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 …

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 …

context. We use a new method – the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index GEDI – to identify the entrepreneurial … Entrepreneurship …

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 …