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    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:53:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Animal-friendly traditions? Animal welfare considerations in product specifications of EU geographical indications</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/330251</link>
      <description>Title: Animal-friendly traditions? Animal welfare considerations in product specifications of EU geographical indications
Authors: Höhn, Gero Laurenz; Huysmans, Martijn
Abstract: The regulation on GI foods such as Parmesan cheese has been reinforced to promote more sustainable and animal-friendly food systems. Although GIs tend to be perceived as more animal-friendly due to their allegedly artisanal production, no previous research has broadly investigated the binding specifications for animal welfare across different GIs, despite known scandals and the lack of common rules. This study systematically analyses product specifications of 86 GI cow cheeses from France, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands. It reveals that 41% of the considered GIs commit to mandatory grazing days and 24% define a corresponding minimum space of grassland per cow. However, overall, the results indicate that the current contribution of GIs is limited. When compared to recognised criteria of animal welfare labels, the findings suggest that consumers should seek such established certification labels rather than relying on GI labels. For GIs to become genuinely animalfriendly, harmonisation and higher standards regarding indoor husbandry, painful procedures and calf treatment could be considered. As an alternative approach, GI producers might consider voluntarily aligning with existing animal welfare standards. Such alignment could enhance the credibility of their claims without adding a complex layer of rules to their own specifications.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Firm purpose and employee ownership</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/330257</link>
      <description>Title: Firm purpose and employee ownership
Authors: Halbertsma, Anne-Sophie; Stam, Erik
Abstract: This paper presents an analytical economic democracy-shared capitalism framework to better understanding of the nature and firm-level drivers of employee ownership, in particular the purpose of the firm. This framework allows us to answer the question: to what extent and how does firm purpose affect the nature of employee ownership? We empirically assess the extent to which firm purpose is related to distinct employee ownership types, with data from a survey of a representative sample of 620 firms with more than ten employees in The Netherlands. Our findings show that worker cooperatives are strongly associated with firms pursuing a social purpose, while employee share ownership and profit and gain sharing are not. In fact, shared capitalism forms of employee ownership do not significantly differ in firm purpose from firms without employee ownership.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The entrepreneurial ecosystem clock keeps on ticking – Regional persistence of high-growth firms</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/323053</link>
      <description>Title: The entrepreneurial ecosystem clock keeps on ticking – Regional persistence of high-growth firms
Authors: van Dijk, Jasper J.; Leendertse, Jip; Stam, Erik; van Rijnsoever, Frank
Abstract: The entrepreneurial ecosystem framework rests on the assumption that regional conditions enable productive entrepreneurship. However, existing studies lack longitudinal designs, and thereby provide limited evidence for causal mechanisms. In a first longitudinal step Coad and Srhoj (2023) argue that the relationship between entrepreneurial ecosystems and productive entrepreneurship only holds if the prevalence of high-growth firms, a proxy for productive entrepreneurship, in a region is persistent. They do not find consistent evidence of regional persistence of high-growth firms in Croatia and Slovenia. This leads them to conclude that the entrepreneurial ecosystem framework is not valuable for policymakers. We argue that their interpretation and generalization are incorrect. In fact, we argue that their findings are consistent with a further articulated entrepreneurial ecosystem theory. We provide a more articulated entrepreneurial ecosystem theory by formulating three hypotheses on causal mechanisms between entrepreneurial ecosystems and productive entrepreneurship. To test these hypotheses, we first replicate the study by Coad and Srhoj (2023) at two regional levels in the Netherlands with three measures of high-growth firms and in European regions with a measure of potential high-growth firms. We then extend the study by Coad and Srhoj (2023) and show that there is a positive relation between entrepreneurial ecosystem quality as well as entrepreneurial ecosystem size and regional persistence of high-growth firms. Our results challenge the dismissal of the entrepreneurial ecosystem theory. We propose a more nuanced understanding that considers regional differences in the effects of entrepreneurial ecosystem quality and size on the persistence of high-growth firms.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Unicorns: from Silicon Valley to a global phenomenon?</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/323052</link>
      <description>Title: Unicorns: from Silicon Valley to a global phenomenon?
Authors: Vogelaar, Jan Jacob; Stam, Erik
Abstract: While unicorns are often associated with Silicon Valley, new data suggest that this might be changing. This chapter documents how the global geography of unicorns has evolved. It analyses the development of the number of unicorns, relates it to population and explores the distribution over industries. The analysis dedicates particular attention to the role of emerging economies. This is timely, as they have recently taken a more prominent role in the global unicorn landschape. Even though the global distribution of unicorns is highly skewed, an increasing number of unicorns is found beyond the typical hotspots. We develop a research agenda and discuss whether targeting unicorns is sensible policy for emerging economies. We argue that the societal returns of targeting unicorns in emerging economies are highly uncertain.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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