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Entrepreneurship, institutuions and economic dynamism : lessons from a comparison of the United States and Sweden

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - 2012

deemed to be of particular importance for entrepreneurship, innovation-based firm growth and its ensuing impact on the … economy. Particular aspects of entrepreneurship and economic dynamism are covered by pairs (or in one case three) coauthors …, considerable differences remain. These constitute the basis for the concluding policy discussion. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation …

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The performance of young firms: patterns of evolution in the growth-profitability space

Steffens, Paul R.; Davidsson, Per; Fitzsimmons, Jason R. - 2006

The aim of this paper is to provide a better understanding of the evolution of small firm performance. We do so by studying performance changes on a two dimensional "growth– profitability performance space". It is well established that both growth and profitability are important dimensions of...

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What entrepreneurship research can do for business and policy practice

Davidsson, Per - 2002

This article discusses the problem of making practical use of research on entrepreneurship. The introduction deals with … differences can be bridged. Regarding entrepreneurship research specifically it is argued in the following section that there are … side are also to blame. In the next section it is suggested that entrepreneurship research can actually do "A lot of harm …

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An operationalization of Stevenson’s conceptualization of entrepreneurship as opportunity-based firm behavior

Brown, Terrence E.; Davidsson, Per; Wiklund, Johan - 2001

empirical instrument for assessing a firm’s degree of entrepreneurship. Our instrument should open up opportunities for … researchers to further evaluate entrepreneurship in existing firms. …

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Management and Schumpeterian Resource Recombination

Wiklund, Johan; Eliasson, Christian; Davidsson, Per - 2002

H. H. Stevenson suggests that firms’ management practices range along a spectrum from highly entrepreneurial to highly administrative. At the entrepreneurial end are promoter firms with a focus on new opportunities and at the administrative end are trustee firms with an inward focus on...

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Organic and acquisitive employment growth : re-examining,testing and extending Penrose's Growth Theory.

Lockett, Andy; Wiklund, Johan; Davidsson, Per; Girma, … - 2011

Edith Penrose’s theory of firm growth postulates that a firm’s current growth rate will be influenced by the adjustment costs of, and changes to a firm’s productive opportunity set arising from, previous growth. Although she explicitly considered the impact of previous organic growth on...

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The business platform : developing an instrument to gauge and assist the development of young firms

Davidsson, Per; Klofsten, Magnus - 2003

The research presented here addresses the following problems that we perceive in research on the development of young firms. First, we feel there is a lack of holistic, yet quantifiable and generalizable ways to assess the state of newly started firms. Quantitative research typically relies on...

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Entrepreneurs and intertemporal decision making

Fitzsimmons, Jason R.; Davidsson, Per - 2006

This paper investigates the decision making behaviour of individuals with respect to attributes considered relevant to the assessment of potential venture opportunities. Using a decision making experiment, we were able to consider the behaviour of individuals taking into account their risk and...

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Gazelles as Job Creators: A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - 2008

It is often claimed that small and young firms account for a disproportionately large share of net employment growth. We conduct a meta analysis of the empirical evidence regarding whether net employment growth rather is generated by a few rapidly growing firms - so-called Gazelles - that are...

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Firm Growth, Institutions and Structural Transformation

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - 2010

This essay argues that the economic contribution of certain firms - be they small, young or rapidly growing - has to be understood in a broader context of creative destruction. Growth of some firms requires contraction and exit of some other firms to free up resources that can be reallocated to...

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