Regional Influences on the Prevalence of Family Versus Non-Family Start-Ups

45 Pages Posted: 2 Jul 2013

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Miriam Bird

Stockholm School of Economics

Karl Wennberg

Linkoping University - Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS)

Date Written: July 1, 2013

Abstract

We integrate insights from family business and organizational ecology into the entrepreneurship field by constructing a theoretical framework that explains how the regional context impacts family and non-family start-ups in differing ways. Regional count data models based on a rich longitudinal dataset reveal that while economic factors such as population size and growth in regions are primarily associated with the number of non-family start-ups, factors related to regional embeddedness, such as pre-existing small family businesses as well as favorable community attitudes toward small businesses, are more strongly associated with the number of family start-ups. Our research provides support for the notion that ‘the regional context’ is an important yet under-theorized area for research on venture creation and family business.

Keywords: Family Business, Start-up, Population Ecology, Regional Science

JEL Classification: R12, M13, L21

Suggested Citation

Bird, Miriam and Wennberg, Karl, Regional Influences on the Prevalence of Family Versus Non-Family Start-Ups (July 1, 2013). Journal of Business Venturing, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2288132

Miriam Bird (Contact Author)

Stockholm School of Economics ( email )

PO Box 6501
Stockholm, 11383
Sweden

Karl Wennberg

Linkoping University - Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS) ( email )

Norrköping, 601 74
Sweden

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