opportunity by developing a knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship. The basic argument is that knowledge created … entrepreneurs. Our results show that there is a strong relationship between knowledge spillovers and new venture creation. …Contemporary theories of entrepreneurship generally focus on the decision-making context of the individual. The …

disasters, terrorism, and violent conflicts – on the perceptions of entrepreneurs concerning some key entrepreneurial issues … entrepreneurs and their perceptions. Using individual-level data from 43 countries from the period 2002 to 2005, we find that … of entrepreneurial activity in specific circumstances. There is hence scope for entrepreneurs, and policies supporting …

While a large literature has emerged focusing on nascent entrepreneurship, the propensity for ex-entrepreneurs to … consider re-entering into entrepreneurship, or what we term here as renascent entrepreneurship, has been generally overlooked … underlying but unobservable endowment of entrepreneurial skills from entering into entrepreneurship, there is virtually nothing …

represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs in the European Union. We identify the characteristics of self … entrepreneurs fare in the labour market compared to natives. Employing data from the German Socioeconomic Panel 2000 release we find …

populations. First, more that demonstrating the importance of cultural diversity for entrepreneurship, we show that the type of …

entrepreneurial choice. The results show that more individuals become entrepreneurs in municipalities where entrepreneurship is more … knowledge spillovers. They do not, however, seem to find support in the data. …

We examine the origins and outcome of entrepreneurship on the basis of exceptionally comprehensive Norwegian matched … worker-firm-owner data. In contrast to most existing studies, our notion of entrepreneurship not only comprises self …-employment, but also employment in partly self-owned limited liability firms. Based on this extended entrepreneurship concept, we find …

extent of this is different for knowledge based and non-knowledge based measures of entrepreneurship. We derive policy …Since the early 1980s, the role and general perception of entrepreneurship and start-up activities has changed … economic performance. We argue that economic knowledge not only differs from traditional factors of production due to its …