This paper investigates the impact of new firms' quality on the magnitude of their employment effects. Our results clearly show that the quality of start-ups, measured by their affiliation to sectors and innovative industries, strongly influences the direct and the overall employment...

History matters in entrepreneurship research Franz Lohrke, Hans Landstrom -- Entrepreneurship research : a history of scholarly migration Hans Landstrom, Mats Benner -- Entrepreneurship research : research communities and knowledge platforms Hans Landstrom, Olle Persson -- Environmental...

This book historicizes entrepreneurship research, its primary thesis being "history matters". Expert contributors discuss the field's long history and explore whether it has developed a mature and comprehensive knowledge base. The intellectual roots of several important theories are then...