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New Firm Creation in the United States

Initial Explorations with the PSED II Data Set

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  1. Richard T. Curtin
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  2. Paul D. Reynolds
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  • Entrepreneurship is an increasingly popular topic—in business research, education, practice and policymaking
  • Presents the most current data from the ongoing PSED project, with contributions from leading researchers in the field
  • Covers a wide range of topics relating to new firm creation, with an emphasis on the people who start new businesses
  • Supported by the Kauffman Foundation and the Small Business Administration
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship (ISEN, volume 23)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Nascent Entrepreneurs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 18-18
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    2. Introduction

      • Paul D. Reynolds, Richard T. Curtin
      Pages 1-15

    3. Social Motives in the PSED II

      • Amy E. Davis, Kelly G. Shaver
      Pages 19-34

    4. Contextual Motivation and Growth Aspirations Among Nascent Entrepreneurs

      • Diana M. Hechavarria, Mark T. Schenkel, Charles H. Matthews
      Pages 35-49

    5. Family Background and Influence on Nascent Entrepreneurs

      • Charles H. Matthews, Mark T. Schenkel, Diana M. Hechavarria
      Pages 51-67

  3. Start-Up Teams

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 70-70
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    2. Owner Contributions and Equity

      • Amy E. Davis, Kyle C. Longest, Phillip H. Kim, Howard E. Aldrich
      Pages 71-94

    3. Business Owner Demography, Human Capital, and Social Networks

      • Martin Ruef, Bart Bonikowski, Howard E. Aldrich
      Pages 95-114

    4. Owner Founders, Nonowner Founders and Helpers

      • M. Diane Burton, Phillip C. Anderson, Howard E. Aldrich
      Pages 115-133

  4. The Start-Up Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 136-136
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    2. Institutional Isomorphism, Business Planning, and Business Plan Revision: The Differential Impact on Teams Versus Solo Entrepreneurs

      • Benson Honig, Jianwen (Jon) Liao, William B. Gartner
      Pages 137-155

    3. The Role of Human and Social Capital and Technology in Nascent Ventures

      • Mark T. Schenkel, Diana M. Hechavarria, Charles H. Matthews
      Pages 157-183

    4. Financing the Emerging Firm: Comparisons Between PSED I and PSED II

      • William B. Gartner, Casey J. Frid, John C. Alexander, Nancy M. Carter
      Pages 185-216

  5. Emergence of a New Firm

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 218-218
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    2. Reconceiving the Gestation Window: The Consequences of Competing Definitions of Firm Conception and Birth

      • Claudia B. Schoonhoven, M. Diane Burton, Paul D. Reynolds
      Pages 219-237

    3. Start-Up Activities and New Firm Characteristics

      • Tatiana S. Manolova, Candida G. Brush, Linda F. Edelman
      Pages 239-259

  6. Cross-Study Comparisons

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 262-262
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    2. PSED II and the Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence [CAUSEE]

      • Per Davidsson, Paul D. Reynolds
      Pages 263-278

    3. PSED II and the Kauffman Firm Survey

      • Alicia Robb, Paul D. Reynolds
      Pages 279-302
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This research program began in 1993. The idea of developing representative samples of those active in the business creation process, now called nascent entrepreneurs, developed from the success of using regional characteristics to 1 predict variations in new firm birth rates in six countries. The initial purpose was to determine those external factors that encouraged individuals to initiate the business creation process and become, as they are now called, nascent entrepreneurs. The research procedures, mainly the critical aspects of the scre- ing procedures, were developed with the Survey Research Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin in Madison to complete the Wisconsin Entrepreneurial 2 Climate Study. Support for an initial test with a national sample was provided by the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Richard Curtin became involved with the incorporation of the screening module as part 3 of the Survey of Consumers in October and November in 1993. The success of these efforts in providing a detailed description of the ent- preneurial process based on representative samples led to substantial interest among entrepreneurial scholars. A founding team of Nancy Carter, William Gartner, and Paul Reynolds was able to organize the Entrepreneurial Research Consortium (ERC), a collaborative network of 34 research units that shared the financial cost and sweat equity required to implement the first national project, 4 PSED I.

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