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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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What Do We Know about Social Entrepreneurship? An Analysis of Empirical Research
TL;DR: In this paper, the current state of empirical research by reviewing 31 empirical research studies on social entrepreneurship, classifying them along four dimensions and summarising research findings for each of these dimensions.
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Determinants of small firm debt ratios: An analysis of retail panel data
Nico van der Wijst,Roy Thurik +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the relevance of some debt ratio determinants from the recent theory of finance is empirically investigated in a small business sector and the main conclusion is that the theoretical determinants appear indeed to be relevant for the small business sectors investigated here, but the influences encountered in the analyses are far less straightforward than the hypothesized effects in the theory.
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Business accomplishments, gender and entrepreneurial self-image
TL;DR: In this article, a model that examines the impact of business accomplishments and gender on entrepreneurial self-image and explores the definition of entrepreneurship according to Vesper's entrepreneurial typology is presented and tested.
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Impeded Industrial Restructuring: The Growth Penalty
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify whether there is a cost, measured in terms of forgone growth, of an impeded restructuring process, which is measured by linking growth rates of European countries to deviations from the optimal industrial structure.
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Some new evidence on the determinants of large- and small-firm innovation
TL;DR: In this paper, a revaluation of Acs and Audretsch's analysis of the U.S. market structure determinants of innovation between large and small firms is presented.