The influence of entrepreneur's personal characteristics on MSEs growth through innovation

Issam Laguir and Matthijs Den Besten ()
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Issam Laguir: MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier
Matthijs Den Besten: MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier

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Abstract: Research in the separate areas of innovation and growth has considerably intensified in recent years. However, little scholarly attention has been paid to the entrepreneurs\textquoteright personal characteristics that might explain the growth of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) through innovation. This study examines the key entrepreneurs\textquoteright personal characteristics affecting micro and small enterprises (MSEs) upgrading, defined here as substantial growth through innovation. Six major determining types of entrepreneurs\textquoteright characteristics were identified from the innovation and the growth literature: education, work experience, gender, motivations, nationality and age. The empirical results which are based on t-tests of the differences between upgraders and non-upgraders, the linear probability model and the logit model, all suggest that work experience and motivations are cornerstones in the likelihood that an MSE will upgrade. The policy implications of this study on promoting MSEs upgrading are also discussed.

Keywords: Entrepreneurs’ personal characteristics; enterprise upgrading; micro and small enterprises; growth; innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in Applied Economics, 2016, 48 (44), pp.4183-4200. ⟨10.1080/00036846.2016.1153792⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2016.1153792

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