role of spatial selection and agglomeration. The analysis shows a clear and strong selection of more productive new establishments into larger regions, regardless of the foundation type. While at the end of the...

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Job creation, job destruction and reallocation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Irm-level evidence from Kenyan manufacturing sector

Esaku, Stephen - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-22

Is the poor aggregate employment growth of the manufacturing sector in Sub-Saharan African countries the outcome of inadequate job creation or rival forces of job creation and job destruction acting in opposite direction? Using a unique dataset from the Kenyan manufacturing sector, we examine...

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