Against all odds: where do people start firms? Investigating less tangible determinants of new firm formation in the Netherlands Student: Dion (D.Y.) Glastra, BSc. Supervisor: dr. Sierdjan (S.) Koster University of Groningen Faculty of Spatial Sciences Department of Economic Geography Against all odds: where do people start firms? Master’s Thesis Economic Geography Colophon Document title: Against all odds: where do people start firms? Investigating less tangible determinants of new firm formation in the Netherlands Document short title: Against all odds: where do people start firms? Date: January 22nd, 2019 Author: D.Y. (Dion) Glastra, BSc. Student number: S2222140 Contact details: :
[email protected] : (00 31) (0)6 55 07 44 13 Document type: Master’s Thesis Status: Final version Study programme: Economic Geography (EG) Educational institute: University of Groningen Faculty of Spatial Sciences Department of Economic Geography Landleven 1 9747 AD Groningen Research supervisor and 1st assessor: dr. S. (Sierdjan) Koster (
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[email protected]) Credentials of cover Word cloud (own work, made possible by www.woordwolk.nl) picture: 1 Against all odds: where do people start firms? Master’s Thesis Economic Geography Preface The thesis that is in your hands now, marks the end of the Master Programme in Economic Geography (EG) and, as such, the end of a very exciting, informative and enriching period of my life. This master programme in particular and the entire period of studying at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences and the University of Groningen in general shaped my personality.