Regional Influences on Family and Non-Family Start-ups
Journal
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
ISSN
2151-6561
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2012-08-05
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper integrates insights from regional science and organizational ecology to the entrepreneurship field by constructing a theoretical framework that explains how the regional context impacts the emergence of family and non-family businesses in differing ways. Using a rich multi-level data set, I investigate how characteristics of the economic milieu of regions influence firm births. I find that economic factors, such as regional wealth and number of children born, are associated with the number of non-family start-ups while the number of family start-ups is more strongly tied to the prevalence of small businesses and the political regulatory regime within the municipality. These findings indicate that family start-ups are more susceptible to the local non-economic context than non-family start-ups. This research provides support for the notion that “the geographic context” is an important yet under-theorized area for research on new venture emergence and research on family business.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Book title
The Informal Economy
Publisher
Academy of Management
Publisher place
New York
Start page
n.a.
Event Title
72nd Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM) 2012 "The Informal Economy"
Event Location
Boston, USA
Event Date
03.-07.08.2012
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
239053