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We collect time-use data for entrepreneurs and their workers in over 1,000 manufacturing firms in urban Uganda. We document limited labor specialization within the firm for establishments of all sizes and argue that this is likely due to the prevalence of product customization. We then develop a...
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firm performance. We draw on a recent survey of US SMEs to determine whether entrepreneurial ventures have dynamic …The entrepreneurship and dynamic capabilities literature adds to our understanding of how strategic change can drive … redefine the overlap of the dynamic capabilities view literature with the entrepreneurship literature, because the redeployment …
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We use survey data on an opt-in panel of around 2,500 US small businesses to assess the impact of COVID-19. We find a …
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This research examines the determinants of entrepreneurship in the initial transition from agriculture to industrial …
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Our analysis of survey data of US small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) explores (1) whether firms have ‘dynamic …. Our survey reveals that about a quarter of SMEs self-report high levels of these ethics-focused dynamic capabilities. We … use hierarchical OLS to analyze the survey data to find that the general effect of these capabilities is positive on an …
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faced by firms achieving high growth and those with the potential to do so. This article uses data for 4,858 UK SMEs to …
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months of the crisis, SMEs as the backbone of Germany's economy benefited from large and mainly indiscriminate aid measures … among financially weak, small firms, having potential long-term implications on entrepreneurship and economic recovery …
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Why do levels of entrepreneurship differ across America's cities? This paper presents basic facts on two measures of … entrepreneurship: the self-employment rate and the number of small firms. Both of these measures are correlated with urban success … entrepreneurship is linked to a large number of small firms in supplying industries. Finally, there is a strong connection between area …
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Small and young businesses are essential for job creation, innovation, and economic growth. Even most of the superstar firms start their business life small and then grow over time. Small firms have less internal resources, which makes them more fragile and sensitive to macroeconomic conditions....
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