New Business Creation [electronic resource] : An International Overview /
Reynolds, Paul D.editor.
Curtin, Richard T.editor.
Understanding the origins of new businesses—the firm creation process—has been dramatically affected by the development of longitudinal studies of business start-ups. Several projects have been implemented to track the development of new firms, from the emergence of a business idea and organization of a start-up team through the birth of an operational business. The U.S. projects (the first and second Panel Studies of Entrepreneurial Dynamics, known as PSED I and II) have counterparts in a number of other countries: Australia, Canada, China, Latvia, Netherlands (two projects), Norway, and Sweden. These eleven projects in nine countries, implemented over the past decade, are at different stages of development and have been utilized for a wide range of assessments of entrepreneurial and business creation phenomena. This volume presents the state of the art of these international research projects, providing the first in-depth comparison of the firm creation data across a wide range of national contexts. The work will be of great interest to the research community, particularly those developing such projects in their own countries, as well as policy makers and scholars interested in the effect of national context on the business creation process.
Description based upon print version of record.
New Business Creation; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Entrepreneurship and Firm Creation; 1.3 Conceptualization of the Entrepreneurial Process; 1.4 Global Comparisons of Stages in the Business Life Course; 1.5 Overview of the Country Studies; 1.6 Conceptual and Operational Definitions; 1.6.1 Identifying Nascent Entrepreneurs; 1.6.2 Operational Measures of Transitions; 1.7 Chapter Overviews; 1.8 Commentary; References
Chapter 2: Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE): Project Presentation and Early Results2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Context and Research Team; 2.3 Definitions of Critical Events; 2.4 Methodological Overview; 2.5 Sample Characteristics and Early Results; 2.6 Additional Process Observations; 2.7 A Brief Look at Outcomes; 2.8 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 3: The Canadian Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Research Collaboration; 3.3 Conceptual and Operational Definitions of Critical Events; 3.4 Methodological Overview
3.4.1 Research Design3.5 Data Collection; 3.6 Description of the Sample; 3.7 Who Are Canadian Nascent Entrepreneurs?; 3.7.1 Their Motivation to Get into Business; 3.7.2 What Kind of Businesses Are They Starting?; 3.7.3 What Are They Doing to Get started?; 3.7.4 Their Goal-Setting Commitment; 3.8 Team Structures; 3.9 Nascent Entrepreneurs and Gender Issues; 3.10 Process; 3.11 Outcome Overview; 3.12 Exploring the Factors Associated with Outcomes; 3.12.1 Individual Factors and Engagement in the Start-up Process; 3.12.2 The Nature and Impact of Gestation-Specific Human Capital
3.12.3 Start-up Activities and New Venture Emergence3.12.4 Exploring the Adequacy of "New Firm" Measurement; 3.13 Impact of the Project on Policy and Scholarship; 3.14 Appendix; References; Chapter 4: Anatomy of Business Creation in China: Initial Assessment of the Chinese Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Research Context and Team; 4.3 Previous Research and Design Considerations; 4.3.1 Entrepreneurship and Institutional Transition in China; 4.3.2 Comparison Between the CPSED and US-PSED; 4.3.3 Research Framework and Design of the CPSED; 4.4 Methodology
4.5 Entrepreneurs: Number and Characteristics4.5.1 The Prevalence of Nascent Entrepreneurs; 4.5.2 Characteristics of NEs; 4.6 The Start-up Process: What Nascent Entrepreneurs Do?; 4.7 The Outcome: What Types of Firms Are Started?; 4.8 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: German Panel of Nascent Entrepreneurs; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Project Development; 5.3 Intellectual Background and Framework; 5.4 Conceptual and Operational Definitions of Critical Events; 5.5 Methodological Overview; 5.6 Entrepreneurs: How Many and What They Are Like?; 5.7 The Start-up Process; 5.8 Conclusions; References
Chapter 6: Latvia: Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics Overview
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Understanding the origins of new businesses—the firm creation process—has been dramatically affected by the development of longitudinal studies of business start-ups. Several projects have been implemented to track the development of new firms, from the emergence of a business idea and organization of a start-up team through the birth of an operational business. The U.S. projects (the first and second Panel Studies of Entrepreneurial Dynamics, known as PSED I and II) have counterparts in a number of other countries: Australia, Canada, China, Latvia, Netherlands (two projects), Norway, and Sweden. These eleven projects in nine countries, implemented over the past decade, are at different stages of development and have been utilized for a wide range of assessments of entrepreneurial and business creation phenomena. This volume presents the state of the art of these international research projects, providing the first in-depth comparison of the firm creation data across a wide range of national contexts. The work will be of great interest to the research community, particularly those developing such projects in their own countries, as well as policy makers and scholars interested in the effect of national context on the business creation process.
Entrepreneurship.
Business.
Management science.
Industrial psychology.
Entrepreneurship.
Business and Management, general.
Industrial and Organizational Psychology.