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Successful Entrepreneurship: Confronting Economic Theory with Empirical Practice

by C. Mirjam van Praag
25.11.2005

“...Mirjam van Praag compares and contrasts the economic theory of entrepreneurship with determinants of successful entrepreneurship derived from empirical...”

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Successful entrepreneurship: confronting economic theory with empirical practice

by Praag, Mirjam
2005

“...Mirjam van Praag compares and contrasts the economic theory of entrepreneurship with determinants of successful entrepreneurship derived from empirical...”

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What Is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research

by C. Mirjam van Praag Peter H. Versloot Published in Small business economics (01.12.2007)

“...This article examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively and systematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important...”

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Risk, balanced skills and entrepreneurship

by Chihmao Hsieh Simon C. Parker C. Mirjam van Praag
edited by Audretsch, David B Squicciarini, Mariagrazia Link, Albert N
Published in Small business economics (01.02.2017)

“...This paper proposes that risk aversion encourages individuals to invest in balanced skill profiles, making them more likely to become entrepreneurs. By not...”

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Business Survival and Success of Young Small Business Owners

by C. Mirjam van Praag Published in Small business economics (01.08.2003)

“...Little empirical evidence provides insight in person-oriented drivers of business survival and success of small business owners. In this paper I perform a...”

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Schooling, Capital Constraints, and Entrepreneurial Performance: The Endogenous Triangle

by Parker, Simon C van Praag, C. Mirjam Published in Journal of business & economic statistics (01.10.2006)

“...We estimate the impact of schooling and capital constraints at the time of startup on the performance of Dutch entrepreneurial ventures, taking into account...”

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The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (Rather than Z)

by C. Mirjam van Praag Bernard M. S. van Praag Published in Economica (London) (01.11.2008)

“...Alphabetical name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in economics and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people...”

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Performance measurement, expectancy and agency theory: An experimental study

by Sloof, Randolph van Praag, C. Mirjam Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (2008)

“...Theoretical analyses of (optimal) performance measures are typically performed within the realm of the linear agency model. This model implies that, for a...”

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Does relative grading help male students? Evidence from a field experiment in the classroom

by Czibor, Eszter Onderstal, Sander Sloof, Randolph van Praag, C. Mirjam Published in Economics of education review (01.04.2020)

“...We conduct a framed field experiment at a Dutch university to compare student effort provision and exam performance under the two most prevalent evaluation...”

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The entrepreneur's mode of entry: Business takeover or new venture start?

by Parker, Simon C van Praag, C. Mirjam Published in Journal of business venturing (2012)

“...We extend the well-known occupational choice model of entrepreneurship by analyzing the mode of entry. Individuals can become entrepreneurs by taking over...”

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Some classic views on entrepreneurship

by van Praag, C.M Published in De Economist (Netherlands) (1999)

“...The topic of entrepreneurship currently experiences a revived interest as is shown by the research agenda of today's empirical researchers. There are few...”

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The economic benefits and costs of entrepreneurship: A review of the research

by van Praag, C.M Versloot, P.H Published in Foundations and trends in entrepreneurship (2008)

“...Many studies in the entrepreneurship literature are motivated by the statement that entrepreneurship has important economic value, for instance, in terms of...”

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The effect of noise in a performance measure on work motivation: A real effort laboratory experiment

by Sloof, Randolph van Praag, C. Mirjam Published in Labour economics (2010)

“...This paper reports the results of an individual real effort laboratory experiment where subjects are paid for measured performance. Measured performance equals...”

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The value relevance of top executive departures: Evidence from the Netherlands

by Cools, Kees Mirjam van Praag, C Published in Journal of corporate finance (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (2007)

“...On theoretical grounds, monitoring of top executives by the (supervisory) board is expected to be value relevant. The empirical evidence is ambiguous and we...”

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Nieuwe combinaties
1st ed.

by Van Praag, C. Mirjam
2006.

“...Uit recent onderzoek blijkt dat ondernemers hun opleiding vaak veel productiever kunnen inzetten dan werknemers, omdat ze meer vrijheden en...”

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Determinants of willingness and opportunity to start as an entrepreneur

by van Praag, C.M van Ophem, J.C.M Published in Kyklos (Basel) (1995)

“...This paper develops an empirical model to separate the unobserved factors of ‘opportunity' and ‘willingness’ in the decision of labor force participants to...”

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Risk, balanced skills and entrepreneurship

by Hsieh, Chihmao Parker, Simon C Praag, C. Mirjam van
2011

“..."This paper proposes that risk aversion encourages individuals to invest in balanced skill profiles, making them more likely to become entrepreneurs. By not...”

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The Economic Benefits and Costs of Entrepreneurship: A Review of the Research

by C Mirjam van Praag Peter H Versloot Published in Foundations and trends in entrepreneurship (01.03.2008)

“...Many studies in the entrepreneurship literature are motivated by the statement that entrepreneurship has important economic value, for instance, in terms of...”

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