Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE): Project Presentation and Early Results

International Studies in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 27, Issue , 2011, Pages 27-51

  Davidsson, Per ^a,b   Steffens, Paul ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chief Investigator; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; Nascent Entrepreneur; Young Firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 85145939848     PISSN: 15721922     EISSN: 21975884     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7536-2_2     Document Type: Chapter

References (33)

1. Baker T, Nelson RE (2005) Creating something from nothing: Resource construction through entrepreneurial bricolage. Adm Sci Quart 50(3):329–366
2. Bosma N, Harding R (2007) Global entrepreneurship monitor. GEM 2006 summary results. Babson College and London Business School, Babson Park and London
3. Brush CG, Vanderwerf PA (1992) A comparison of methods and sources for obtaining estimates of new venture performance. J Bus Venturing 7(2):157–170
4. Cooper AC (1993) Challenges in predicting new firm performance. J Bus Venturing 8:241–253
5. Davidsson P (2005a) Method issues in the study of venture start-up processes. In: Fayolle A, Kyrö P, Ulijn J (eds) Entrepreneurship research in Europe: outcomes and perspectives. Edward Edgar, Cheltenham, pp 35–54
6. Davidsson P (2005b) Paul D. Reynolds: Entrepreneurship research innovator, coordinator, and disseminator. Small Business Economics 24(4):351–358
7. Davidsson P (2005c) The types and contextual fit of entrepreneurial processes. Int J Entrepreneurship Educ (listed as academic year 2003/4) 2(4):407–430
8. Davidsson P (2006) Nascent entrepreneurship: empirical studies and developments. Found Trends Entrepreneurship 2(1):1–76
9. Davidsson P (2008) Interpreting performance in entrepreneurship research. In: Davidsson P (ed) The entrepreneurship research challenge. Elgar, Cheltenham, pp 189–212
10. Davidsson P, Gordon SR (2010). Nascent entrepreneur(ship) research: A review. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. Manuscript available at eprints.qut.edu.au/19622/
11. Davidsson P, Honig B (2003) The role of social and human capital among nascent entrepreneurs. J Bus Venturing 18(3):301–331
12. Davidsson P, Hunter E, Klofsten M (2006) Institutional forces: The invisible hand that shapes venture ideas? Int Small Bus J 24(2):115–131
13. Davidsson P, Lindmark L, Olofsson C (1998) Smallness, newness and regional development. Swed J Agric Res 28(1):57–71
14. Davidsson P, Reynolds PD (2009) PSED II and the Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence [CAUSEE]. In: Reynolds PD, Curtin RT (eds) New firm creation in the United States: preliminary explorations with the PSED II data set. Springer, New York, pp 263–278
15. Davidsson P, Steffens P, Gordon S, Garonne C, Senyard J (2009). Business creation processes in Australia: What start-up attempts get up and running, and why? A preliminary assessment. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. Manuscript available at www.causee.bus.qut. edu.au/results/
16. Davidsson P, Steffens P, Gordon S, Reynolds PD (2008) Anatomy of new business activity in Australia: Some early observations from the CAUSEE project. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. Manuscript available at eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00013613
17. Davidsson P, Wiklund J (2001) Levels of analysis in entrepreneurship research: current practice and suggestions for the future. Entrepreneurship Theory Pract 25(4, Summer):81–99
18. Delmar F, Davidsson P (2000) Where do they come from? Prevalence and characteristics of nascent entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship Reg Dev 12:1–23
19. Delmar F, Shane S (2004) Legitimating first: Organizing activities and the survival of new ventures. J Bus Venturing 19:385–410
20. Dissanayake S, Gordon S, Davidsson P (2008) Understanding venture idea newness, relatedness and change among nascent entrepreneurs. Paper presented at AGSE international entrepreneurship research exchange. Melbourne. Available at www.causee.bus.qut.edu.au/results/ AcademicConferencePapers.jsp
21. Gartner WB, Shaver KG, Carter NM, Reynolds PD (2004) Handbook of entrepreneurial dynamics: the process of business creation. Sage, Thousand Oaks
22. Geroski PA (1995) What do we know about entry? Int J Ind Organiz 13:421–440
23. Hindle K, O’Conner A (2004) Westpac GEM Australia. A study of Australian entrepreneurship in 2004. Westpac Corporation and Swinburne University, Melbourne
24. Randall D, Fernandes M (1991) The social desirability response bias in ethics research. J Bus Ethics 10(11):805–817
25. Reynolds PD (2007) New firm creation in the US: A PSED overview. Found Trends Entrepreneurship 3(1):1–151
26. Reynolds PD (2009) Screening item effects in estimating the prevalence of nascent entrepreneurs. Small Bus Econ 33(2):151–163
27. Reynolds PD, Carter NM, Gartner WB, Greene PG (2004) The prevalence of nascent entrepreneurs in the United States: Evidence from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics. Small Bus Econ 23(4):263–284
28. Reynolds PD, Curtin RT (2008) Business creation in the United States: Panel study of entrepreneurial dynamics II initial assessment. Found Trends Entrepreneurship 4(3):155–307
29. Ruef M, Aldrich HE, Carter NM (2003) The structure of organizational founding teams: Homophily, strong ties, and isolation among U.S. entrepreneurs. Am Sociol Rev 68(2):195–222
30. Sarasvathy S (2008) Effectuation: elements of entrepreneurial expertise. Elgar, Cheltenham/ Northampton
31. Shane S, Venkataraman S (2000) The promise of entrepreneurship as a field of research. Acad Manage Rev 25(1):217–226
32. Stam E, Schutjens V (2004) The performance of team start-ups in the first phases of the life course. Research Paper, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), RSM Erasmus University
33. van Praag CM, Versloot PH (2007) The economic benefits and costs of entrepreneurship: A review of the research. Found Trends Entrepreneurship 4(2):65–154