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Creative industries, new business formation, and regional economic growth
Piergiovanni, Roberta; Carree, Martin; Santarelli, Enrico - In: Small Business Economics 39 (2012) 3, pp. 539-560
In this article we explore the impact of a series of factors, including creativity, intellectual property rights …
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Linking HRM and Small Business Performance: An Examination of the Impact of HRM Intensity on the Productivity and Financial Performance of Small Businesses
Sels, Luc; Winne, Sophie; Delmotte, Jeroen; Maes, Johan; … - In: Small Business Economics 26 (2006) 1, pp. 83-101
Attempts to explore empirically the link between HRM and firm performance are numerous. Yet, research on this link remains restricted to large companies. Little is known about the extent to which the existing results extend to small businesses. The purpose of the present study is to develop and...
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Entrepreneurs’ creativity and firm innovation: the moderating role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy
Ahlin, Branka; Drnovšek, Mateja; Hisrich, Robert - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 1, pp. 101-117
There are several studies in entrepreneurship investigating determinants of innovation outcomes in SMEs. Although … entrepreneurs’ entrepreneurial creativity is often seen as a prerequisite, previous research indicates it is not an exclusive … model of entrepreneur’s creativity, self-efficacy, and innovation outcomes. The model is then tested on a large sample of …
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The power of shared positivity: organizational psychological capital and firm performance during exogenous crises
Grözinger, Ann-Christin; Wolff, Sven; Ruf, Philipp Julian - In: Small Business Economics 58 (2021) 2, pp. 689-716
This study examines the influence of organizational psychological capital on the performance of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) during crises. We argue that SMEs use their intangible resources to cope with difficult situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, we investigate how...
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Subsidized start-ups out of unemployment: a comparison to regular business start-ups
Caliendo, Marco; Hogenacker, Jens; Künn, Steffen; … - In: Small Business Economics 45 (2015) 1, pp. 165-190
<Para ID="Par1">Offering unemployed individuals a subsidy to become self-employed is a widespread active labor market policy strategy. Previous studies have illustrated its high effectiveness to help participants escaping unemployment and improving their labor market prospects compared to other unemployed...</para>
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Education and entrepreneurial success
Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne - In: Small Business Economics 44 (2015) 4, pp. 783-796
to succeed in business. Results are robust to non-random selection into entrepreneurship. Copyright Springer Science …
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Entry and exit dynamics of nascent business owners
Rocha, Vera; Carneiro, Anabela; Varum, Celeste - In: Small Business Economics 45 (2015) 1, pp. 63-84
individuals entering entrepreneurship after being displaced due to previous employer closure are found to persist longer …
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Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional growth: a network theory
Huggins, Robert; Thompson, Piers - In: Small Business Economics 45 (2015) 1, pp. 103-128
Despite the growing acknowledgement that entrepreneurship is an important driver of regional innovation and growth, the … that the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and regional growth is governed by a series of network dynamics …. Drawing upon aspects of endogenous growth theory and the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship, it is proposed that …
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Entrepreneurship and the intergenerational transmission of values
Wyrwich, Michael - In: Small Business Economics 45 (2015) 1, pp. 191-213
entrepreneurship. However, much of the work on this topic is not explicit about the role of values in this transmission process …
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Running in the family: parental role models in entrepreneurship
Hoffmann, Anders; Junge, Martin; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj - In: Small Business Economics 44 (2015) 1, pp. 79-104
It is well established that children of self-employed parents are more likely to become self-employed themselves, but the reasons are still hotly debated. Using Danish register data, we investigate the importance and workings of parental role models for the probability of becoming self-employed....
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