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Good times, bad times: entrepreneurship and the business cycle

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  • Juan Sanchis Llopis

    (Department of Applied Economics II - UV - Universitat de València)

  • José María Millán

    (Universidad de Huelva)

  • Rui Baptista

    (Brunel University London [Uxbridge], CEG - IST - Center for Management Studies, Instituto Superior Técnico [Porto Salvo] - Technical University of Lisbon)

  • Andrew Burke

    (Trinity College Dublin)

  • Simon Parker

    (Ivey School of Business - UWO - University of Western Ontario)

  • Roy Thurik

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam, MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier)

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This article introduces the special issue on Entrepreneurship and the Business Cycle, comprising articles presented at the workshop Good Times Bad Times: Entrepreneurship and the Cycle, held at the University of Valencia in November 2011. The workshop was organized to share insights about the under-researched issue of the interplay between entrepreneurship and cyclical dimensions of entrepreneurship.
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  • Juan Sanchis Llopis & José María Millán & Rui Baptista & Andrew Burke & Simon Parker & Roy Thurik, 2015. "Good times, bad times: entrepreneurship and the business cycle," Post-Print hal-02013660, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02013660
    DOI: 10.1007/s11365-015-0361-8
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