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Roy Thurik

Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam

Publications -  411
Citations -  34875

Roy Thurik is an academic researcher from Erasmus University Rotterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Entrepreneurship & Per capita income. The author has an hindex of 82, co-authored 405 publications receiving 31531 citations. Previous affiliations of Roy Thurik include Econometric Institute & Indiana University.

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Hygiene and Social Distancing as Distinct Public Health Related Behaviours Among University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate how these components relate to individual attitudes towards public health measures, descriptive norms among friends and family, and key demographics, and show that treating public health compliance as a sole construct obfuscates the dimensionality of compliance behaviors and risks poorer prediction of individuals’ compliance behaviours and problems in generating valid public health recommendations.
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Start-Up Capital: Differences Between Male and Female Entrepreneurs. 'Does Gender Matter'?

TL;DR: In this paper, female and male entrepreneurs differ in the way they finance their businesses and the type of business they start and their type of management and experience (the female versus the male profile).
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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Entrepreneurial Orientation: A Replication Note

TL;DR: In this article, the authors found a positive link between ADHD and the risk-taking subdimension of EO, which is mainly driven by the subdimensions proactiveness and risk-takings.
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Part-time labour in retailing

TL;DR: In this article, the use of part-time workers in the retail trade has been studied and empirical evidence regarding the influence of their use on labor productivity has been provided by the authors.
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A Note on Entrepreneurship, Small Business and Economic Growth

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that since the 1970s the world has changed considerably, and that this change has had consequences for the current policy debate on the determinants of economic growth.