Small Business Economics

1992 - 2025

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

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Volume 30, issue 4, 2008

Firm entry and turnover: the nexus with profitability and growth pp. 327-344

Michael Peneder

Credit market failure intervention: Do government sponsored small business credit programs enrich poorer areas? pp. 345-360

Ben Craig, William Jackson and James Thomson

Lending to small businesses: the role of loan maturity in addressing information problems pp. 361-383

Hernán Ortiz-Molina and María Penas

The Barriers to Growth in Ghana pp. 385-403

Paul Robson and Bernard Obeng

Firm Clustering and Specialization: A Study of Taiwan’s Machine Tool Industry pp. 405-422

Jonathan Brookfield

Intergenerational correlation in self employment: some further evidence from French ECHP data pp. 423-437

Nathalie Colombier and David Masclet

Volume 30, issue 3, 2008

Entrepreneurial Discovery as Constrained, Sytematic Search pp. 215-229

James Fiet and Pankaj Patel

The Resource-Based Theory of the Firm and Firm Survival pp. 231-249

Silviano Esteve-Pérez and Juan A. Mañez

Leverage and Corporate Performance: Does Institutional Environment Matter? pp. 251-265

Laurent Weill

Occupational Choice: The Influence of Product vs. Process Innovation pp. 267-281

Poh Wong, Lena Lee and Maw Der Foo

Firm Size and Innovation in European Manufacturing pp. 283-299

Andrea Vaona and Mario Pianta

The Financial Structure of Private Held Belgian Firms pp. 301-313

Dries Heyman, Marc Deloof and Hubert Ooghe

Firm size and productivity in Spain: a stochastic frontier analysis pp. 315-323

M. Diaz and Rosario Sánchez Pérez

Nascent entrepreneurship and the level of economic development pp. 325-325

Sander Wennekers, André Stel, Roy Thurik and Paul Reynolds

Volume 30, issue 2, 2008

Entrepreneurship in the Theory of the Firm pp. 111-126

Philip Auerswald

Determinants of the Incidence and Scale of Seed Capital Investments by Venture Capital Firms pp. 127-152

Dimo Dimov and Gordon Murray

Opportunity Identification and Pursuit: Does an Entrepreneur’s Human Capital Matter? pp. 153-173

Deniz Ucbasaran, Paul Westhead and Mike Wright

Technological Regimes and Firm Survival: Evidence Across Sectors and Over Time pp. 175-186

Pei-Chou Lin and Deng-Shing Huang

Business Starters and Credit Rationing pp. 187-200

Boris F. Blumberg and Wilko Letterie

Does Gibrat’s Law Hold? Evidence from Canadian Retail and Manufacturing Firms pp. 201-214

Robert Petrunia

Volume 30, issue 1, 2008

How does new business formation affect regional development? Introduction to the special issue pp. 1-14

Michael Fritsch

The effect of new business formation on regional development over time: the case of Germany pp. 15-29

Michael Fritsch and Pamela Mueller

The impact of new firm formation on regional development in the Netherlands pp. 31-47

André van Stel and Kashifa Suddle

Entrepreneurship, regional development and job creation: the case of Portugal pp. 49-58

Rui Baptista, Vítor Escária and Paulo Madruga

The effects of new firm formation on regional development over time: The case of Great Britain pp. 59-71

Pamela Mueller, André Stel and David Storey

New business formation and employment growth: some evidence for the Spanish manufacturing industry pp. 73-84

Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod, Daniel Liviano Solís and Mònica Martín Bofarull

Employment effects of business dynamics: Mice, Gazelles and Elephants pp. 85-100

Zoltan Acs and Pamela Mueller

The Lag Structure of the Impact of Business Ownership on Economic Performance in OECD Countries pp. 101-110

Martin Carree and Roy Thurik

Volume 29, issue 4, 2007

What is the value of entrepreneurship? A review of recent research pp. 351-382

Mirjam Praag and Peter Versloot

Practice Makes Profit: Business Practices and Firm Success pp. 383-399

Richard Fabling and Arthur Grimes

Which Firms Exit and Why? An Analysis of Small Firm Exits in Japan pp. 401-414

Nobuyuki Harada

Small and Medium Enterprises Across the Globe pp. 415-434

Meghana Ayyagari, Thorsten Beck and Asli Demirguc-Kunt

The Choice between Bank Debt and Trace Credit in Business Start-ups pp. 435-452

Nancy Huyghebaert, Linda Gucht and Cynthia Hulle

The choice between bank debt and trade credits in business start-ups pp. 453-453

Nancy Huygebaert, Linda Gucht and Cynthia Hulle

The choice between bank debt and trade credit in business start-ups pp. 455-455

Nancy Huyghebaert, Linda Gucht and Cynthia Hulle

Volume 29, issue 3, 2007

Private Firms and Corporate Governance: An Integrated Economic and Management Perspective pp. 225-241

Lorraine Uhlaner, Mike Wright and Morten Huse

Outside Board Members in High Tech Start-ups pp. 243-259

Bart Clarysse, Mirjam Knockaert and Andy Lockett

Financial Reporting Quality in Private Equity Backed Companies: The Impact of Ownership Concentration pp. 261-274

Christof Beuselinck and Sophie Manigart

Owner Commitment and Relational Governance in the Privately-Held Firm: An Empirical Study pp. 275-293

Lorraine Uhlaner, Roberto Floren and Jurgen Geerlings

Corporate Governance and Strategic Change in SMEs: The Effects of Ownership, Board Composition and Top Management Teams pp. 295-308

Olof Brunninge, Mattias Nordqvist and Johan Wiklund

The Effects of Ownership and Governance on SMEs’ International Knowledge-based Resources pp. 309-327

Shaker Zahra, Donald Neubaum and Lucia Naldi

Information Sharing, Price Negotiation and Management Buy-outs of Private Family-owned Firms pp. 329-349

Myron Scholes, Mike Wright, Paul Westhead, Andrew Burrows and Hans Bruining

Volume 29, issue 1, 2007

Credit Constraints and Determinants of the Cost of Capital in Vietnamese Manufacturing pp. 1-13

John Rand

Bank Debt Use and Firm Size: Indian Evidence pp. 15-23

Saibal Ghosh

Funding Gaps? Access To Bank Loans By High-Tech Start-Ups pp. 25-46

Massimo Colombo and Luca Grilli

Incrementality of SME Loan Guarantees pp. 47-61

Allan Riding, Judith Madill and George Haines

Entrepreneurial Aspirations: Another Form of Job Search? pp. 63-80

Ari Hyytinen and Pekka Ilmakunnas

Adaptation and Performance in New Businesses: Understanding the Moderating Effects of Independence and Industry pp. 81-99

Petra Andries and Koenraad Debackere

Effects of Corporate Tax Reforms on SMEs’ Investment Decisions under the Particular Consideration of Inflation pp. 101-118

Chang Woon Nam and Doina Radulescu

Do Investments in Specialized Knowledge Lead to Composite Good Industries? pp. 119-135

Antoine Soubeyran and Hubert Stahn

Invariances and Diversities in the Patterns of Industrial Evolution: Some Evidence from Italian Manufacturing Industries pp. 137-159

Giulio Bottazzi, Elena Cefis, Giovanni Dosi and Angelo Secchi

Do Newly Founded Firms Pay Lower Wages? First Evidence from Germany pp. 161-171

Udo Brixy, Susanne Kohaut and Claus Schnabel

Entrepreneurial Signaling via Education: A Success Factor in Innovative Start-Ups pp. 173-190

Uschi Backes-Gellner and Arndt Werner

The Effect of Enhancing Workers’ Employability on Small and Medium Enterprises: Evidence from Spain pp. 191-201

P. Arocena, Imanol Núñez and Mikel Villanueva

Entry Thresholds and Actual Entry and Exit in Local Markets pp. 203-212

Martin Carree and Marcus Dejardin

Israel M. Kirzner: An Outstanding Austrian Contributor to the Economics of Entrepreneurship pp. 213-223

Robin Douhan, Gunnar Eliasson and Magnus Henrekson