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Industrial Marketing Management, 2015

SIDALC - Servicio de Informacion y Documentacion Agropecuaria de las Americas.

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2. Factores determinantes del crecimiento en empresas jóvenes. Evidencias de una comparación inte... more 2. Factores determinantes del crecimiento en empresas jóvenes. Evidencias de una comparación internacional Juan Federico, 3 Hugo Daniel Kantis4 y Rodrigo Rabetino5 2.1. Introducción El fenómeno del crecimiento de las nuevas empresas ha despertado creciente inte-rés por ...

The Evolution of a Global Risk Network, 2012

coefficients were different, the sign and statistical significance of the explanatory variables r... more coefficients were different, the sign and statistical significance of the explanatory variables remained similar.

... between January and March 2007, and it was designed to provide information about selectedperf... more ... between January and March 2007, and it was designed to provide information about selectedperformance and organisational characteristics of Romanian small and medium 9 ... South includes Arges, Calarasi, Dambovita, Giurgiu, Ialomita, Prahova, Teleorman. ...

World Insurance: The Evolution of a Global Risk Network, 2012

Before the official declaration of an independent Argentine Republic on the 9 July 1816, the King... more Before the official declaration of an independent Argentine Republic on the 9 July 1816, the Kingdom of Spain had organized its territory in South America as a commercial monopoly, with the objective of earning much needed fiscal revenues. Marine insurance contracts relating to these early trading activities tended to be managed from the Iberian Peninsula. The European powers tended not to export their own insurance models to these new markets with the goal of founding domestic operations. Instead they were primarily interested in insurance as a means of securing trade routes and safeguarding the interests of their own citizens and trading companies, to whom they would often be closely related. In particular, life insurance played a minor role and would have to largely await the development of local, domestic insurers in the twentieth century. There was, however, early recognition of the potential role of insurance from those trying to create a stable and independent Argentine state. This chapter traces the history of the development of Argentinian insurance industry. It discusses the shaping of a national insurance market from 1890–1936; nationalization and the drive for growth from 1937–1976; and opening-up from 1976–2010.

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000

The paper examines the longitudinal impact that local returns to scale have upon firm growth. Usi... more The paper examines the longitudinal impact that local returns to scale have upon firm growth. Using a Spanish dataset of manufacturing firms for the period 1996-2001, we first obtain qualitative information about the returns to scale exhibited by firms through data envelopment analysis. The second step includes a regression analysis using the GMM technique. We find that returns to scale and their dynamics are important factors explaining firm growth. Also, firms that reached the technological interval characterised by constant returns to scale show higher growth rates, where technological change and technical efficiency improvements are important determinants of this process.

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2008

New ventures are increasingly playing an important role in Latin American economies. However, lit... more New ventures are increasingly playing an important role in Latin American economies. However, little is known about the determinants of new firm growth in this context. The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of the factors influencing new firm growth in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Peru. Individual, organizational and environmental factors are included in an empirical model,

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 2012

ABSTRACT Purpose ‐ The aim of this study is to advance the understanding of firm growth determina... more ABSTRACT Purpose ‐ The aim of this study is to advance the understanding of firm growth determinants by comparing the factors influencing young firms' growth in 13 countries corresponding to three contrasting regions. Design/methodology/approach ‐ The authors propose an integrated model of venture growth where entrepreneurs' profile, firm resources and market characteristics are combined. This model is tested using three OLS regressions, one corresponding to each region. Findings ‐ The results show that compared with the remainder two regions, the less favorable business conditions verified in Latin American countries emphasize the relevance of entrepreneurs' human capital endowments in determining business development and its further growth. On the contrary, market-related issues and the availability of financial resources are more important in South-East Asia and Mediterranean Europe. Team size and particularly its growth are positively associated with firm growth in all the studied regions. Practical implications ‐ The results of this study confirm that a firm's growth determinants as well as their importance vary across regions. Consequently, policy interventions should take into account the specificity of each region when designing entrepreneurial policies, avoiding the adoption of "one size fits all" solutions. Originality/value ‐ The main contribution of this paper is twofold: first, it collects empirical evidence about young firm growth in less studied regions; second, by comparing the results for each region differential effects of several determinants of firm growth in quite contrasting contexts are discussed.

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 2011

The paper examines the impact that human capital components have upon the employment growth of sm... more The paper examines the impact that human capital components have upon the employment growth of small firms in Romania. To attain this objective we carry out a quantile regression analysis using a robust Romanian data set for 2006. The main contribution of the paper indicates that human capital matters for explaining small firms' employment growth, where previous labour experience, the presence of entrepreneurial teams and family members appear as determinant components. In addition, our empirical findings indicate that an active involvement of the entrepreneur in managerial tasks reduces agency costs and increases the intensity in the implementation of the entrepreneur's human capital, leading to higher employment growth rates. We also find that those firms that exhibited higher employment growth rates are more sensitive to human capital and organisational factors. JEL classification: G3, J24, L1, M13

Though time is an important dimension of the venture creation process, our understanding of why s... more Though time is an important dimension of the venture creation process, our understanding of why some entrepreneurs are able to act more quickly than others is limited. Equally, not much is known about the relationship between venture creation speed and the subsequent venture growth. In this paper, we use a resource-based perspective to provide insights into the factors that quicken or retard venture creation and to explore how speed impacts on subsequent growth. This is important because the topic remains generally underresearched and because even less is understood about venture creation speed in the context of South American economies. Data were collected from face-to-face interviews with 647 entrepreneurs in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru. Using a multivariate regression framework, we find that entrepreneurs make use of their human and social capital resources to shape the speed by which their venture is created. Moreover, their perceptions of unfavorable environmental conditions seem to retard venture creation. Findings also suggest that entrepreneurs who take more time to create a more solid resource base tend to receive better growth outcomes. Implications from the findings are discussed.

Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina Programa de Agronegocios y Alimentos de la Facultad ... more Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina Programa de Agronegocios y Alimentos de la Facultad de Agronomía Búsqueda general: Formato: Default. ... Autor: Gross, Marcelo; Bye, Pascal; da Silva, Aparecido; Penot, Eric. ...