Nardo E. de Vries- MSc
- PhD Student at Maastricht University
Nardo E. de Vries
- MSc
- PhD Student at Maastricht University
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Introduction
My name is Nardo de Vries (1977) and I am a researcher and PhD candidate at the School of Business and Economics from Maastricht University. I teach Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management and International Business Research Methods. My main research focus is on (solo) self-employment and freelance entrepreneurial activity. I am (co-)author of several scientific papers on this topic, each addressing different aspects of solo entrepreneurship, such as networking activity, start-up motivation, ambitions and innovative behavior. I am experienced in setting up and analyzing longitudinal panel surveys (on solo self-employment). I participate as scientific expert in the CRSE network, an international Think Tank on Research on (Solo) Self-Employment based in London.
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January 2007 - December 2014
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Publications (9)
We review the literature on solo self-employment focusing on prevalence, characteristics and economic contributions. Besides providing explanations for the upward trend in solo self-employment observed in many Western economies, we shed light on the heterogeneity within the population of solo self-employed with respect to demographic characteristic...
We examine the impact of labour productivity growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on labour productivity growth of large firms in a 19-year panel of 26 European countries. We apply a dynamic panel data model that allows for macro-level interdependencies in productivity between small and large firms. Our main finding concerns a sizabl...
There has recently been noted a rapid increase in research attention to projects that involve outside project partners. Our knowledge of such inter-organizational projects, however, is limited. This paper reports large scale data from a repeated trend survey amongst 2,000 SMEs in 2006 and 2009 that focused on inter-organizational project ventures....
We explore what strategies incumbent micro firms adopt when they are faced with different levels of competition, using longitudinal data from 2134 micro firms in Trento, Italy. We measure their preference for a cost leadership or differentiation strategy compared to the default of non-coherent strategic behavior. Our results confirm that a perceive...
This paper investigates the relationship between
start-up motivation (opportunity versus necessity) and entrepreneurial
performance of an important subset of entrepreneurs,
viz., the solo self-employed. We use a unique
individual-level panel data set of solo self-employed in the
Netherlands (2010–2011) and construct three separate
measures derived...
Het doel van dit onderzoek is om meer inzicht te krijgen in de ondernemendheid binnen de culturele erfgoedsector, in casu musea en openbare bibliotheken. In hoeverre is er sprake van ondernemendheid binnen de sector. En: in hoeverre zijn culturele erfgoedinstellingen in staat om kansen te zien en te benutten, bijvoorbeeld door investeringen uit de...
Joining forces, or joint acquisition?The relation between network position and economic performance of solo self-employed
Joining forces, or joint acquisition?The relation between network position and economic performance of solo self-employed
Solo self-employed individuals form an increasing proportion of the labor market. Their network position m...
An increasing proportion of the Dutch labour market is formed by the solo selfemployed (i.e. one person enterprises, mainly offering their own human capital). Knowledge on solo self-employed is still limited and this makes tailoring policy measures towards this group difficult. Their network position may play a crucial role in economic performance...
