Kristian Nielsen

Biographic Data

ID5919536
NAMEKristian Nielsen
GIVEN NAMESKristian
FAMILY NAMENielsen
SIGNATURENIELSEN K
AFFILIATIONSAalborg University
ORCID0000-0002-2790-4064
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS19
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Bureaucracy, work organization, and the transition to entrepreneurship

    Open AccessJacob Rubæk Holm, Kristian Nielsen et al.ARTICLESmall Business Economics2025

    Empirical studies have often established a negative relationship between the size of a firm where an individual is employed and the probability of that individual subsequently founding a business. This literature suggests that size captures work organization—particularly bureaucracy—and that bureaucracy affects the transition to entrepreneurship. However, many studies find that firm size is a poor proxy of work organization and, therefore, calls …

  • University graduates in metropolitan and peripheral areas

    Ina Drejer, Jacob Rubæk Holm et al.ARTICLERegional Studies2021Cited by: 2References: 3

    This study explores the relationship between mobility patterns, occupational choices and performance outcomes of university graduates from metropolitan and peripheral areas. After statistical matching, we find opposite outcomes for geographically mobile wage earners and entrepreneurs. Graduates from the periphery who stay in the study region to work have an inferior performance outcome compared with those who move to the metropolitan region. This…

  • Employment effects of investments in public employment services for disadvantaged social assistance recipients

    Open AccessRasmus Lind Ravn, Rasmus Ravn et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Social Security2019Cited by: 5References: 4

    Across the OECD countries, there is a growing consensus in favour of targeting active labour market policies (ALMP) on the disadvantaged unemployed and persons outside the labour force to increase their employment prospects. Despite increased efforts, little is known about what works for getting persons with physical, mental, and social problems into employment. Using difference-in-differences regressions and propensity score matching on longitud…

  • Entrepreneurship Within Urban and Rural Areas

    L Carlos Freire-Gibb, Kristian NielsenARTICLERegional Studies2013Cited by: 12References: 12

    Freire-Gibb L. C. and Nielsen K. Entrepreneurship within urban and rural areas: creative people and social networks, Regional Studies. This research puts forth hypotheses regarding the role of individual creativity and social networks in becoming an entrepreneur and surviving the critical first years in both urban and rural areas. Creativity is found to lead to start-ups in urban areas, where the environment is not only more supportive but also m…