Human resources are recognised as one of the main sources of economic growth. The management of these resources (HRM) is therefore an important issue. However, while roughly half of all employees are employed in small and medium-sized enterprises, scientific studies on HRM are to a large extent...

In this study we examine whether the ageing of the Dutch labour force has had an effect on entrepreneurship rates in the recent past, and if it is likely to have an effect in the future. Because we only have data on a relatively short period of time (2001 – 2009), we focus on variation between...

While after the 2008 financial crisis most European enterprises were faced with a reduction in the demand for their products, some were not. This study examines to which extent this depends on the overall innovation performance of their domestic country. The innovativeness of a country is...

In the current economic crisis, some enterprises are faced with a reduction in the demand for their products whilst others are not. The research question of this study is: to which extent does this depend on the innovativeness of the country of origin? Go to the publication 'The impact of the...

Fast-growing firms are considered as the central drivers of job creation in the economy. There is an abundance of literature on the separate subjects of firm growth and firm survival. However, the relationship between survival and growth is neglected. Using the Dutch Longitudinal Enterprise...

Various studies have indicated the presence of firm size wage gaps and firm age wage gaps in the remuneration of employees. This study shows that a firm size wage gap also exists in the population of Dutch Enterprises with 1 – 100 employees, but that there is no sign of a firm age wage gap....

The productivity of enterprises is an important indicator, for individual enterprises as well as for policy makers. For individual firms, their productivity is a main determinant of their performance, while the aggregate productivity is one of the main determinants of economic growth. In this...

Innoveren is niet alleen belangrijk voor grote industri�le multinationals, maar ook voor kleine bedrijven uit consumentgerichte sectoren zoals de detailhandel, horeca en ambacht. Ook in deze sectoren wordt veel en vaak ge�nnoveerd, en deze innovaties verbeteren de winstgevendheid van de...

Bespreking van drie marktwerkingsmodellen. De eerste twee - die van Appelbaum en Bresnnahan - zijn modellen waarin zowel de vraag als het aanbod naar een bepaald product wordt gemodelleerd. Het derde marktwerkingsmodel - dat van Roeger - betreft alleen het aanbod van het betreffende product.

We examined the relationship between firm births and job creation in Great Britain. We used a new data set for 60 British regions, covering the whole of Great Britain, between 1980 and 1998. The relationship between new firm start-ups and employment growth has previously been examined either...