Small Business Economics

1992 - 2025

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Volume 26, issue 5, 2006

Tax Policy and Entrepreneurship: New Time Series Evidence pp. 409-425

Donald Bruce and Mohammed Mohsin

Economic and Managerial Perspectives on New Venture Growth: An Integrated Analysis pp. 427-437

C. Koeller and Thomas Lechler

Establishment Size and Local Employment Growth pp. 439-454

Sherrill Shaffer

Does Venture Capital Syndication Spur Employment Growth and Shareholder Value? Evidence from German IPO Data pp. 455-464

Erik Lehmann

Entrepreneurship and Risk Aversion pp. 465-474

Kamhon Kan and Wei- Der Tsai

Performance, Internationalization, and Firm-specific Advantages of SMEs in a Newly-Industrialized Economy pp. 475-492

Yu-Ching Chiao, Kuo-Pin Yang and Chwo-Ming Yu

The Influences of Economic and Technology Policy on the Dynamics of New Firm Formation pp. 493-503

Young Choi and Phillip Phan

Volume 26, issue 4, 2006

Entrepreneurship in the EU: To Wish and not to be pp. 305-318

Isabel Grilo and Jesus-Maria Irigoyen

Success and Risk Factors in the Pre-Startup Phase pp. 319-335

Marco Gelderen, Roy Thurik and Niels Bosma

Venture Capitalists, Syndication and Governance in Initial Public Offerings pp. 337-350

Igor Filatotchev, Mike Wright and Mufit Arberk

New Ventures and their Credit Terms pp. 351-364

Aoife Hanley and Sourafel Girma

The Impact of Perceived Expectations and Uncertainty on Firm Investment pp. 365-376

Mark Koetse, Arno van der Vlist and Henri de Groot

How does Financial Distress Affect Small Firms’ Financial Structure? pp. 377-391

Julio Pindado, Luis Rodrigues and Chabela Torre

Connectivity and Performance of Science-based Firms pp. 393-407

Annika Rickne

Volume 26, issue 3, 2006

Factor Substitution, Average Firm Size and Economic Growth pp. 203-214

Matteo Aquilina, Rainer Klump and Carlo Pietrobelli

The Influence of Entrepreneurial Risk Assessment on Venture Launch or Growth Decisions pp. 215-226

William Norton and William Moore

The Determinants of Latent Entrepreneurship in Japan pp. 227-240

Tatsuyoshi Masuda

Adoption of Enterprise Application Software and Firm Performance pp. 241-256

Ilsoon Shin

Resource and Capability Constraints to Innovation in Small and Large Plants pp. 257-277

Nola Hewitt-Dundas

The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany: Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike? pp. 279-300

Amelie Constant and Klaus Zimmermann

Book Review pp. 301-303

Kingsley Haynes and Lei Ding

Volume 26, issue 2, 2006

Why do Most Firms Die Young? pp. 103-116

Robert Cressy

Testing Gibrat’s Law for Small, Young and Innovating Firms pp. 117-123

José Calvo

Student Work Placements in Small Firms: Do They Pay-off or Shift Tastes? pp. 125-144

Stuart Fraser, David Storey and Paul Westhead

Establishment Size by Sector and County-Level Economic Growth pp. 145-154

Sherrill Shaffer

Self-Employment Matching: An Analysis of Dual Earner Couples and Working Households pp. 155-172

Sarah Brown, Lisa Farrel and John Sessions

Creation of Biotech SMEs in France pp. 173-187

Corinne Autant-Bernard, Vincent Mangematin and Nadine Massard

Modern Theories of Entrepreneurial Behavior: A Comparison and Appraisal pp. 189-202

Anthony Endres and Christine Woods

Volume 26, issue 1, 2006

Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Industrial Development: Geography and the Creative Field Revisited pp. 1-24

Allen Scott

SME Export Performance in Indonesia After the Crisis pp. 25-37

Jan Wengel and Edgard Rodriguez

Sectoral Differences in Plant Start-up Size in the Finnish Economy pp. 39-60

Satu Nurmi

New Size Measurements in Population Ecology pp. 61-81

Manuel Núñez-Nickel and Jose Moyano-Fuentes

Linking HRM and Small Business Performance: An Examination of the Impact of HRM Intensity on the Productivity and Financial Performance of Small Businesses pp. 83-101

Luc Sels, Sophie Winne, Jeroen Delmotte, Johan Maes, Dries Faems and Anneleen Forrier

Volume 25, issue 5, 2005

Windfalls, Wealth, and the Transition to Self-Employment pp. 407-428

Yannis Georgellis, John Sessions and Nikolaos Tsitsianis

Are Small Firms Really Less Productive? pp. 429-445

Erol Taymaz

How SME Uniqueness Affects Capital Structure: Evidence From A 1994–1998 Spanish Data Panel pp. 447-457

Francisco Sogorb-Mira

What Drives Micro-Angel Investments? pp. 459-475

Markku Maula, Erkko Autio and Pia Arenius

R&D, Size and Firm Growth in Taiwan‘s Electronics Industry pp. 477-487

Chih-Hai Yang and Chia-Hui Huang

Still Searching (Systematically) 1 for Entrepreneurial Discoveries pp. 489-504

James Fiet, Alexandre Piskounov and Pankaj Patel

Volume 25, issue 4, 2005

Institutional Barriers to Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Operations in Transition Countries pp. 305-317

Ruta Aidis

Loan Repayment Performance in Community Development Finance Institutions in the UK pp. 319-332

William Derban, Jane Binner and Andy Mullineux

Marketing in Chinese Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): The State of the Art in a Chinese Socialist Economy pp. 333-346

Wai-sum Siu and Zhi-chao Liu

Determinants of the Low SME Loan Approval Rate in Croatia pp. 347-372

Dario Cziráky, Sanja Tišma and Anamarija Pisarović

Management Accounting Systems and Organisational Structure pp. 373-391

Lucio Cassia, Stefano Paleari and Renato Redondi

Induced Discrimination and Firm Size: Information vs Incentive Effects pp. 393-405

Anne Knott

Volume 25, issue 3, 2005

Longitudinal Analysis of Relationships between Planning and Performance in Small Firms pp. 207-222

Brian Gibson and Gavin Cassar

Entrepreneurship and Earnings among Young Adults from Disadvantaged Families pp. 223-236

Robert Fairlie

The Decision to Enter and Exit Foreign Markets: Evidence from U.K. SMEs pp. 237-253

Francisco Requena-Silvente

The Advisor-SMF Client Relationship: Impact, Satisfaction and Commitment pp. 255-271

Robert Bennett and P. Robson

Watch that Space! The County Hierarchy in Firm Births and Deaths in the UK, 1980–1999 pp. 273-292

Michael Anyadike-Danes, Mark Hart and Maureen O’Reilly

Potential Entrepreneurship in Japan pp. 293-304

Nobuyuki Harada

Volume 25, issue 2, 2005

Novice, Serial and Portfolio Entrepreneur Behaviour and Contributions pp. 109-132

Paul Westhead, Deniz Ucbasaran, Mike Wright and Martin Binks

Liquidity Constraint on the Production of Firms in Southern Italy pp. 133-146

Domenico Sarno

The Location of Markets, Perceived Entrepreneurial Risk, and Start-up Capital of Micro Rural Firms pp. 147-158

Demetrios Psaltopoulos, Sophia Stathopoulou and Dimitris Skuras

Revealing Entrepreneurial Talent pp. 159-174

Francesco Ferrante

Job Creation by the Self-employed: The Roles of Entrepreneurial and Financial Capital pp. 175-196

Andrew Henley

An Empirical Analysis of Bank Mergers and Cost Efficiency in Taiwan pp. 197-206

Ping-wen Lin

Volume 25, issue 1, 2005

The Nature of Managerial Work in Small Growth-Orientated Businesses pp. 1-16

Colm O’Gorman, Sarah Bourke and John Murray

Modelling the Link Between Management Practices and Financial Performance. Evidence from Small Construction Companies pp. 17-34

Johan Maes, Luc Sels and Filip Roodhooft

Modelling Entrepreneurship: Unifying The Equilibrium and Entry/Exit Approach pp. 35-48

Niels Bosma, Gerrit Wit and Martin Carree

Perceived Environmental Uncertainty and Innovation in Small Firms pp. 49-64

Mark Freel

Growth, Diversification, and Business Group Formation in Entrepreneurial Firms pp. 65-82

Donato Iacobucci and Peter Rosa

Organizational Structure and Performance in Dutch small Firms pp. 83-96

Joris Meijaard, Maryse Brand and Marco Mosselman

Learning Opportunities and Learning Behaviours of Small Business Starters: Relations with Goal Achievement, Skill Development and Satisfaction pp. 97-108

Marco Gelderen, Lidewey Sluis and Paul Jansen