Small Business Economics

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Volume 53, issue 4, 2019

The role of entrepreneurial risk in financial portfolio allocation pp. 839-858

Tami Gurley-Calvez and Josephine Lugovskyy

Strategic orientations of nascent entrepreneurs: antecedents of prediction and risk orientation pp. 859-878

Magdalena Markowska, Dietmar Grichnik, Jan Brinckmann and Diana Kapsa

The role of private versus governmental venture capital in fostering job creation during the crisis pp. 879-900

Annalisa Croce, Jose Martí and Carmelo Reverte

Entrepreneurs: intuitive or contemplative decision-makers? pp. 901-920

Martin Koudstaal, Randolph Sloof and Mirjam Praag

Independent by necessity? The life satisfaction of necessity and opportunity entrepreneurs in 70 countries pp. 921-934

Johan Larsson and Per Thulin

Wage and competition channels of foreign direct investment and new firm entry pp. 935-960

Marzieh Abolhassani and Seçil Hülya Danakol

“Confucian” traits, entrepreneurial personality, and entrepreneurship in China: a regional analysis pp. 961-979

Martin Obschonka, Mingjie Zhou, Yixin Zhou, Jianxin Zhang and Rainer K. Silbereisen

Language skills and migrant entrepreneurship: evidence from China pp. 981-999

Xiahai Wei, Yang Jiao and Glenn Growe

Entrepreneurial intention and regional internationalization in China pp. 1001-1015

Julie Elston and Alois Weidinger

Family involvement, environmental turbulence, and R&D investment: evidence from Listed Chinese SMEs pp. 1017-1032

Jie Yang, Jieqiong Ma, Hongxin Zhao, Jim Cater and Mark Arnold

Accounting information quality and guaranteed loans: evidence from Japanese SMEs pp. 1033-1050

Hyonok Kim and Yukihiro Yasuda

Cash holdings and SME performance in Europe: the role of firm-specific and macroeconomic moderators pp. 1051-1078

Maurizio La Rocca, Raffaele Staglianò, Tiziana Rocca, Alfio Cariola and Ekaterina Skatova

Trade credit versus bank credit: a simultaneous analysis in European SMEs pp. 1079-1096

María-José Palacín-Sánchez, Francisco-Javier Canto-Cuevas and Filippo di-Pietro

Informality and poverty in Ecuador pp. 1097-1115

Carla Canelas

Volume 53, issue 3, 2019

Boyan Jovanovic: recipient of the 2019 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research pp. 547-553

Maria Minniti, Martin Andersson, Pontus Braunerhjelm, Frédéric Delmar, Annika Rickne, Karin Thorburn, Karl Wennberg and Mikael Stenkula

The entrepreneurship premium pp. 555-568

Boyan Jovanovic

The Digital Entrepreneurial Ecosystem—a critique and reconfiguration pp. 569-590

Abraham K. Song

Entrepreneurial experimentation: a key function in systems of innovation pp. 591-610

Åsa Lindholm-Dahlstrand, Martin Andersson and Bo Carlsson

Motherhood, migration, and self-employment of college graduates pp. 611-629

Zhengyu Cai, Heather M. Stephens and John Winters

Investigating social media as a firm’s signaling strategy through an IPO pp. 631-645

Atthaphon Mumi, Michael Obal and Yi Yang

Does rural entrepreneurship pay? pp. 647-668

Li Yu and Georgeanne Artz

Early internationalization patterns and export market persistence: a pseudo-panel data analysis pp. 669-686

Yancy Vaillant, Esteban Lafuente and Manoj Chandra Bayon

R&D tax incentives in EU countries: does the impact vary with firm size? pp. 687-708

Alessandro Sterlacchini and Francesco Venturini

Capital is not enough: opportunity entrepreneurship and formal institutions pp. 709-738

Christopher Boudreaux and Boris Nikolaev

On the productive efficiency of Australian businesses: firm size and age class effects pp. 739-752

Marc Cowling and George Tanewski

The impact of business-support services on firm performance: a meta-analysis pp. 753-770

Túlio Cravo and Caio Piza

The economic and fiscal benefits of guarantee banks in Germany pp. 771-794

Peter Hennecke, Doris Neuberger and Dirk Ulbricht

Prior interactions and contractual completeness in Spanish franchising pp. 795-812

Vanesa Solís-Rodríguez and Manuel González-Díaz

Regional differences in self-employment in China pp. 813-837

Bei Luo and Terence Tai Leung Chong

Volume 53, issue 2, 2019

Small business owners and health pp. 311-321

Olivier Torrès and Roy Thurik

The prevalence and co-occurrence of psychiatric conditions among entrepreneurs and their families pp. 323-342

Alan Freeman, Paige J. Staudenmaier, Mackenzie R. Zisser and Lisa Abdilova Andresen

Hospitalization due to stroke and myocardial infarction in self-employed individuals and small business owners compared with paid employees in Sweden—a 5-year study pp. 343-354

Susanna Toivanen, Rosane Härter Griep, Christin Mellner, Mikael Nordenmark, Stig Vinberg and Sandra Eloranta

The cost of injustice: overall justice, emotional exhaustion, and performance among entrepreneurs: do founders fare better? pp. 355-368

Guillaume Soenen, Constanze Eib and Olivier Torrès

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and academic entrepreneurial preference: is there an association? pp. 369-380

Ivonne Canits, Indy Bernoster, Jinia Mukerjee, Jean Bonnet, Ugo Rizzo and Mario Rosique-Blasco

Entrepreneurship and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a large-scale study involving the clinical condition of ADHD pp. 381-392

Daniel A. Lerner, Ingrid Verheul and Roy Thurik

A gendered look at entrepreneurship ecosystems pp. 393-408

Candida Brush, Linda F. Edelman, Tatiana Manolova and Friederike Welter

Women’s entrepreneurship policy research: a 30-year review of the evidence pp. 409-429

Lene Foss, Colette Henry, Helene Ahl and Geir H. Mikalsen

Entrepreneurial ecosystem conditions and gendered national-level entrepreneurial activity: a 14-year panel study of GEM pp. 431-458

Diana M. Hechavarría and Amy E. Ingram

Stories from the field: women’s networking as gender capital in entrepreneurial ecosystems pp. 459-474

Maura McAdam, Richard T. Harrison and Claire M. Leitch

Entrepreneurship ecosystems and women entrepreneurs: a social capital and network approach pp. 475-489

Xaver Neumeyer, Susana C. Santos, António Caetano and Pamela Kalbfleisch

The efficacy of gender-based federal procurement policies in the United States pp. 491-515

Barbara Orser, Allan Riding and Julie Weeks

Gender gaps and reentry into entrepreneurial ecosystems after business failure pp. 517-531

Sharon A. Simmons, Johan Wiklund, Jonathan Levie, Steve W. Bradley and Sanwar Sunny

Gender-specifics in start-up strategies and the role of the entrepreneurial ecosystem pp. 533-546

Sonja Sperber and Christian Linder

Volume 53, issue 1, 2019

Prediction based on entrepreneurship-prone personality profiles: sometimes worse than the toss of a coin pp. 1-20

Alexander Konon and Alexander Kritikos

Twenty-five years of research on institutions, entrepreneurship, and economic growth: what has been learned? pp. 21-49

David Urbano, Sebastian Aparicio and David Audretsch

Market imperfections and crowdfunding pp. 51-79

Anton Miglo and Victor Miglo

The emergence of the global fintech market: economic and technological determinants pp. 81-105

Christian Haddad and Lars Hornuf

Knowledge misappropriation risks and contractual complexity in entrepreneurial ventures’ non-equity alliances pp. 107-127

Massimo G. Colombo and Evila Piva

Contracts for venture capital financing with double-sided moral hazard pp. 129-144

Hui Fu, Jun Yang and Yunbi An

Knowledge quality, innovation and firm performance: a study of knowledge transfer in SMEs pp. 145-164

Graciela Corral de Zubielqui, Noel Lindsay, Wendy Lindsay and Janice Jones

The dynamics of switching between governmental and independent venture capitalists: theory and evidence pp. 165-188

Laura Abrardi, Annalisa Croce and Elisa Ughetto

Public policies to enhance regional entrepreneurship: another programme failing to deliver? pp. 189-209

Georgios Fotopoulos and David J. Storey

Bank market power and the intensity of borrower discouragement: analysis of SMEs across developed and developing European countries pp. 211-225

Ana Mol-Gómez-Vázquez, Ginés Hernández-Cánovas and Johanna Koëter-Kant

What keeps them going? Socio-cognitive entrepreneurial career continuance pp. 227-242

David R. Marshall, Clay Dibrell and Kimberly A. Eddleston

Firm size and productivity from occupational choices pp. 243-267

Luis Medrano, Vicente Salas-Fumás and J. Javier Sanchez-Asin

Family-centered goals, family board representation, and debt financing pp. 269-286

Vincent Molly, Lorraine M. Uhlaner, Alfredo De Massis and Eddy Laveren

New firm survival: the interdependence between regional externalities and innovativeness pp. 287-309

Tobias Ebert, Thomas Brenner and Udo Brixy