informal entrepreneurship. To do this, it first reviews four possible policy options, namely taking no action, eradicating … informal entrepreneurship, moving formal entrepreneurship into the informal economy, or transforming informal entrepreneurship … into formal entrepreneurship. Revealing that transforming informal entrepreneurship into formal entrepreneurship is not …

In recent years, there has been growing recognition in the entrepreneurship literature that many entrepreneurs operate … those who are principally intentional participants in informal entrepreneurship are men. However, many women who initially … entered informal entrepreneurship out of necessity have over time become more opportunity-driven entrepreneurs. The outcome is …

development (R&D) and generate new knowledge. This new knowledge has a positive effect on entrepreneurship, innovation, and growth …. However, after some point, further strengthening of patent protection will reduce the returns to entrepreneurship sufficiently …

The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship identifies new knowledge as a source of entrepreneurial … firms or research institutions. This paper argues that, knowledge spillover entrepreneurship depends not only on new …, recognize its value, and commercialize it by creating a firm. This absorptive capacity theory of knowledge spillover …

This article is an introduction to the special issue from the 4th Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Research Conference …. The second is to present a summary of the papers in the context of the utility of GEM data in comparative entrepreneurship …

production processes. Our model embeds the core idea of the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship in established …We present a model that separates entrepreneurship from profit-motivated corporate R&D aimed at improving existing …