Small Business Economics

1992 - 2025

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

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Volume 24, issue 5, 2005

The Individual – Opportunity Nexus: A Review of Scott Shane: A General Theory of Entrepreneurship pp. 423-430

Mark Casson

Determinants of International Activities: Are SMEs Different? pp. 431-450

Heinz Hollenstein

Targeting Firm Births and Economic Regeneration in a Lagging Region pp. 451-464

Peter Johnson

Board Pay and the Separation of Ownership from Control in U.K. SMEs pp. 465-476

Robert Watson and Nicholas Wilson

Competition and the Provision of Banking Services to SMEs in the U.K pp. 477-485

John Ashton and Kevin Keasey

The Turnover of Firms and Industry Growth pp. 487-495

Dan Johansson

Book Review: Review of “Small Firms and Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe – A Socio-Economic Perspective” edited by Oliver Pfirrmann and Günter H. Walter, Heidelberg and New York 2002: Physica pp. 497-498

Michael Fritsch

Volume 24, issue 4, 2005

Paul D. Reynolds: Entrepreneurship Research Innovator, Coordinator, and Disseminator pp. 351-358

Per Davidsson

Understanding Business Creation: Serendipity and Scope in Two Decades of Business Creation Studies pp. 359-364

Paul Reynolds

Success and Risk Factors in the Pre-Startup Phase pp. 365-380

Marco Gelderen, Roy Thurik and Niels Bosma

Uncertainty and Growth of the Firm pp. 381-391

Robert Lensink, Paul Steen and Elmer Sterken

Adverse Selection in Acquisitions of Small Manufacturing Firms: A Comparison of Private and Public Targets pp. 393-407

Jung-Chin Shen and Jeffrey Reuer

The Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Firms pp. 409-419

Dirk Clercq, Harry Sapienza and Hans Crijns

Consumption-Leisure Preference Structure: A New Explanation of the Evans-Jovanovic Results for Entrepreneurial Choice pp. 423-427

Nobuyuki Harada and Kyoichi Kijima

Volume 24, issue 3, 2005

Determinants and Effects of New Business Creation Using Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data pp. 193-203

Rolf Sternberg and Sander Wennekers

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: Data Collection Design and Implementation 1998–2003 pp. 205-231

Paul Reynolds, Niels Bosma, Erkko Autio, Steve Hunt, Natalie De Bono, Isabel Servais, Paloma Lopez-Garcia and Nancy Chin

Perceptual Variables and Nascent Entrepreneurship pp. 233-247

Pia Arenius and Maria Minniti

A Network-based Approach on Opportunity Recognition pp. 249-265

Pia Arenius and Dirk Clercq

Entrepreneurship: The Role of Clusters Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence from Germany pp. 267-292

Héctor Rocha and Rolf Sternberg

Nascent Entrepreneurship and the Level of Economic Development pp. 293-309

Sander Wennekers, André van Wennekers, Roy Thurik and Paul Reynolds

The Effect of Entrepreneurial Activity on National Economic Growth pp. 311-321

André Stel, Martin Carree and Roy Thurik

Entrepreneurship, Agglomeration and Technological Change pp. 323-334

Zoltan Acs and Attila Varga

Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth: Evidence from GEM data pp. 335-350

Poh Wong, Yuen Ping Ho and Erkko Autio

Volume 24, issue 2, 2005

Commitment to Employees: Does It Help or Hinder Small Business Performance? pp. 97-111

Lori Muse, Matthew Rutherford, Sharon Oswald and Jennie Raymond

How Business Opportunities Constrain Young Technology-Based Firms from Growing into Medium-Sized Firms pp. 113-129

Rögnvaldur Saemundsson and Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand

Gender Discrimination, Entrepreneurial Talent and Self-Employment pp. 131-142

Luisa Rosti and Francesco Chelli

The Heterogeneity of Self-Employment: The Example of Asians in the United States pp. 143-158

John Lunn and Todd Steen

Personality Characteristics of Self-Employed; An Empirical Study pp. 159-167

Sjoerd Beugelsdijk and Niels Noorderhaven

Pre-Acquisition Profile of Privately Held Companies Involved in Take-Overs: An Empirical Study pp. 169-186

Jan Camerlynck, Hubert Ooghe and Tine Langhe

Consumption-Leisure Preference Structure: A New Explanation of the Evans-Jovanovic Results for Entrepreneurial Choice pp. 187-191

Nobuyuki Harada and Kyoichi Kijima

Volume 24, issue 1, 2005

Firm Growth, Size, Age and Behavior in Japanese Manufacturing pp. 1-15

Takehiko Yasuda

Defining and Tracking Business Start-Ups pp. 17-28

Michael Luger and Jun Koo

The Higher Cost of Follow-Up Loans pp. 29-38

Aoife Hanley and Jonathan Crook

Firm Growth and Supply Chain Partnerships: An Empirical Analysis of U.K. SME Subcontractors pp. 39-51

Pooran Wynarczyk and Robert Watson

R&D Subsidy and Self-Financed R&D: The Case of Japanese High-Technology Start-Ups pp. 53-62

Tadahisa Koga

The Winner’s Curse of Human Capital pp. 63-78

Thomas Åstbro and Irwin Bernhardt

The Locational and Functional Behavior of U.S. Autoparts Suppliers pp. 79-95

Ho Yeon Kim

Volume 23, issue 5, 2004

Entrepreneurship and Development: The Role of Clusters pp. 363-400

Héctor Rocha

Racial and Gender Discrimination in the Micro Firms Credit Market?: Evidence from Trinidad and Tobago pp. 401-422

D. Storey

The Survival and Growth of New Establishments in Sweden, 1987-1995 pp. 423-440

Helena Persson

Real Wages, Business Cycles and New Production Patterns pp. 441-452

Richard Jenner

The Trade-Off Between Supervision Cost and Performance Based Pay: Does Gender Matter? pp. 453-460

Bradley Ewing and Phanindra Wunnava

Volume 23, issue 4, 2004

The Prevalence of Nascent Entrepreneurs in the United States: Evidence from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics pp. 263-284

Paul D. Reynolds, Nancy M. Carter, William B. Gartner and Patricia G. Greene

The Employer Size-Wage Differentials in Taiwan pp. 285-297

Yih-chyi Chuang and Pi-fum Hsu

Productivity and Entrepreneurial Chraracteristics in New Japanese Firms pp. 299-310

Nobuyuki Harada

Factors Impacting the Adoption of the Internet among SMEs pp. 311-322

Ruby Roy Dholakia and Nir Kshetri

Youth Self Employment: Its Nature and Consequences pp. 323-336

Donald Williams

Does Choosing a Section of the Stock Exchange Matter in the IPO of SMEs? The French Case pp. 337-348

Loïc Mahérault and Bernard Belletante

Small North American Producers Give Ground in the 1990s pp. 349-361

John Baldwin, Ron Jarmin and Jianmin Tang

Volume 23, issue 3, 2004

Information Technology and the Performance of Japanese SMEs pp. 171-177

Masayuki Morikawa

Job Creation Process in a Transition Economy pp. 179-188

Mateja Drnovsek

The Shadow of Death -- An Emperical Analysis of the Pre-Exit Performance of New German Firms pp. 189-201

Matthias Almus

Recent Trends in Ethnic and Racial Business Ownership pp. 203-218

Robert Fairlie

Does Bank Consolidation Hurt the Small Business Borrower? pp. 219-226

James H. Rauch and Jill M. Hendrickson

The Value of Human and Social Capital Investments for the Business Performance of Startups pp. 227-236

Niels Bosma, Mirjam Praag, Roy Thurik and Gerrit de Wit

An Explanation of the Life Span of New French Firms pp. 237-254

Rafik Abdesselam, Jean Bonnet and Nicolas Le Pape

Transmission of Risk-Averse Behavior in Small Firms pp. 255-259

Dennis Leyden and Albert Link

Volume 23, issue 2, 2004

Entrepreneurship and Risk Premium pp. 85-98

Panagiotis Petrakis

Innovation and the Operational Performance of Newly Established Small and Medium Enterprises in Taiwan pp. 99-113

Li-min Hsueh and Ying-yi Tu

Self-Employment Among Immigrants in Sweden -- An Analysis of Intragroup Differences pp. 115-126

Mats Hammarstedt

Incubators: Tool for Entrepreneurship? pp. 127-135

Rudy Aernoudt

Covenants and Small Business Lending: The Finnish Case pp. 137-149

Jyrki Niskanen and Mervi Niskanen

The Adoption of ICT among SMEs: Evidence from an Italian Survey pp. 151-168

Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti and Alessandro Sterlacchini

Richard Deeg, Financial Capitalism Unveiled: Banks and the German Political Economy pp. 169-170

Caroline Fohlin

Volume 23, issue 1, 2004

William J. Baumol: An Entrepreneurial Economist on the Economics of Entrepreneurship pp. 1-7

Gunnar Eliasson and Magnus Henrekson

Entrepreneurial Enterprises, Large Established Firms and Other Components of the Free-Market Growth Machine pp. 9-21

William Baumol

Lending to Small and Medium-Sized Firms: Is There an East-West Gap in Germany? pp. 23-39

Erik Lehmann, Doris Neuberger and Solvig R”thke

Are All the Potential Entrepreneurs So Good? pp. 41-49

Marco Vivarelli

Commercial Bank Lending to SMEs in Poland pp. 51-70

Melanie Feakins

Networking for Competitiveness pp. 71-84

Gordon Kingsley and Edward J. Malecki