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The internal mechanisms of entrepreneurs' social capital : a multi-network analysis

Hernández-Carrión, Carlos; Camarero Izquierdo, Carmen; … - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 23 (2020) 1, pp. 1-19

-scale local entrepreneurs help improve their scarce resource endowments. Adopting a mechanistic and functioning oriented view of … individually explores both the personal and professional networks of 958 Spanish entrepreneurs. Findings reveal how the two …

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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 value of human and social capital investments for the business performance of start-ups

Bosma, Niels; Praag, Mirjam van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 2002

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How do emerging market SMEs utilize resources in the face of environmental uncertainty?

Temouri, Yama; Shen, Kathy; Pereira, Vijay; Xie, Xuanli - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 25 (2022) 3, pp. 212-223

Using the resource-based view of the firm, this article examines how different resources are used by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in response to environmental uncertainty in an emerging market context. A survey was conducted involving 212 owners, CEOs, or managing directors of SMEs...

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Are the Chinese in Africa more innovative than the Africans? : comparing Chinese and Nigerian entrepreneurial migrants' cultures of innovation

Kohnert, Dirk - 2010

The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from … established African entrepreneurs. Whether the Chinese have a competitive edge over Africans because of distinctive sociocultural … exist trading diasporas which have a generally enhanced innovative capacity vis-àvis local entrepreneurs, regardless of the …

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Are CEE states successful as venture capitalists?

Karsai, Judit - 2015

The entire venture capital sector of Central and Eastern Europe is characterised by the increased weight of state resources. The strengthening of public activities is mainly due to the new type of equity schemes introduced in the European Union's 2007 to 2013 programming period, which allowed...

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The startup environment and funding activity in India

David, Dharish; Gopalan, Sasidaran; Ramachandran, Suma - 2020

India has an estimated 26,000 startups, making it the third-largest startup ecosystem in the world, recording consolidated inflows of over $36 billion in the past 3 years with 26 "unicorns" - startups valued over $1 billion. The Indian startup ecosystem has expanded quite rapidly mainly through...

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SB IPOs and IPO anomalies : an empirical analysis of the small firm uniqueness hypothesis

Brau, James C.; Carpenter, C. Troy - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 16 (2013) 2, pp. 75-96

The purpose of this paper is to provide a direct test of the small-firm uniqueness hypothesis advanced by Ang (1991). We do this by using the 5B-IPO program of the SEC as our instrument to define a small firm. Having identified small firms, we test the three IPO anomalies to see if small firms...

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Financing technology-based small firms in Europe : a review of the empirical evidence

Revest, Valérie; Sapio, Sandro - 2009

This paper reviews the evidence on financing technology-based small firms (TBSFs) in Europe. The main findings in the literature are the 1) European TBSF's finance new investments by relying primarily on internal funds, due to capital market failures induced by asymmetric information; 2)...

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Assessment of Factors Affecting Access to Finance by Small and Medium Enterprises : Evidence from Kitwe Zambia

Kaulu, Byrne; Simutami, Frank; Lubinda, Levy; Mwape, Josphat - 2023

The purpose of the study was to assess factors affecting access to finance by small and medium enterprises in Zambia with a focus on Kitwe based small and medium enterprises. The research was quantitative in its approach. An online questionnaire was distributed to Small and Medium Enterprises...

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