Explaining recent trends in Uk new firm formation rates: evidence from two surveys in South Hampshire
Explaining recent trends in Uk new firm formation rates: evidence from two surveys in South Hampshire
The paper contributes to the debate on the reasons for the increase in business start-ups in the UK since the late 1970s. It compares the results of a survey of new manufacturing firms started since 1979 in South Hampshire with a previously conducted survey of firms started between 1976 and 1979. The study provides partial support for the recession-push explanation: the post-1979 cohort contained a higher proportion of firms started by founders who were unemployed/redundant, although there was no evidence to support other aspects of the recession-push explanation. The study fails to support structural change explanations. In addition, there was no evidence that government assistance to small businesses had been a significant factor in the formation of the post-1979 cohort of new businesses.
University of Southampton
Mason, Colin
4d236256-3501-4e30-9248-f3a0cd35e551
November 1988
Mason, Colin
4d236256-3501-4e30-9248-f3a0cd35e551
Mason, Colin
(ed.)
(1988)
Explaining recent trends in Uk new firm formation rates: evidence from two surveys in South Hampshire
(Urban Policy Research Unit, Working Papers)
Southampton, GB.
University of Southampton
64pp.
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The paper contributes to the debate on the reasons for the increase in business start-ups in the UK since the late 1970s. It compares the results of a survey of new manufacturing firms started since 1979 in South Hampshire with a previously conducted survey of firms started between 1976 and 1979. The study provides partial support for the recession-push explanation: the post-1979 cohort contained a higher proportion of firms started by founders who were unemployed/redundant, although there was no evidence to support other aspects of the recession-push explanation. The study fails to support structural change explanations. In addition, there was no evidence that government assistance to small businesses had been a significant factor in the formation of the post-1979 cohort of new businesses.
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Published date: November 1988
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Geography & Environment
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Local EPrints ID: 362546
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/362546
ISSN: 0140-9875
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