Small Business Economics

1992 - 2025

Current editor(s): Zoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch

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Volume 51, issue 4, 2018

Age and entrepreneurship: nuances from entrepreneur types and generation effects pp. 773-809

Ting Zhang and Zoltan Acs

Too big to succeed or too big to fail? pp. 811-822

Arthur Fishman, Hadas Don-Yehiya and Amnon Schreiber

Cash holdings in SMEs: speed of adjustment, growth and financing pp. 823-842

Cristina Martínez-Sola, Pedro J. García-Teruel and Pedro Martínez-Solano

Entrepreneurial risk-taking in crowdfunding campaigns pp. 843-859

Armin Schwienbacher

Accounting information quality and trust as determinants of credit granting to SMEs: the role of external audit pp. 861-877

Estefanía Palazuelos, Angel Herrero Crespo and Javier Montoya Corte

Analysis of SMEs partner proximity preferences for process innovation pp. 879-904

Kristina Jespersen, Damiana Rigamonti, Morten Jensen and Rune Bysted

An empirical analysis of the relationship between entrepreneurship and income inequality pp. 905-922

Bebonchu Atems and Grayden Shand

Implementation intentions in the entrepreneurial process: concept, empirical findings, and research agenda pp. 923-941

Marco Gelderen, Teemu Kautonen, Joakim Wincent and Marina Biniari

Entrepreneurial motivation and business performance: evidence from a French Microfinance Institution pp. 943-963

Renaud Bourlès and Anastasia Cozarenco

Initial submarket positioning and firm survival: evidence from the British automobile industry, 1895–1970 pp. 965-993

Zhao Rong, David Broadstock and Yuanyuan Peng

Gain or pain? New evidence on mixed syndication between governmental and private venture capital firms in China pp. 995-1031

Yuejia Zhang

Urbanization and start-up rates in different geographies: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden pp. 1033-1054

Lianne Hans and Sierdjan Koster

Push and pull factors and Hispanic self-employment in the USA pp. 1055-1070

Monica Fisher and Paul Lewin

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 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 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 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 Arraiz

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