Journal Title
Title of Journal: Small Bus Econ
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Abbravation: Small Business Economics
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Authors: Charlie Karlsson Peter Warda
Publish Date: 2014/03/02
Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 393-398
Abstract
In this paper we give a general introduction to the notion of entrepreneurship and how it has many complex meanings Entrepreneurs in new firms but also in incumbent firms have a key role in local regional and national economic development by taking risks to get things done by developing new combinations of ideas and/or doing things differently In view of this two of the main questions that are dealt with are 1 which features make structural differences in institutions and innovation networks remain invariant between decades and 2 how knowledge about such features can be employed in policy at the national and the regional level The research questions highlighted in this special issue relate to many pertinent national and regional policy issues The most apparent concerns conditions conducive for entrepreneurship in the form of new firms and firm growth In this paper we also introduce the different contributors to this special issue
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- “Surfeiting, the appetite may sicken”: entrepreneurship and happiness
- Distributive justice, corruption, and entrepreneurial behavior
- Who instigates university–industry collaborations? University scientists versus firm employees
- How SMEs exploit their intellectual property assets: evidence from survey data
- Firm size, age, industrial networking, and growth: a case of the Korean manufacturing industry
- Size matters: entrepreneurial entry and government
- Entrepreneurship, developing countries, and development economics: new approaches and insights
- Effect of the Number of Banking Relationships on Credit Availability: Evidence from Panel Data of Spanish Small Firms
- Identity and entrepreneurship: do school peers shape entrepreneurial intentions?
- Effectiveness of R&D tax incentives in small and large enterprises in Québec
- The impact of family ownership on innovation: evidence from the German machine tool industry
- Microfinance, subsidies and local externalities
- Risk, balanced skills and entrepreneurship
- Private Firms and Corporate Governance: An Integrated Economic and Management Perspective
- Ageing and entrepreneurial preferences
- Entrepreneurial skills and workers’ wages in small firms
- Where are all the self-employed women? Push and pull factors influencing female labor market decisions
- Nascent entrepreneurship panel studies: progress and challenges
- Performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises in services trade: evidence from French firms
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