Cranfield School of Management

Andre van Stel MSc and PhD (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

 Visiting Fellow

Entrepreneurship

Dr André van Stel (1975) is a Senior Researcher at EIM Business and Policy Research (a member of Panteia) in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands. EIM is a large research company investigating topics of small business and entrepreneurship. Besides a two-year period as a Senior Research Fellow at the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurial Performance and Economics (2006-2008), André’s past affiliations include the Max Planck Institute of Economics, the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and the University of Amsterdam. André holds a PhD in Economics and a Masters Degree in Econometrics, both from Erasmus University Rotterdam. His main research interests are in the areas of the determinants and consequences of entrepreneurship and in topics of industrial organisation. André has published in numerous journals including Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Small Business Economics and Venture Capital. As a Visiting Fellow at the Bettany Centre, André’s research focuses on the interrelationships between levels of new venture entry and exit and average profits at the industry level. Another research topic of interest is the behaviour of informal investors. In investigating these matters André works closely with Professor Andrew Burke. 

 Publications (as of July 2011)

 Books
 
A.J. van Stel (2006), ‘Empirical Analysis of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth’ (International Studies in Entrepreneurship series, Vol. 13), New York: Springer Science.

A.J. van Stel (2005), ‘Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Some Empirical Studies’ (Tinbergen Institute Research Series, Vol. 350), Amsterdam: Thela Thesis. 
 

Articles in refereed journals

Articles in refereed journals
S. Koster, A.J. van Stel and M. Folkeringa, ‘Start-ups as Drivers of Market Mobility: An Analysis at the Region-Sector Level for the Netherlands’, Small Business Economics, forthcoming.

S.J.A. Hessels and A.J. van Stel, ‘Entrepreneurship, Export Orientation, and Economic Growth’, Small Business Economics, forthcoming.

E. Congregado, A. Golpe and A.J. van Stel, ‘The ‘Recession-push’ Hypothesis Reconsidered’, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, forthcoming.

E. Congregado, A. Golpe and A.J. van Stel (2011), ‘Exploring the Big Jump in the Spanish Unemployment Rate: Evidence on an ‘Added-worker’ Effect’, Economic Modelling 28 (3), 1099-1105.

M. Folkeringa, A.J. van Stel, K. Suddle and S.Y.G.L. Tan (2011), ‘Measuring Business Dynamics Among Incumbent Firms in The Netherlands’, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 12 (2), 185-206.

A.R.M. Wennekers, A.J. van Stel, M.A. Carree and A.R. Thurik (2010), ‘The Relationship Between Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Is It U-shaped?’, Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship 6 (3), 167-237.

A.E. Burke, A.J. van Stel and A.R. Thurik (2010), ‘Blue Ocean vs. Five Forces’, Harvard Business Review 88 (5), 28.

A.E. Burke, C.M. Hartog, A.J. van Stel and K. Suddle (2010), ‘How Does Entrepreneurial Activity Affect the Supply of Informal Investors?’, Venture Capital 12 (1), 21-47.

A.R. Thurik, M.A. Carree, A.J. van Stel and D.B. Audretsch (2008), ‘Does Self-employment Reduce Unemployment?’, Journal of Business Venturing 23 (6), 673-686.

D. De Clercq, S.J.A. Hessels and A.J. van Stel (2008), ‘Knowledge Spillovers and New Ventures’ Export Orientation’, Small Business Economics 31 (3), 283-303.

N.S. Bosma, A.J. van Stel and K. Suddle (2008), ‘The Geography of New Firm Formation: Evidence from Independent Start-Ups and New Subsidiaries in the Netherlands’, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal 4 (2), 129-146.

A.J. van Stel and K. Suddle (2008), ‘The Impact of New Firm Formation on Regional Development in the Netherlands’, Small Business Economics 30 (1), 31-47.

P. Mueller, A.J. van Stel and D.J. Storey (2008), ‘The Effects of New Firm Formation on Regional Development over Time: The Case of Great Britain’, Small Business Economics 30 (1), 59-71.

S.J.A. Hessels, A.J. van Stel, P. Brouwer and A.R.M. Wennekers (2007), ‘Social Security Arrangements and Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity’, Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal 28 (4), 743-774.

M.A. Carree, A.J. van Stel, A.R. Thurik and A.R.M. Wennekers (2007), ‘The Relationship Between Economic Development and Business Ownership Revisited’, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 19 (3), 281-291.

A.J. van Stel, D.J. Storey and A.R. Thurik (2007), ‘The Effect of Business Regulations on Nascent and Young Business Entrepreneurship’, Small Business Economics 28 (2-3), 171-186.

A.R.M. Wennekers, A.R. Thurik, A.J. van Stel and N.G. Noorderhaven (2007), ‘Uncertainty Avoidance and the Rate of Business Ownership across 21 OECD Countries, 1976-2004’, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 17 (2), 133-160.

I. Verheul, A.J. van Stel, A.R. Thurik and D. Urbano (2006), ‘The Relationship between Business Ownership and Unemployment in Spain: A Matter of Quantity or Quality?’, Estudios de Economía Aplicada 24 (2), 435-457.

A.J. van Stel and V. Stunnenberg (2006), ‘Linking Business Ownership and Perceived Administrative Complexity’, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 13 (1), 7-22.

I. Verheul, A.J. van Stel and A.R. Thurik (2006), ‘Explaining Female and Male Entrepreneurship at the Country Level’, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 18 (2), 151-183.

A.J. van Stel, M.A. Carree and A.R. Thurik (2005), ‘The Effect of Entrepreneurial Activity on National Economic Growth’, Small Business Economics 24 (3), 311-321.

A.R.M. Wennekers, A.J. van Stel, A.R. Thurik and P.D. Reynolds (2005), ‘Nascent Entrepreneurship and the Level of Economic Development’, Small Business Economics 24 (3), 293-309.

A.J. van Stel (2005), ‘COMPENDIA: Harmonizing Business Ownership Data Across Countries and Over Time’, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal 1 (1), 105-123.

A.J. van Stel and D.J. Storey (2004), ‘The Link Between Firm Births and Job Creation: Is there a Upas Tree Effect?’, Regional Studies 38 (8), 893-909.

N.G. Noorderhaven, A.R. Thurik, A.R.M. Wennekers and A.J. van Stel (2004), ‘The Role of Dissatisfaction and Per Capita Income in Explaining Self-Employment across 15 European Countries’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 28 (5), 447-466.

A.J. van Stel and M.A. Carree (2004), ‘Business Ownership and Sectoral Growth: An Empirical Analysis of 21 OECD Countries’, International Small Business Journal 22 (4), 389-419.

A.J. van Stel and H.R. Nieuwenhuijsen (2004), ‘Knowledge Spillovers and Economic Growth: An Analysis Using Data of Dutch Regions in the Period 1987-1995’, Regional Studies 38 (4), 393-407.

M.A. Carree, A.J. van Stel, A.R. Thurik and A.R.M. Wennekers (2002), ‘Economic Development and Business Ownership: An Analysis Using Data of 23 OECD Countries in the Period 1976-1996’, Small Business Economics 19 (3), 271-290.

D.B. Audretsch, M.A. Carree, A.J. van Stel and A.R. Thurik (2002), ‘Impeded Industrial Restructuring: The Growth Penalty’, Kyklos 55 (1), 81-98.


Book chapters in edited volumes
 
E. Stam, C.M. Hartog, A.J. van Stel and A.R. Thurik (2011), ‘Ambitious Entrepreneurship, High-Growth Firms, and Macroeconomic Growth’, in: M. Minniti (ed.), The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship: Theory and Evidence, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 231-249.

E. Stam and A.J. van Stel (2011), ‘Types of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth’, in: A. Szirmai, W. Naudé and M. Goedhuys (eds.), Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Development, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 78-95.

I. Verheul and A.J. van Stel (2010), ‘Entrepreneurial Diversity and Economic Growth’, in: J. Bonnet, D. García Pérez De Lema and H. Van Auken (eds.), The Entrepreneurial Society: How to Fill the Gap Between Knowledge and Innovation, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, US: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 17-36.

E. Stam, K. Suddle, S.J.A. Hessels and A.J. van Stel (2009), ‘High-Growth Entrepreneurs, Public Policies, and Economic Growth’, in: J. Leitao and R. Baptista (eds.), Public Policies for Fostering Entrepreneurship: A European Perspective (International Studies in Entrepreneurship series, Vol. 22), New York: Springer Science, 91-110.

A. Golpe and A.J. van Stel (2008), ‘Self-Employment and Unemployment in Spanish Regions in the Period 1979–2001’, in: E. Congregado (ed.), Measuring Entrepreneurship: Building a Statistical System (International Studies in Entrepreneurship series, Vol. 16), New York: Springer Science, 191-204.

S.J.A. Hessels and A.J. van Stel (2008), ‘Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Entrepreneurs’ Export Orientation’, in: E. Congregado (ed.), Measuring Entrepreneurship: Building a Statistical System (International Studies in Entrepreneurship series, Vol. 16), New York: Springer Science, 265-278.

R. Baptista, A.J. van Stel and A.R. Thurik (2006), ‘Entrepreneurship, Industrial Restructuring and Unemployment in Portugal’, in: E. Santarelli (ed.), ‘Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Innovation: The Dynamics of Firms and Industries (International Studies in Entrepreneurship series, Vol. 12), New York: Springer Science, 223-241.