Factors Influencing New-Business Formation

A Case Study of Northern Ireland

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4142015
AutoresR T Harrison (Northern Ireland Economic Council, Bulloch House, 2 Linenhall Street, Belfast BT2 8HA, Northern Ireland), Richard Harrison (0000-0002-0154-0039), Mark Hart (0000-0001-5253-5873)
Año1983
Volumen15
Número10
Páginas1395-1412
Fecha de publicación1983-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a151395
OpenAlexW1976310219
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas12

This paper examines some of the factors which influence the creation of small businesses and the development of entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland. Particular attention is given to the investigation of the macroeconomic constraints on the process of new-business formation, which influence the decision of individuals to establish businesses themselves. Data on company registrations in Northern Ireland over the period 1951-1980 give some support to the proposition that new-business formation is a response to two sets of factors, 'push' factors and 'pull' factors. Push factors encourage an individual to leave paid employment (or more rarely unemployment) to establish his own business, and it is argued that the threat of unemployment is a significant factor in this decision. Pull factors operate in the opposite manner, making more attractive the opportunities and benefits of self-employment. Of particular interest in this respect is the apparent importance of upturns, or perceived upturns, in economic activity. On the basis of these findings, a number of suggestions for further more detailed research are made

Business · Business cycle · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Job creation · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Northern ireland · Proposition · Sociology · Unemployment · Computer Science · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Firm Innovation and Growth · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Finance