Browsing International Review of Entrepreneurship: Volume 14, Issue 1, 2016 by Title
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Explaining Investment Dynamics: Empirical Evidence from German New Ventures
(Senate HallDublin, 2016)So far, empirical evidence regarding investment patterns has focused almost entirely on established firms, and mainly in the manufacturing sector. No theory for investment has been empirically tested for new ventures. Using ... -
Human Capital as a Driver of Innovation Among Necessity-Based Entrepreneurs
(Senate HallDublin, 2016)Although often treated as one group, necessity-based entrepreneurs are heterogeneous in terms of their backgrounds, ambitions and performance. For instance, some of them introduce new products or services to the market ... -
Is Venture Capital Performance Affected by Recessions? Evidence from the UK Venture Capital Trust Scheme
(Senate HallDublin, 2016)This paper seeks to explore whether firms that have received VC investment are subject to the same recessionary pressures as other small firms, or if receipt of VC incurs resilience to macroeconomic turbulence. It examines ... -
Job Creation by the Solo Self-Employed During the First Years of Business
(Senate HallDublin, 2016)Among a cohort of solo self-employed in the Netherlands starting their business in 2008, we investigate how many of them employed at least one employee three years later, i.e., in 2011. We also investigate the determinants ... -
Post-privatisation Governance and Corporate Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies
(Senate HallDublin, 2016)Although the former communist countries that have been transitioning to market-oriented reforms share various common features (Peng 2000, World Bank 2002), they follow different paths and pursue the transition at different ...