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Seeking info about employees of start-ups & small businesses

  • 1.  Seeking info about employees of start-ups & small businesses

    Posted 10-23-2009 18:56
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    Seeking info about employees of start-ups & small businesses:

    I am looking for any publications that might provide evidence that employees of start-ups and/or small businesses work harder (or work longer hours, or have higher productivity, or work faster) than their counterparts at larger, more established companies.  

    Any type of evidence is OK -- systematic or anecdotal.  
    Any source is OK -- research, journalism, memoirs, etc.

    I am also looking for any research literature that might attempt to explain WHY this phenomenon occurs -- i.e., why employees work harder, longer, faster, or more productively at start-ups or small businesses than at larger, more established companies.

    Any type of research is OK -- theoretical or empirical

    Thanks in advance for any guidance you can provide.

    Best regards,
    Rich Makadok

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    Goizueta Business School
    Emory University
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