Entrepreneurs exit their business due to selection mechanisms experienced in the market place. Next to this well known … ex-post decision to exit, entrepreneurs select ex-ante whether they are willing to pursue an entrepreneurial career at … determinants of these two types of selection: exit in real and in imagined markets. Entrepreneurs in imagined markets are more …

Two approaches can be distinguished with respect to modelling entrepreneurship: (i) the approachfocusing on the net … development of the number of entrepreneurs in an equilibrium framework and (ii)the approach focusing on the entries and exits of … entrepreneurs. In this paper we unify these ap-proaches to arrive at a model explaining the equilibrium and actual number of …

Much research has been devoted to look for characteristics that drive individuals towards engaging in entrepreneurship …. Less attention has been given to the question of what makes people persist in or exit from entrepreneurship. Recent years …

Developing and emerging economies have high entrepreneurship rates and relatively many small firms. There is enormous … heterogeneity among these firms and entrepreneurs. This paper presents a simple occupational choice model that captures motives for … entrepreneurship at both edges of the size distribution. The model is then used to analyse the effects of productivity growth …

This study explores factors that motivate American Indians to become entrepreneurs and analyzes the results strategies … the participants was personal drive. Additionally, the results of this study indicated that American Indian entrepreneurs … entrepreneurs utilize the results strategies of knowledge, innovation, communication, and persistence. The findings of this study …