Small Business Economics

1992 - 2025

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Volume 42, issue 4, 2014

Small business, innovation, and entrepreneurship pp. 663-668

Jean-Michel Sahut and Marta Peris-Ortiz

Born to be alive? The survival of innovative and non-innovative French micro-start-ups pp. 669-683

Tristan Boyer and Régis Blazy

National culture, entrepreneurship and economic development: different patterns across the European Union pp. 685-701

Francisco Liñán Alcalde and Jose Fernandez-Serrano

Institutional dimensions and entrepreneurial activity: an international study pp. 703-716

David Urbano and Claudia Alvarez

Entrepreneurial intention and career choices: the role of volition pp. 717-728

S. Nyock Ilouga, A. Nyock Mouloungni and Jean-Michel Sahut

University choice and entrepreneurship pp. 729-746

Zara Daghbashyan and Björn Hårsman

Religious institutions and entrepreneurship pp. 747-767

Yaron Zelekha, Gil Avnimelech and Eyal Sharabi

Revisiting the entrepreneur gender–performance relationship: a firm perspective pp. 769-786

In Lee and Matthew Marvel

Personality characteristics and the decisions to become and stay self-employed pp. 787-814

Marco Caliendo, Frank Fossen and Alexander Kritikos

Age or size? Contributions to job creation pp. 815-830

Martina Lawless

The impact of human capital on the early success of necessity versus opportunity-based entrepreneurs pp. 831-847

Rui Baptista, Murat Karaöz and Joana Mendonça

The impact of venture capital on the persistence of innovation activities of start-ups pp. 849-870

Spyros Arvanitis and Tobias Stucki

Entrepreneurs from low-skilled immigrant groups in knowledge-intensive industries: company characteristics, survival and innovative performance pp. 871-889

Elisabeth Mueller

Productivity and firm size in India pp. 891-907

Prabal De and Priya Nagaraj

Volume 42, issue 3, 2014

Global entrepreneurship and institutions: an introduction pp. 437-444

Jonathan Levie, Erkko Autio, Zoltan Acs and Mark Hart

GEM research: achievements and challenges pp. 445-465

Claudia Alvarez, David Urbano and José Amorós

What determines the level of informal venture finance investment? Market clearing forces and gender effects pp. 467-484

Andrew Burke, André van Stel, Chantal Hartog and Abdel Ichou

Stigma and business failure: implications for entrepreneurs’ career choices pp. 485-505

Sharon Simmons, Johan Wiklund and Jonathan Levie

Hierarchy and conservatism in the contributions of resources to entrepreneurial activity pp. 507-522

Dirk Clercq, Dominic Lim and Chang Hoon Oh

“Surfeiting, the appetite may sicken”: entrepreneurship and happiness pp. 523-540

Wim Naudé, José Amorós and Oscar Cristi

Regulatory costs on entrepreneurship and establishment employment size pp. 541-559

Peter Calcagno and Russell Sobel

Trade credit and SME profitability pp. 561-577

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

Ageing and entrepreneurial preferences pp. 579-594

Teemu Kautonen, Simon Down and Maria Minniti

Innovation in family and non-family SMEs: an exploratory analysis pp. 595-609

Nicolas Classen, Martin Carree, Anita Van Gils and Bettina Peters

Can franchising be an economic development strategy? An empirical investigation pp. 611-620

Steven Michael

Do cooperative enterprises create social trust? pp. 621-641

Fabio Sabatini, Francesca Modena and Ermanno Tortia

Size, R&D productivity and Decision Styles pp. 643-662

José Lejarraga and Ester Martínez-Ros

Volume 42, issue 2, 2014

R&D investment of start-up firms: does founders’ human capital matter? pp. 207-220

Yuji Honjo, Masatoshi Kato and Hiroyuki Okamuro

Regional characteristics, opportunity perception and entrepreneurial activities pp. 221-244

Michael Stuetzer, Martin Obschonka, Udo Brixy, Rolf Sternberg and Uwe Cantner

Bank support and export: evidence from small Italian firms pp. 245-264

Francesca Bartoli, Giovanni Ferri, Pierluigi Murro and Zeno Rotondi

Ownership structure, horizontal agency costs and the performance of high-tech entrepreneurial firms pp. 265-282

Massimo Colombo, Annalisa Croce and Samuele Murtinu

Do small businesses create more jobs? New evidence for Europe pp. 283-295

Gerrit Wit and Jan Kok

Self-employment of older Americans: do recessions matter? pp. 297-309

Amelia Biehl, Tami Gurley-Calvez and Brian Hill

Effect of R&D tax credits for SMEs in Japan: a microeconometric analysis focused on liquidity constraints pp. 311-327

Yohei Kobayashi

The international mobility of billionaires pp. 329-338

Tino Sanandaji

How Swiss small and medium-sized firms assess the performance impact of mergers and acquisitions pp. 339-360

Spyros Arvanitis and Tobias Stucki

Financial disclosure by SMEs listed on a semi-regulated market: evidence from the Euronext Free Market pp. 361-385

Andy Lardon and Marc Deloof

The effect of innovation policy on SMEs’ employment and wages in Argentina pp. 387-406

Victoria Castillo, Alessandro Maffioli, Sofía Rojo and Rodolfo Stucchi

Export behaviour of SMEs in transition countries pp. 407-435

Petrit Gashi, Iraj Hashi and Geoff Pugh

Volume 42, issue 1, 2014

Parent universities and the location of academic startups pp. 1-15

Stephan Heblich and Viktor Slavtchev

The skill balancing act: when does broad expertise pay off? pp. 17-32

Elisabeth Sattler-Bublitz and Florian Noseleit

Entrepreneurship and dynamic capabilities: how firm age and size affect the ‘capability enhancement–SME performance’ relationship pp. 33-57

Richard Arend

Are the self-employed really jacks-of-all-trades? Testing the assumptions and implications of Lazear’s theory of entrepreneurship with German data pp. 59-76

Daniel Lechmann and Claus Schnabel

Analyzing the determinants of entrepreneurship in European cities pp. 77-98

Andrés Barreneche García

Financial constraints and firm dynamics pp. 99-116

Giulio Bottazzi, Angelo Secchi and Federico Tamagni

Effects of the matching fund program on IPO and bankruptcy of SMEs in Korea pp. 117-129

In Heo, So Sohn and Eun Ji

Does trade credit play a signalling role? Some evidence from SMEs microdata pp. 131-151

Mariarosaria Agostino and Francesco Trivieri

Benefits of a registration policy for microenterprise performance in India pp. 153-164

Smriti Sharma

Tax structure and entrepreneurship pp. 165-190

Mina Baliamoune and Pierre Garello

Contextual ambidexterity in SMEs: the roles of internal and external rivalry pp. 191-205

Dirk Clercq, Narongsak Thongpapanl and Dimo Dimov