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The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem : The Regional Entrepreneurship and Development Index
Szerb, László - 2015
Our article develops a Regional Entrepreneurship and Development Index (REDI) for capturing the contextual features of … the entrepreneurial ecosystems. Building on the National Systems of Entrepreneurship Theory, REDI advances our … level of entrepreneurship and optimize resource allocation over the different pillars of the ecosystem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013017829
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The Entrepreneurship Paradox : More Entrepreneurs Are Not Always Good for the Economy – The Role of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem on Economic Performance in Africa
Lafuente, Esteban - 2019
empirical-driven arguments. This study analyzes the entrepreneurship paradox — i.e., entrepreneurship is good for the economy … between entrepreneurship and economic performance) and the policy tension (i.e., the unclear role of entrepreneurship policy … on entrepreneurship outcomes).Design/methodology/approach: Building on a sample of 81 countries from Africa, America …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012896034
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Boomer Entrepreneurs : Age and Type
Zhang, Ting - 2017
This study extends the occupational choice model to explore age effects for eight different types of boomer entrepreneurs. The empirical study relies on monthly Current Population Survey data across 11 years (2006-2016). Multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression models are estimated to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960857
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Entrepreneurship, Stages of Development, and Industrialization
Acs, Zoltan J. - 2018
Unlike in the past where industrial policy was either focused on creation and growth of state owned firms or alternatively consisted merely of broadly functional policies without consideration for firm or entrepreneurial specifics, the requirement now is that future industrial policy ought to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912582
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Does mandating social insurance affect entrepreneurial activity?
Benzarti, Youssef; Harju, Jarkko; Matikka, Tuomas - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012138048
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Entrepreneurial Profile of the UK in the Light of the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index
Autio, Erkko; Cleevely, Matthew; Hart, Mark; Levie, Jonathan - 2012
context. We use a new method – the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index GEDI – to identify the entrepreneurial … Entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014169212
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The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index Methodology
Szerb, László; Acs, Zoltan J. - 2011
While composite indicators have becoming popular in many fields over the last two decades, the Global Entrepreneurship … aspects of entrepreneurship. GEDI is similar to other indices having a complex structure consisting of variables (31), pillars …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014181472
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The Impact of Tax Incentives on the Economic Activity of Entrepreneurs
Harju, Jarkko - 2012
Based on existing evidence, we know little about how the taxation of small business owners affects their economic activity. This paper studies the effect of two Finnish tax reforms, in 1997 and 1998, on the effort decisions of the owners of small businesses utilizing both theoretical model and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460219
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The Impact of Tax Incentives on the Economic Activity of Entrepreneurs
Harju, Jarkko - 2013
This paper studies the effect of Finnish tax reforms in the mid 1990s on the economic activity and tax avoidance decisions of the owners of small businesses. The reforms reduced income tax rates and increased tax planning incentives for small business owners. They applied only to unincorporated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080734
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The Impact of Tax Incentives on the Economic Activity of Entrepreneurs
Harju, Jarkko - 2013
Based on existing evidence, we know little about how the taxation of small business owners affects their economic activity. This paper studies the effect of two Finnish tax reforms, in 1997 and 1998, on the effort decisions of the owners of small businesses, utilizing both theoretical model and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088550