%A D.Y. Glastra
%X This thesis investigates the applicability of determinants of new firm formation in the Netherlands on the municipality level. First, a longitudinal panel regression is used to determine which municipalities show unexplained variation between observed and estimated new firm formation rates to investigate whether determinants abstracted from literature fit to the observed situation. Second, it identifies socio-economic characteristics that contribute to this unexplained variation. The latter is executed within a qualitative multiple case study analysis on the context-specific characteristics of four municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Amstrerdam. The main identified factors are the regional spatial structure and the extraordinary postion of Amstrdam, which result in effects of borrowed urbanisation in the Gooi-&-Vechstreek-region. These effects are stronger here due to highly-valued living environment, entrepreneurial culture and high degree of connectivity to relevant markets. In line with existing literature, entrepreneurship policy is not perceived to have a major impact on entrepreneurial activity.
%L theses_frw1979
%D 2019
%T Against all odds: where do people start firms? Investigating less tangible determinants of new firm formation in the Netherlands