entrepreneurship

This study deals with entrepreneurial competitiveness in traditional industries. The objective is to present a methodological process for the study and evaluation of the impact of the sinérgic geographical concentration of an industry in its competitiveness.

The paper explores obstacles in the growth of academic start-ups and potential policies to overcome these obstacles, focusing on start-ups from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

Using the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics, this study explores the expected start-up costs of nascent entrepreneurs.

The report evaluates different aspects of self-employment and studies computer ownership and usage by the self-employed and relies on data from the Current Population Survey Internet and Computer Use Supplement for 1998 and 2000, which is produced by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.

The author presents a theory of entrepreneurial entry and exit decisions. Knowing their own managerial talent, entrepreneurs decide which market to enter, where markets differ in size.

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

In this paper, the authors analyze the role of borrowing constraints as determinants of entrepreneurial decisions (entry, continuation, investment, and saving), and their effects on wealth inequality and aggregate capital accumulation, in a framework that matches the observed wealth inequality very closely.

The National Commission on Entrepreneurship study offers suggestions on how policymakers can help stimulate the creation and growth of new businesses in their local areas. The guide addresses several myths and offers a definition for the role of todays entrepreneurs and how they affect the local economy. The report also recommends polices and programs for the business sector.

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2001 assessment reports that interest by would-be entrepreneurs to start new businesses declined in 2001 as the economic recession and lingering effects of the dot.com crash dampened enthusiasm for launching new ventures. The trend is expected to continue for the near term with a strong rebound later in the year.

The paper demonstrates that recent results suggesting a positive relationship between banking regulation and entrepreneurship are very sensitive to estimation assumption. When heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation are corrected for, branching deregulation is shown to have no effect and the estimated effect of interstate banking deregulation is reduced by nearly two thirds.