entrepreneurship

Effect of Entrepreneurship On National Economic Growth: An Analysis Using the GEM Database

The authors investigate whether a new and
promising concept, Total Entrepreneurial Activity, influences GDP growth for 36 countries in a recent period. The aim of the study is to investigate to what extent the role of entrepreneurship has changed in the last decades of the 20th century.

Making Regional Competence Blocs Attractive - On the Critical Role of
Entrepreneurship and Firm Turnover in Regional Economic Growth

According to the authors, radically new technology offers the prospect of a new and high productivity economy for the industrially advanced economies. These opportunities are rapidly taken advantage of by innovative firms operating across national borders. Rapid globalization, therefore, makes the regional dimension of economic growth increasingly overshadow the national dimension.

Do Intangible Assets and Pre-founding R&D Efforts Matter for
Innovation Speed in Start-Ups

The authors collected a unique dataset on 99 research-based start-ups (RBSUs) and use an event-history approach to test our model. Findings indicate that RBSUs differ significantly in their starting conditions and that these differences have a significant effect on the time it takes to launch the first product.

On the Efficacy of Reforms: Policy Tinkering, Institutional Change, and Entrepreneurship

The authors analyze the interplay of policy reform and entrepreneurship in a model where investment decisions and policy outcomes are both subject to uncertainty. Findings indicate that institutional reforms work best in settings where entrepreneurial activity is weak, while it is likely to produce disappointing outcomes where the cost discovery process is vibrant.