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Dirk De Clercq

Distinguished Professor of Management, Goodman School of Business, Brock University
Verified email at brocku.ca
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Human capital, social capital, and innovation: a multi-country study

M Dakhli, D De Clercq - Entrepreneurship & regional development, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The authors examine the effects of two forms of capital, ie human capital and social capital,
on innovation at the country level. We use secondary data from the World Development …

The internationalization of small and medium-sized firms

DD Clercq, HJ Sapienza, H Crijns - Small business economics, 2005 - Springer
This paper contributes to the existing research by integrating the notions of organizational
learning and entrepreneurial orientation into the body of international entrepreneurship. Our …

A network-based approach on opportunity recognition

P Arenius, DD Clercq - Small business economics, 2005 - Springer
This paper argues that individuals differ in terms of their perception of opportunities because
of the differences between the networks they are embedded in. We focus on two aspects of …

An entrepreneur's guide to the venture capital galaxy

D De Clercq, VH Fried, O Lehtonen… - Academy of …, 2006 - journals.aom.org
Executive Overview This article provides a foundation for an understanding of the dynamics
of venture capital from the entrepreneur's point of view. An important aspect of …

The moderating impact of internal social exchange processes on the entrepreneurial orientation–performance relationship

D De Clercq, D Dimov, NT Thongpapanl - Journal of business venturing, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper applies a social exchange perspective to understand the internal contingencies
of the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and performance. It focuses on …

Institutional context and the allocation of entrepreneurial effort

HP Bowen, D De Clercq - Journal of international business studies, 2008 - Springer
The type of activity in which entrepreneurs engage is likely to influence the potential
contribution of entrepreneurship to economic growth and prosperity. Yet the entrepreneurship …

The moderating effect of institutional context on the relationship between associational activity and new business activity in emerging economies

D De Clercq, WM Danis, M Dakhli - International Business Review, 2010 - Elsevier
Varying institutional environments provide the foundation for a great deal of international
business (IB) research yet relatively little empirical work has examined the association between …

Individual–level resources and new business activity: The contingent role of institutional context

D De Clercq, DSK Lim, CH Oh - … Theory and Practice, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
This study considers the relationship between people's access to resources and their
likelihood to start a new business, and particularly how this relationship might be moderated by …

Locomotion in bonobos (Pan paniscus): differences and similarities between bipedal and quadrupedal terrestrial walking, and a comparison with other locomotor …

…, E Vereecke, K Schoonaert, D De Clercq… - Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
One of the great ongoing debates in palaeo‐anthropology is when, and how, hominids
acquired habitual bipedal locomotion. The newly adopted bipedal gait and the ancestral …

The roles of learning orientation and passion for work in the formation of entrepreneurial intention

D De Clercq, B Honig, B Martin - … small business journal, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
In order to extend understanding of the drivers that underlie entrepreneurial intention formation,
this article investigates the hitherto underexplored roles of people’s learning orientation …