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The role of data and knowledge in firms' service and product innovation

Koski, Heli - 2012

The importance of data and different sources of knowledge in the development of new services and products, and further in the creation of new markets, has dramatically increased during the past few decades. This empirical study uses data from 531 Finnish firms to explore the determinants of...

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Business training and female enterprise start-up, growth, and dynamics: Experimental evidence from Sri Lanka

De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2012

We conduct a randomized experiment in Sri Lanka to measure the impact of the most commonly used business training course in developing countries, the Start-and-Improve Your Business (SIYB) program. In contrast to existing business training evaluations which are restricted to microfinance...

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Characteristics and Performance of New Firms and Spinoffs in Sweden

Andersson, Martin; Klepper, Steven - 2012

We analyze the rate of formation, the characteristics, and the performance of different types of new firms in Sweden over a decade. Comparisons to Denmark, Brazil, and the U.S. suggest that the environment for new firm formation in Sweden is not markedly different than elsewhere. In line with...

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Entrepreneurship and Public Policy

Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - 2009

Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship … public policy affects the prevalence and performance of both productive entrepreneurship and so-called high …-impact entrepreneurship in turn. Although varying contexts and economic systems make prescribing a general panacea impossible, a number of …

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The Value of Human and Social Capital Investments for the Business Performance of Start-ups

Bosma, Niels; van Praag, Mirjam; Thurik, Roy; de Wit, Gerrit - 2002

We investigate the manifold posed question: To what extent does investment in human and social capital, besides the effect of talent, enhance entrepreneurial performance? We distinguish between three different performance measures: survival, profits, and generated employment. On the basis of the...

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The Relationship between Firm Births and Job Creation

van Stel, André; Storey, David - 2002

This paper examines the relationship between firm births and job creation in Great Britain. We use a new data set for 60 British regions, covering the whole of Great Britain, between 1980 and 1998. The central theme of the paper is that, with the exception of a recent paper by Audretsch and...

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Entrepreneurial Progress: Climbing The Entrepreneurial Ladder in Europe and The US

van der Zwan, Peter; Verheul, Ingrid; Thurik, Roy; … - 2009

through these stages. Data are used from the 2007 “Flash Eurobarometer Survey on Entrepreneurship”, covering 27 European …

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Alkuvaiheen koko, osakeyhtiömuoto ja kasvuhakuisuus selittävät nuorten yritysten toteutunutta kasvua

Kotiranta, Annu; Pajarinen, Mika; Rouvinen, Petri - 2016

In this report, we study the development of Finnish startup firms based on both survey and register data. The sample includes all firms that were founded in the first half of the year 2005, and those firms have been monitored for eight years. We find that entrepreneurs in growth-oriented...

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Miltä startupit näyttävät tilastojen valossa?

Kotiranta, Annu; Pajarinen, Mika; Rouvinen, Petri - 2016

In this study, we analyze the characteristics and development of Finnish startups based on firm-level data available in public databases. By startups we refer to young, small, and independent firms holding basic elements for growth. Some 4 000–5 000 of such firms are being established...

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Onko uusyrittäjyyden luonne muuttunut?

Kotiranta, Annu; Pajarinen, Mika; Rouvinen, Petri - 2016

About half of all new business activity in Finland can be categorized as being entrepreneurial. The number of this kind of new businesses has not increased dramatically during the last ten years. However, the characteristics of these businesses have changed. Nowadays, new entrepreneurs have...

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