Hybrid Entrepreneurship

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Folta, Timothy B.; Delmar, Frederic; Wennberg, Karl
• 署名单位: Purdue University System; Purdue University; emlyon business school; Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN); Imperial College London; Stockholm School of Economics
• 刊物名称: MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0025-1909
• DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1094
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 253-269
• 关键词: self-employment; entrepreneurship; entry; Real options; learning

摘要

In contrast to previous efforts to model an individual's movement from wage work into entrepreneurship, we consider that individuals might transition incrementally by retaining their wage job while entering into self-employment. We show that these hybrid entrepreneurs represent a significant share of all entrepreneurial activity. Theoretical arguments are proposed to suggest why hybrid entrants are distinct from self-employment entrants, and why hybrid entry may facilitate subsequent entry into full self-employment. We demonstrate that there are significant theoretical and empirical consequences for this group and our understanding of self-employment entry and labor market dynamics. Using matched employee-employer data over eight years, we test the model on a population of Swedish wage earners in the knowledge-intensive sector.