Small Business Economics

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Volume 47, issue 4, 2016

Decision biases and entrepreneurial finance pp. 819-834

Gordon K. Adomdza, Thomas Astebro and Kevyn Yong

Entrepreneurship and strategies for economic development pp. 835-851

Salustiano Martínez-Fierro, José María Biedma-Ferrer and José Ruiz-Navarro

Grit and self-employment: a multi-country study pp. 853-874

Marcus T. Wolfe and Pankaj C. Patel

Innovation modes and entrepreneurial behavioral characteristics in regional growth pp. 875-893

Roberta Capello and Camilla Lenzi

Effects of wealth inequality on entrepreneurship pp. 895-920

Casey J. Frid, David M. Wyman and Bentley Coffey

Evaluation of IPO-firm takeovers: an event study pp. 921-938

Erik Lehmann and Manuel T. Schwerdtfeger

Process innovation in small businesses: the self-employed as entrepreneurs pp. 939-954

Maria Plotnikova, Isidoro Romero and Juan A. Martínez-Román

A tale of soil and seeds: the external environment and entrepreneurial entry pp. 955-980

Dario Maimone Ansaldo Patti, Ram Mudambi, Pietro Navarra and Daniela Baglieri

Distributive justice, corruption, and entrepreneurial behavior pp. 981-1006

Jamie D. Collins, Jeffery S. McMullen and Christopher R. Reutzel

The effectiveness of investment subsidies: evidence from a regression discontinuity design pp. 1007-1032

Stefaan Decramer and Stijn Vanormelingen

Entrepreneurship policy and economic growth: Solution or delusion? Evidence from a state initiative pp. 1033-1047

Maria Figueroa-Armijos and Thomas G. Johnson

UK credit and discouragement during the GFC pp. 1049-1074

Marc Cowling, Weixi Liu, Maria Minniti and Ning Zhang

Institutional drivers of high-growth firms: country-level evidence from 26 transition economies pp. 1075-1094

Besnik Krasniqi and Sameeksha Desai

Is there a Spirit of Overseas Chinese Capitalism? pp. 1095-1118

Swee Hoon Chuah, Robert Hoffmann, Bala Ramasamy and Jonathan Tan

Volume 47, issue 3, 2016

Entrepreneurial universities: emerging models in the new social and economic landscape pp. 551-563

Maribel Guerrero, David Urbano, Alain Fayolle, Magnus Klofsten and Sarfraz Mian

Students climbing the entrepreneurial ladder: Does university internationalization pay off? pp. 565-587

Tommaso Minola, Davide Donina and Michele Meoli

Are researchers deliberately bypassing the technology transfer office? An analysis of TTO awareness pp. 589-607

Annelore Huyghe, Mirjam Knockaert, Evila Piva and Mike Wright

Entrepreneurial universities and overt opportunism pp. 609-631

Peter T. Gianiodis, Gideon D. Markman and Andreas Panagopoulos

A trajectory of early-stage spinoff success: the role of knowledge intermediaries within an entrepreneurial university ecosystem pp. 633-656

Christopher S. Hayter

Leveraging knowledge as a competitive asset? The intensity, performance and structure of universities’ entrepreneurial knowledge exchange activities at a regional level pp. 657-675

Qiantao Zhang, Niall G. MacKenzie, Dylan Jones-Evans and Robert Huggins

What is the causal effect of R&D on patenting activity in a “professor’s privilege” country? Evidence from Sweden pp. 677-694

Olof Ejermo and John Källström

Entrepreneurial practices in research-intensive and teaching-led universities pp. 695-717

Maria Abreu, Pelin Demirel, Vadim Grinevich and Mine Karataş-Özkan

Management processes and strategy execution in family firms: from “what” to “how” pp. 719-734

James J. Chrisman, Jess H. Chua, Alfredo Massis, Tommaso Minola and Silvio Vismara

CEO leadership and board decision processes in family-controlled firms: comparing family and non-family CEOs pp. 735-753

Fabio Zona

Centralization and delegation practices in family versus non-family SMEs: a Rasch analysis pp. 755-769

Wendy L. Martin, Alexander McKelvie and G. T. Lumpkin

Innovation processes in family firms: the relevance of organizational flexibility pp. 771-785

Wouter Broekaert, Petra Andries and Koenraad Debackere

Family business going abroad: the effect of family ownership on foreign market entry mode decisions pp. 787-801

Claudia Pongelli, Matteo Giuliano Caroli and Marco Cucculelli

Company metamorphosis: professionalization waves, family firms and management buyouts pp. 803-817

Carole Howorth, Mike Wright, Paul Westhead and Deborah Allcock

Volume 47, issue 2, 2016

Does gender matter for job creation? Business ownership and employment growth pp. 397-419

Tessa Conroy and Stephan Weiler

Self-employment and the paradox of the contented female worker pp. 421-435

Keith Bender and Kristen Roche Carioti

Success in entrepreneurship: a complementarity between schooling and wage-work experience pp. 437-460

Jens Iversen, Nikolaj Malchow-Møller and Anders Sørensen

On the misery of losing self-employment pp. 461-478

Clemens Hetschko

Training corporate entrepreneurs: an action learning approach pp. 479-506

Janice Byrne, Frédéric Delmar, Alain Fayolle and Wadid Lamine

Does management innovation pay-off in SMEs? Empirical evidence for Spanish SMEs pp. 507-533

Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver, Francisca Ripoll-Sempere and Carles Boronat Moll

Capital structure of Chinese listed SMEs: an agency theory perspective pp. 535-550

Wei Huang, Agyenim Boateng and Alexander Newman

Volume 47, issue 1, 2016

Evolutionary analysis of innovation and entrepreneurship: Sidney G. Winter—recipient of the 2015 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research pp. 1-14

Ammon J. Salter and Maureen McKelvey

The place of entrepreneurship in “The Economics that Might Have Been” pp. 15-34

Sidney Winter

Public policy to promote entrepreneurship: a call to arms pp. 35-51

Zoltan Acs, Thomas Astebro, David Audretsch and David Robinson

What makes student entrepreneurs? On the relevance (and irrelevance) of the university and the regional context for student start-ups pp. 53-76

Heiko Bergmann, Christian Hundt and Rolf Sternberg

Are women graduates jacquelines-of-all-trades? Challenging Lazear’s view on entrepreneurship pp. 77-94

Silke Tegtmeier, Agnieszka Kurczewska and Jantje Halberstadt

Evasive entrepreneurship pp. 95-113

Niklas Elert and Magnus Henrekson

The role of investments in export growth pp. 115-137

Adriana Peluffo

De jure determinants of new firm formation: how the pillars of constitutions influence entrepreneurship pp. 139-162

Emanuela Carbonara, Enrico Santarelli and Hien Thu Tran

Technological diversification within UK’s small serial innovators pp. 163-177

Carlo Corradini, Pelin Demirel and Giuliana Battisti

Does corruption ever help entrepreneurship? pp. 179-199

Nabamita Dutta and Russell Sobel

Taxes, corruption, and entry pp. 201-216

Maksim Belitski, Farzana Chowdhury and Sameeksha Desai

Local market size, social capital and outsourcing: evidence from Emilia Romagna pp. 243-260

Roberto Antonietti, Maria Ferrante and Riccardo Leoncini

Experimental economics and business education: an interview with Nobel Laureate Vernon Lomax Smith pp. 261-275

Siri Terjesen and Amy Willis

Volume 46, issue 4, 2016

National systems of entrepreneurship pp. 527-535

Zoltan Acs, David B. Audretsch, Erik Lehmann and Georg Licht

Smart specialisation, entrepreneurship and SMEs: issues and challenges for a results-oriented EU regional policy pp. 537-552

Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argiles

Public-sector entrepreneurship and the creation of a sustainable innovative economy pp. 553-564

Dennis Leyden

You can lead a firm to R&D but can you make it innovate? UK evidence from SMEs pp. 565-577

Marc Cowling

Equity retention and social network theory in equity crowdfunding pp. 579-590

Silvio Vismara

Entry and exit in severe recessions: lessons from the 2008–2013 Portuguese economic crisis pp. 591-617

Carlos Carreira and Paulino Teixeira

Entrepreneurial readiness in the context of national systems of entrepreneurship pp. 619-637

R. Sandra Schillo, Ajax Persaud and Meng Jin

Entrepreneurship and immigration: evidence from GEM Luxembourg pp. 639-656

Chiara Peroni, Cesare Riillo and Francesco Sarracino

Volume 46, issue 3, 2016

The incidence of self-employment by sexual orientation pp. 347-363

Karen Leppel

Where are all the self-employed women? Push and pull factors influencing female labor market decisions pp. 365-390

Carlianne Patrick, Heather Stephens and Amanda Weinstein

Cherry-picking or frog-kissing? A theoretical analysis of how investors select entrepreneurial ventures in thin venture capital markets pp. 391-405

Fabio Bertoni, Diego D’Adda and Luca Grilli

Complementary or compensatory? A contingency perspective on how entrepreneurs’ human and social capital interact in shaping start-up progress pp. 407-423

Thorsten Semrau and Christian Hopp

Longitudinal firm-level data: problems and solutions pp. 425-445

Karen Geurts

Reference point formation and new venture creation pp. 447-465

Andreas Hack, Frauke Bieberstein and Nils D. Kraiczy

Entrepreneurial role models, fear of failure, and institutional approval of entrepreneurship: a tale of two regions pp. 467-492

Michael Wyrwich, Michael Stuetzer and Rolf Sternberg

Family ties, firm performance and managerial compensations in African SMEs pp. 493-501

Eugene Bempong Nyantakyi

Entrepreneurs in Latin America pp. 503-525

Diego Aboal and Federico Veneri

Volume 46, issue 2, 2016

Banking relationship numbers and new business bankruptcies pp. 169-185

Yuta Ogane

Banking relationship numbers and new business bankruptcies pp. 169-185

Yuta Ogane

Age, culture, and self-employment motivation pp. 187-213

Tommaso Minola, Giuseppe Criaco and Martin Obschonka

Age, culture, and self-employment motivation pp. 187-213

Tommaso Minola, Giuseppe Criaco and Martin Obschonka

What do we know about executive compensation at small privately held firms? pp. 215-237

Rebel Cole and Hamid Mehran

What do we know about executive compensation at small privately held firms? pp. 215-237

Rebel Cole and Hamid Mehran

Subjective well-being among the self-employed in Europe: macroeconomy, gender and immigrant status pp. 239-253

Ingemar Johansson Sevä, Stig Vinberg, Mikael Nordenmark and Mattias Strandh

Subjective well-being among the self-employed in Europe: macroeconomy, gender and immigrant status pp. 239-253

Ingemar Johansson Sevä, Stig Vinberg, Mikael Nordenmark and Mattias Strandh

The cost of growth: small firms and the pricing of bank loans pp. 255-272

Anoosheh Rostamkalaei and Mark Freel

The cost of growth: small firms and the pricing of bank loans pp. 255-272

Anoosheh Rostamkalaei and Mark Freel

Coordination mechanisms for international innovation in SMEs: effects on time-to-market and R&D task complexity as a moderator pp. 273-294

Maximilian Palmié, Marco Zeschky, Stephan Winterhalter, Philipp Walter Sauter, Naomi Haefner and Oliver Gassmann

Coordination mechanisms for international innovation in SMEs: effects on time-to-market and R&D task complexity as a moderator pp. 273-294

Maximilian Palmié, Marco Zeschky, Stephan Winterhalter, Philipp Sauter, Naomi Haefner and Oliver Gassmann

Public funding for startups in Argentina: an impact evaluation pp. 295-309

Inés Butler, Gabriela Galassi and Hernán Ruffo

Public funding for startups in Argentina: an impact evaluation pp. 295-309

Inés Butler, Gabriela Galassi and Hernán Ruffo

Identifying the effect of college education on business and employment survival pp. 311-324

Andrea Asoni and Tino Sanandaji

Identifying the effect of college education on business and employment survival pp. 311-324

Andrea Asoni and Tino Sanandaji

Disadvantage and discrimination in self-employment: caste gaps in earnings in Indian small businesses pp. 325-346

Ashwini Deshpande and Smriti Sharma

Disadvantage and discrimination in self-employment: caste gaps in earnings in Indian small businesses pp. 325-346

Ashwini Deshpande and Smriti Sharma

Volume 46, issue 1, 2016

Impact of global economic crisis on firm growth pp. 1-12

Marko Peric and Vanja Vitezić

Policy and entrepreneurship education pp. 13-29

Magnus Hoppe

A matching model of university–industry collaborations pp. 31-43

Giorgio Calcagnini, Germana Giombini, Paolo Liberati and Giuseppe Travaglini

Self-employment and trade shock mitigation pp. 45-56

Jiaochen Liang and Stephan Goetz

Does new entry drive out incumbents? The varying roles of establishment size across sectors pp. 57-78

Keiko Ito and Masatoshi Kato

The role of informal capital on new venture formation and growth in China pp. 79-91

Julie Elston, Sandy Chen and Alois Weidinger

Spinoffs in Germany: characteristics, survival, and the role of their parents pp. 93-114

Daniel Fackler, Claus Schnabel and Alexandra Schmucker

Business owners and income-shifting: evidence from Finland pp. 115-136

Jarkko Harju and Tuomas Matikka

Does start-up financing influence start-up speed? Evidence from the panel study of entrepreneurial dynamics pp. 137-167

Diana M. Hechavarría, Charles H. Matthews and Paul D. Reynolds

Does start-up financing influence start-up speed? Evidence from the panel study of entrepreneurial dynamics pp. 137-167

Diana Hechavarría, Charles Matthews and Paul Reynolds