entrepreneurship

The Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity is the first study to measure business start-up activity for the entire U.S. adult population at the individual owner level. The data are derived from the monthly Current Population Survey, a national population survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The paper reviews and evaluates the current status of research dealing with entrepreneurship, social capital and trust. The proposed framework rests on the recognition that entrepreneurial activities are results of social interactions and mechanisms.

The paper emphasizes the interplay between subsidiary entrepreneurship and the subsidiarys competitive environment—it shows how certain subsidiary attributes emerge as a function of these factors, and how they ultimately affect the performance of the subsidiary. Specific hypotheses are developed and tested on 24 Multinational Subsidiaries in Scotland.

Drawing from entrepreneurship theory, the author proposes an alternative perspective from which to approach country risk. By focusing on both the downside and upside elements of country risk, strategies may be devised to harvest upside volatility while containing downside volatility.

The paper reports the results of a panel data study among a representative sample of 6,111 young U.S. citizens who have been interviewed on a regular basis over a period of about two decades. Findings reveal that internality affects earnings positively, that this effect is stronger for entrepreneurs, and that education positively interacts with internality

The returns to education (RTE) for entrepreneurs, unlike for employees, have not yet been estimated by methods coping with the potential endogeneity problem. The authors estimate the RTE for entrepreneurs and employees while testing for and coping with this problem.

The effect of foreign-owned companies on entrepreneurial survival in the Finnish business sector is analyzed by using a new, exceptionally rich linked data on employees, entrepreneurs and their companies. According to the results, foreign-owned companies crowd out local entrepreneurship.

This paper explores the potential of the Finnish Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data (FLEED) in the analysis of entrepreneurship. It is found that these data are excellent for analyzing a certain sort of self-employed individuals who exercise their profession on their own account.

This essay argues that the emerging interest in entrepreneurial development strategies is the start of something new, but does not yet reflect a coherent and comprehensive alternative model for state and local economic development policies.

This paper studies academic entrepreneurs using a comprehensive database on venture-backed companies. Findings indicate that entrepreneurial activities among university employees concentrate in biotechnology and information technology industries.