The present paper refers to the field of "corporate convergence theory". A recent work on corporate convergence of Krishna et al. (2002) points out that there is little evidence that common standards in corporate fovernance have been implemented.Besides, in the same study (page 2) it is...

In the present note an effort will be made for a contribution to economic theory by extending the discussion paper "Entrepreneurship, Regional Development and Job Creation: The Case of Portugal" by R. Baptista, V. Escárta and P. Madruga, MPI #0605, in which the authors conclude (among others)...

In the present note, an effort will be made for a contribution to the economic theory by introducing a practical method to estimate entrepreneurship's reward. As an example, a regression, based on the entrepreneurship's reward, with baning panel data will yield the same main results as in the...