Small Business Economics

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Volume 51, issue 3, 2018

The socially and spatially bounded relationships of entrepreneurial activity: Olav Sorenson—recipient of the 2018 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research pp. 515-525

Annika Rickne, Martin Ruef and Karl Wennberg

Social networks and the geography of entrepreneurship pp. 527-537

Olav Sorenson

The characteristics of family firms: exploiting information on ownership, kinship, and governance using total population data pp. 539-556

Fredrik W. Andersson, Dan Johansson, Johan Karlsson, Magnus Lodefalk and Andreas Poldahl

The influence of family ownership dispersion on debt level in privately held firms pp. 557-576

Silvia Bacci, Alessandro Cirillo, Donata Mussolino and Simone Terzani

Entrepreneurship and local economic resilience: the impact of institutional hysteresis in peripheral places pp. 577-590

Cristian Gherhes, Tim Vorley and Nick Williams

Defaults in bank loans to SMEs during the financial crisis pp. 591-608

Fábio Dias Duarte, Ana Paula Matias Gama and Mohamed Azzim Gulamhussen

Technical efficiency in the Italian performing arts companies pp. 609-638

Concetta Castiglione, Davide Infante and Marta Zieba

The “why” of international entrepreneurship: uncovering entrepreneurs’ personal values pp. 639-666

Daniela Bolzani and Maw Der Foo

Human capital signals and entrepreneurs’ success in equity crowdfunding pp. 667-686

Evila Piva and Cristina Rossi-Lamastra

Does mobile money use increase firms’ investment? Evidence from Enterprise Surveys in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania pp. 687-708

Asif Islam, Silvia Muzi and Jorge Luis Rodriguez Meza

Social support timing and persistence in nascent entrepreneurship: exploring when instrumental and emotional support is most effective pp. 709-734

Kim Klyver, Benson Honig and Paul Steffens

Networks and self-employed migrants pp. 735-755

Joan Martín-Montaner, Guadalupe Serrano-Domingo and Francisco Requena-Silvente

To survive or succeed? An analysis of biotechnology firms pp. 757-771

Kalle Pajunen and Joonas Järvinen

Volume 51, issue 2, 2018

Financial and Institutional Reforms for an Entrepreneurial Society pp. 279-291

Claire Economidou, Luca Grilli, Magnus Henrekson and Mark Sanders

Varieties of entrepreneurship: exploring the institutional foundations of different entrepreneurship types through ‘Varieties-of-Capitalism’ arguments pp. 293-320

Selin Dilli, Niklas Elert and Andrea M. Herrmann

Tough on criminal wealth? Exploring the link between organized crime’s asset confiscation and regional entrepreneurship pp. 321-335

Elisa Operti

Regional knowledge, entrepreneurial culture, and innovative start-ups over time and space―an empirical investigation pp. 337-353

Michael Fritsch and Michael Wyrwich

Taxes, start-up costs, and innovative entrepreneurship pp. 355-369

Pourya Darnihamedani, Joern Hendrich Block, Jolanda Hessels and Aram Simonyan

How institutions and gender differences in education shape entrepreneurial activity: a cross-national perspective pp. 371-392

Selin Dilli and Gerarda Westerhuis

Venture capital in Europe: social capital, formal institutions and mediation effects pp. 393-410

Luca Grilli, Boris Mrkajic and Gresa Latifi

Stock option taxation: a missing piece in European innovation policy? pp. 411-424

Magnus Henrekson and Tino Sanandaji

The evolution and adoption of equity crowdfunding: entrepreneur and investor entry into a new market pp. 425-439

Saul Estrin, Daniel Gozman and Susanna Khavul

Team formation processes in new ventures pp. 441-464

Lukas Held, Andrea M. Herrmann and Allard Mossel

Habitual entrepreneurs in the making: how labour market rigidity and employment affects entrepreneurial re-entry pp. 465-482

Kun Fu, Anne-Sophie Larsson and Karl Wennberg

Institutions, entrepreneurship, and economic growth in Europe pp. 483-499

Niels Bosma, Jeroen Content, Mark Sanders and Erik Stam

Entrepreneurship, institutional economics, and economic growth: an ecosystem perspective pp. 501-514

Zoltan J. Acs, Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz and László Szerb

Volume 51, issue 1, 2018

The knowledge spillover theory of intrapreneurship pp. 1-30

Pontus Braunerhjelm, Ding Ding and Per Thulin

Gender disparity in angel financing pp. 31-55

Sharon Poczter and Melanie Shapsis

Time to share the load: gender differences in household responsibilities and business profitability pp. 57-84

Irani Arráiz

The role of financial constraints for alternative firm exit modes pp. 85-103

Nina Ponikvar, Katja Zajc Kejžar and Darja Peljhan

Precautionary savings and the self-employed pp. 105-127

Mariacristina Rossi and Dario Sansone

Entrepreneurial career paths: occupational context and the propensity to become self-employed pp. 129-152

Alina Sorgner and Michael Fritsch

A social capital approach to the development of sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems: an explorative study pp. 153-170

Christina Theodoraki, Karim Messeghem and Mark P. Rice

Cooperative firms in hard times pp. 171-179

Simona Monteleone and Francesco Reito

Corruption and destructive entrepreneurship pp. 181-202

Christopher Boudreaux, Boris N. Nikolaev and Randall Holcombe

Entrepreneurship: structural transformation, skills and constraints pp. 203-220

Ralitza Dimova and Kevwe Pela

Balanced scorecard in SMEs: effects on innovation and financial performance pp. 221-244

Ricardo Malagueño, Ernesto Lopez-Valeiras and Jacobo Gomez-Conde

Bank debt and trade credit for SMEs in Europe: firm-, industry-, and country-level determinants pp. 245-264

Guillaume Andrieu, Raffaele Staglianò and Peter Zwan

Survival of entrepreneurship in Spain pp. 265-278

Bernardí Cabrer-Borrás and Paz Rico Belda

Volume 50, issue 4, 2018

Governance and strategy of entrepreneurial networks: an introduction pp. 671-676

Josef Windsperger, George W. J. Hendrikse, Gerard Cliquet and Thomas Ehrmann

Antecedents of early terminations in franchising: franchisor versus franchisee cancelations pp. 677-695

Begoña López-Fernández and Susana López-Bayón

Franchising proportion and network failure pp. 697-715

Melih Madanoglu and Gary J. Castrogiovanni

An organizational capability perspective on multi-unit franchising pp. 717-727

Dildar Hussain, Marijana Sreckovic and Josef Windsperger

Quality signaling through ex-ante voluntary information disclosure in entrepreneurial networks: evidence from franchising pp. 729-748

Farhad Sadeh and Manish Kacker

Social interactions and product quality: the value of pooling in cooperative entrepreneurial networks pp. 749-761

Wendong Deng and George Hendrikse

Alliances and the innovation performance of corporate and public research spin-off firms pp. 763-781

John Hagedoorn, Boris Lokshin and Stéphane Malo

Entrepreneurial networking: a blessing or a curse? Differential effects for low, medium and high performing franchisees pp. 783-805

Maryse J. Brand, Evelien P. M. Croonen and Roger T. A. J. Leenders

The performance effect of network and managerial capabilities of entrepreneurial firms pp. 807-824

Marijana Srećković

Organizational capital, production factor resources, and relative firm size in strategic equity alliances pp. 825-849

Herman Belgraver and Ernst Verwaal

Entrepreneurial personalities in political leadership pp. 851-869

Martin Obschonka and Christian Fisch

Entrepreneurship: skills and financing pp. 871-886

Felipe Balmaceda

Foreign direct investment and entrepreneurship: gender differences across international economic freedom and taxation pp. 887-897

Rajeev Goel

Under the AEGIS of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship: employment growth and gender of founders among European firms pp. 899-915

Sara Amoroso and Albert Link

Opening and linking up: firms, GVCs, and productivity in Latin America pp. 917-935

Pierluigi Montalbano, Silvia Nenci and Carlo Pietrobelli

Volume 50, issue 3, 2018

Minority entrepreneurship in twenty-first century America pp. 415-427

Timothy Bates, William D. Bradford and Robert Seamans

Testing for racial bias in business credit scores pp. 429-443

Alicia Robb and David T. Robinson

Are minority-owned businesses underserved by financial markets? Evidence from the private-equity industry pp. 445-461

Timothy Bates, William D. Bradford and William E. Jackson

Bite me! ABC’s Shark Tank as a path to entrepreneurship pp. 463-479

Baylee Smith and Angelino Viceisza

Enhancing product market access: Minority entrepreneurship, status leveraging, and preferential procurement programs pp. 481-498

Lois M. Shelton and Maria Minniti

How does agency workforce diversity influence Federal R&D funding of minority and women technology entrepreneurs? An analysis of the SBIR and STTR programs, 2001–2011 pp. 499-519

Amol M. Joshi, Todd M. Inouye and Jeffrey A. Robinson

New directions in entrepreneurship research with the Kauffman Firm Survey pp. 521-532

Joseph Farhat, Sharon Matusik, Alicia Robb and David T. Robinson

Household wealth inequality, entrepreneurs’ financial constraints, and the great recession: evidence from the Kauffman Firm Survey pp. 533-543

Fabio Braggion, Mintra Dwarkasing and Steven Ongena

The M&A exit outcomes of new, young firms pp. 545-567

Carmen Cotei and Joseph Farhat

Marching to the beat of the drum: the impact of the pace of life in US cities on entrepreneurial work effort pp. 569-590

Siddharth Vedula and Phillip H. Kim

Are growth expectations being met? Implications for the internationalization of micro-sized ventures pp. 591-605

Marleen McCormick and Stephanie A. Fernhaber

Internationalize to live: a study of the post-internationalization survival of new ventures pp. 607-624

Hadi Fariborzi and Mohammad Keyhani

Founder human capital and new technology venture R&D search intensity: the moderating role of an environmental jolt pp. 625-642

Xian Cao and Junyon Im

Firm survival in traded industries: does localization moderate the effects of founding team experience? pp. 643-655

Cheng Shu and Sharon A. Simmons

Analyzing complex survey data: the Kauffman Firm Survey pp. 657-670

Joseph Farhat and Alicia Robb

Volume 50, issue 2, 2018

New players in entrepreneurial finance and why they are there pp. 239-250

Joern H. Block, Massimo G. Colombo, Douglas Cumming and Silvio Vismara

The wisdom of the crowd in funding: information heterogeneity and social networks of crowdfunders pp. 251-273

Friedemann Polzin, Helen Toxopeus and Erik Stam

Gender differences in the contribution patterns of equity-crowdfunding investors pp. 275-287

Ali Mohammadi and Kourosh Shafi

Is the crowd sensitive to distance?—how investment decisions differ by investor type pp. 289-305

Christina Guenther, Sofia Johan and Denis Schweizer

Reward-based crowdfunding of entrepreneurial projects: the effect of local altruism and localized social capital on proponents’ success pp. 307-324

Giancarlo Giudici, Massimiliano Guerini and Cristina Rossi-Lamastra

Affiliation ties and underwriter selection pp. 325-338

Hidenori Takahashi

Business performance and angels presence: a fresh look from France 2008–2011 pp. 339-356

Nadine Levratto, Luc Tessier and Cecile Fonrouge

Government as fund-of-fund and VC fund sponsors: effect on employment in portfolio companies pp. 357-373

Thomas Standaert and Sophie Manigart

Hidden champions or black sheep? The role of underpricing in the German mini-bond market pp. 375-395

Mark Mietzner, Juliane Proelss and Denis Schweizer

A beacon in the night: government certification of SMEs towards banks pp. 397-413

José Martí and Anita Quas

Volume 50, issue 1, 2018

Which updates during an equity crowdfunding campaign increase crowd participation? pp. 3-27

Joern Block, Lars Hornuf and Alexandra Moritz

How does motherhood affect self-employment performance? pp. 29-54

Pernilla Andersson Joona

Bursting into life: firm growth and growth persistence by age pp. 55-75

Alex Coad, Sven-Olov Daunfeldt and Daniel Halvarsson

Does mode of transfer matter for business performance? Transfers to employees versus transfers to outsiders pp. 77-89

Françoise Bastié, Sylvie Cieply and Pascal Cussy

Entrepreneurship and advancing national level economic efficiency pp. 91-111

Kai Du and Allan O’Connor

Which IP strategies do young highly innovative firms choose? pp. 113-129

Reinhilde Veugelers and Cédric Schneider

Subsidies, financial constraints and firm innovative activities in emerging economies pp. 131-162

Simona Mateut

Entrepreneurial orientation, risk and incentives: the case of franchising pp. 163-180

Cintya Lanchimba, Josef Windsperger and Muriel Fadairo

Do crises impact capital structure? A study of French micro-enterprises pp. 181-199

Thi Hong Hoang, Călin Gurău, Amine Lahiani and Thuy-Luu Seran

Driving factors of innovation in family and non-family SMEs pp. 201-218

Arndt Werner, Christian Schröder and Simone Chlosta

Explaining micro entrepreneurship in rural Vietnam—a multilevel analysis pp. 219-237

Franziska Sohns and Javier Revilla-Diez