The more the merrier: How owner-manager team size influences the potential economic contribution of owner-managed businesses across the world

Jonathan Levie, Johan De Borst

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Abstract

This chapter examines the relationship between team size and the potential economic contribution of early-stage and established businesses across 89 countries of the world, using data from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) collected between 2003 and 2012. The chapter explores how the impact of team size is affected by the quality of owner-managers and the complexity of the business. Potential economic contribution is measured in a variety of ways, including growth ambition, export propensity, export intensity and product/market innovation. The main findings are that the odds of an entrepreneur having a business with a high versus low potential economic contribution rises significantly with their education level, the size of their team, and the knowledge intensity of their business, both separately and in a three way combination.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationResearch Handbook on Entrepreneurial Teams
Subtitle of host publicationTheory and Practice
EditorsCyrine Ben-Hafaiedh, Thomas Cooney
Place of PublicationCheltenham
Pages144-163
Number of pages20
ISBN (Electronic)9781874713263
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jan 2017

Keywords

  • team size
  • owner managed business

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