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André van Stel

André van Stel

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
45
Citations
14833
World Ranking
1256
National Ranking
2

Economics and Finance

D-Index
45
Citations
14887
World Ranking
1722
National Ranking
2

Overview

André van Stel is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and specializes in research within the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Social Sciences. Their work focuses primarily on subfields such as Management of Technology and Innovation, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and General Health Professions.

Van Stel's research covers a broad array of topics including Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Family Business Performance and Succession, Employment and Welfare Studies, Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy, Retirement, Disability, and Employment, Firm Innovation and Growth, and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality.

Their recent papers include:

  • "Formal and informal entrepreneurship: a cross-country policy perspective," 2021, published in Small Business Economics
  • "The relationship between financial distress and well-being: Exploring the role of self-employment," 2020, published in International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship
  • "Solo self-employment--Key policy challenges," 2023, published in Journal of Economic Surveys
  • "Measuring performance differentials across entrepreneurship types," 2021, published in International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
  • "Entrepreneurship as emancipation: a process framework for female entrepreneurs in resource-constrained environments," 2023, published in Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Van Stel frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Martha O'Hagan-Luff
  • Jerzy Cieślik
  • Dieter Bögenhold
  • José María Millán
  • Zulaicha Parastuty

Their work has appeared in a number of publication venues, with multiple papers published in the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, and the International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Other publications include Small Business Economics and Journal of Economic Surveys.

Best Publications

  • The Effect of Entrepreneurial Activity on National Economic Growth

    André van Stel;Martin Carree;A. Roy Thurik

  • Nascent Entrepreneurship and the Level of Economic Development

    Sander Wennekers;André J. van Stel;A. Roy Thurik;Paul Reynolds

  • Economic Development and Business Ownership: An Analysis Using Data of 23 OECD Countries in the Period 1976–1996

    Martin Carree;André van Stel;Roy Thurik;Sander Wennekers

  • The Effect of Business Regulations on Nascent and Young Business Entrepreneurship

    André van Stel;David J. Storey;A. Roy Thurik;A. Roy Thurik

  • Does self-employment reduce unemployment?

    A. Roy Thurik;A. Roy Thurik;Martin A. Carree;André J. van Stel;David B. Audretsch;David B. Audretsch

  • Explaining female and male entrepreneurship at the country level

    Ingrid Verheul;André J. van Stel;A. Roy Thurik

  • The Link between Firm Births and Job Creation: Is there a Upas Tree Effect?

    André J. van Stel;David J. Storey

  • Uncertainty avoidance and the rate of business ownership across 21 OECD countries, 1976–2004

    Sander Wennekers;A. Roy Thurik;A. Roy Thurik;André van Stel;André van Stel;Niels Noorderhaven

  • The relationship between economic development and business ownership revisited

    Martin Carree;André van Stel;A. Roy Thurik;Sander Wennekers

  • The Role of Dissatisfaction and per Capita Income in Explaining Self-Employment across 15 European Countries

    Niels Noorderhaven;A. Roy Thurik;Sander Wennekers;André J. van Stel

  • Impeded industrial restructuring : the growth penalty

    David B. Audretsch;Martin A. Carree;Adriaan J. Van Stel;A. Roy Thurik

  • The Impact of New Firm Formation on Regional Development in the Netherlands

    André van Stel;Kashifa Suddle

  • The effects of new firm formation on regional development over time: The case of Great Britain

    Pamela Mueller;André J. van Stel;David J. Storey

  • The relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development: Is it U-Shaped?

    Sander Wennekers;André van Stel;Martin Carree;Roy Thurik

  • Nascent Entrepreneurship and the Level of Economic Development

    Roy Thurik;Paul D. Reynolds;S. Wennekers;Andre J. van Stel

  • The geography of new firm formation: Evidence from independent start-ups and new subsidiaries in the Netherlands

    Niels Bosma;André van Stel;Kashifa Suddle

  • The value of an educated population for an individual's entrepreneurship success

    José María Millán;Emilio Congregado;Concepción Román;Mirjam van Praag;Mirjam van Praag

  • Disentangling the effects of organizational capabilities, innovation and firm size on SME sales growth

    Lorraine M. Uhlaner;André van Stel;Valérie Duplat;Haibo Zhou

  • Entrepreneurship, export orientation, and economic growth

    Jolanda Hessels;André van Stel

  • The relation between entrepreneurship and economic development: Is it U-shaped?

    S. Wennekers;A. van Stel;M. Carree;R. Thurik

  • COMPENDIA: Harmonizing Business Ownership Data Across Countries and Over Time

    André van Stel

  • High-Growth Entrepreneurs, Public Policies, and Economic Growth

    André van Stel;Jolanda Hessels;Erik Stam;Kashifa Suddle

  • HIGH GROWTH ENTREPRENEURS, PUBLIC POLICIES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

    Erik Stam;Kashifa Suddle;S. Jolanda A. Hessels;André J. van Stel

  • Types of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

    Erik Stam;André J. van Stel

  • Explaining Female and Male Entrepreneurship at the Country Level

    Ingrid Verheul;Ingrid Verheul;André van Stel;Roy Thurik

Frequent Co-Authors

Roy Thurik
Roy Thurik Montpellier Business School
Martin Carree
Martin Carree Maastricht University
David J. Storey
David J. Storey University of Sussex
Ingrid Verheul
Ingrid Verheul Erasmus University Rotterdam
Niels Noorderhaven
Niels Noorderhaven Tilburg University
Mirjam van Praag
Mirjam van Praag Copenhagen Business School
David B. Audretsch
David B. Audretsch Indiana University
Paul D. Reynolds
Paul D. Reynolds Aston University
Dirk De Clercq
Dirk De Clercq Brock University
Erik Stam
Erik Stam Utrecht University

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