Catching Gazelles with a Lasso: Big data techniques for the prediction of high-growth firms

A Coad, S Srhoj - Small Business Economics, 2020 - Springer
We investigate whether our limited ability to predict high-growth firms (HGF) is because
previous research has used a restricted set of explanatory variables, and in particular …

Bidding against the odds? The impact evaluation of grants for young micro and small firms during the recession

S Srhoj, B Škrinjarić, S Radas - Small Business Economics, 2021 - Springer
Impact evaluations of business development grants targeting young firms have been
somewhat neglected in the literature. While most research studies focus on the impact of …

Small matching grants for women entrepreneurs: lessons from the past recession

S Srhoj, B Škrinjarić, S Radas, J Walde - Small business economics, 2021 - Springer
During the economic slowdown caused by the financial crisis in 2008, grants for
entrepreneurs were made available to support economic development. Whether such a …

Do firms supported by credit guarantee schemes report better financial results 2 years after the end of intervention?

O Dvouletý, J Čadil, K Mirošník - … BE Journal of Economic Analysis & …, 2019 - degruyter.com
The study contributes to underdeveloped knowledge on effects of SME policies in Central
and Eastern Europe. We evaluate two Czech credit guarantee schemes funded from EU …

Managerial characteristics and export performance–empirical evidence from Kosovo

M Kotorri, BA Krasniqi - South East European Journal of Economics …, 2018 - sciendo.com
Guided by managerial theory and behavioural economics, as well as the literature on
exporting, this study combines the upper echelons perspective with the Melitz model to …

Getting ready for EU Single Market: The effect of export-oriented grant schemes on firm performance

S Srhoj, J Walde - Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper we analyze the impact of an export-oriented grant scheme created in
anticipation of accession of a country to the European Union. The scheme aimed to support …

Informal economy in Bosnia and Herzegovina–an empirical investigation

E Pasovic, AS Efendic - South East European Journal of Economics …, 2018 - sciendo.com
This paper explores the size of the informal economy in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) over
the period 1998-2016, based on an indirect method of measurement known as the MIMIC …

[图书][B] Closing the finance gap by nudging: impact assessment of public grants for women entrepreneurs

S Srhoj, B Škrinjarić, S Radas, JF Walde - 2019 - core.ac.uk
Several recent papers draw attention to a lack of rigorous research on public policies
supporting women entrepreneurs' competitiveness. This paper evaluates the effect of small …

Do small public grants boost tourism firms' performance?

S Srhoj, V Vitezić, J Walde - Tourism economics, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study provides new evidence on the impact of tourism grants for service-standard
improvement on tourism firm performance. Small matching grants provided to firms in two …

“Fine... I'll do it myself”: Lessons from self-employment grants in a long recession period

S Srhoj, I Zilic - IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2021 - sciendo.com
This paper evaluates the effect of a self-employment grant scheme for unemployed
individuals—designed to ease the first 12 months of business operation—on firm growth …