On the determinants of entrepreneurial activity: Social norms, economic environment and individual characteristics

By Mariassunta Giannetti, Andrei Simonov. 2004

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Subfields: Demography, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Entrepreneurship, Economic Conditions, and the Great Recession (2013, unknown): “Most studies find that asset levels (e.g. net worth) measured in one year increase the probability of entering self-employment by the following year.1 The finding has generally been interpreted as providing evidence that entrepreneurs face liquidity constraints and that owner's wealth is important…”
The rural growth trifecta: outdoor amenities, creative class and entrepreneurial context (2011, result): “These results are consistent with more general studies of local entrepreneurship that have found small firm contexts associated with greater rates of transition to self-employment (Giannetti and Simonov, 2004) and entrepreneurial proclivity (Mueller, 2006).”
Entrepreneurial Intention of Engineering Students: The Role of Social Norms and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (2019, background): “On the one hand, according to [45], cultural values and the level of business activity of a locality affect the decision to undertake.”
Entrepreneurship and Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from Sweden (2008, unknown): “In accordance with Hurst and Lusardi (2004) nding, we nd that wealth is not a rst order polynomial. However, we are not able to conrm the view that wealth matters only for individuals in the very top of the wealth distribution. Instead, we nd that the relationship between wealth and entrepreneu”
Liquidity Constraints, Household Wealth, and Entrepreneurship Revisited (2012, unknown): “(1)See Evans and Jovanovic (1989), Evans and Leighton (1989), Meyer (1990), Holtz-Eakin et al. (1994), Lindh and Ohlsson (1996, 1998), Blanchflower and Oswald (1998), Dunn and Holtz-Eakin (2000), Fairlie (1999), Johansson (2000), Taylor (2001), Zissimopoulos and Karoly (2007), Zissimopoulos et al. (”
Intrapreneurship or Entrepreneurship? (2009, unknown): “Based on these arguments, dummy control variables were added which record whether Parents were ever business owners or self-employed (Dunn and Holtz-Eakin 2000); whether Friends and Family o¤ered support (Brüderl and Preisendörfer 1998); and whether the individual s community promotes Entrepreneuria”
Entrepreneurial intentions in the third age: the impact of perceived age norms (2011, background): “One set of social contextual factors that have an impact on aspiring entrepreneurs is social norms (Giannetti and Simonov 2004), which constitute common understandings and rules between members of a community that evolve in an interactive process where individuals constantly justify their actions…”
The Coevolution of Institutional Entrepreneurship: A Tale of Two Theories (2010, background): “…has also explored how cultural values and beliefs may affect the likelihood that individuals will form new ventures (Davidsson, 1995; Davidsson & Wiklund, 1997; Giannetti & Simonov, 2004) and the differences and similarities between entrepreneurs across countries (McGrath & MacMillan, 1992).”
Determinants of self-employment survival in Europe (2012, background): “In this sense, Holtz-Eakin et al. (1994), Taylor (2004), Block and Sandner (2009) and Haapanen and Tervo (2009) find a negative non-linear impact of age on self-employment exits where the turning point is reached at roughly the age of 40-50, indicating that past this age, people become more likely t”