entrepreneurship

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.

The paper proposes frameworks to guide much-needed further research and facilitate decision making about more focused support from a financial as well as a learning perspective regarding social entrepreneurship.

The paper discusses the literature that suggests various factors such as unemployment, population density/growth, industrial structure, human
capital, the availability of financing, and entrepreneurial characteristics significantly influence regional variation in new firm birth rates.

Using data from the Census Bureau that tracks all employers in the whole U.S. private sector economy, the authors examine the impact of externalities, as measured by entrepreneurial activity, on employment growth in Local Market Areas.

The paper deals with the distinction between the models of the managed and entrepreneurial economies. It explains why the model of the entrepreneurial economy may be a better frame of
reference than the model of the managed economy in the contemporary, developed economies.

The paper reexamines the effect of expansionary fiscal policy on real GDP in the presence of entrepreneurship, which is defined as firms activities to predict and adapt to changes in consumers tastes.

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.

The paper examines how Sweden and the United States have been impacted by philanthropic activities, commercialization of university-based knowledge and international entrepreneurship.

From the May 2004 Minneapolis Fedgazette, the article looks at the institutional and cultural barriers of the past that women entrepreneurs have had to overcome through a showcase of examples.

From the May 2004 Minneapolis Fedgazette, the article explores gender differences in style, motivation, and expectations of business. Lifestyle is cited as a major factor for women becoming entrepreneurs.