Entrepreneurship has emerged as an important element in the organization of economies. This emergence did not occur … countries embrace entrepreneurial energy. This led to the political mandate to promote entrepreneurship. Hence, a clear and … organized view is needed of what the determinants and consequences of entrepreneurship are. The present contribution tries to …

aspects of the recent scientific literature on the relation between entrepreneurship and small business, on the one hand, and … pay a penalty in terms of forgone growth. It also pays attention to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), a new and …

In contrast to, for example, books and compact discs, the number of complex services offered on the Internet is still … the Internet. We therefore focus on online purchases of complex services, paying special attention to the determinants of …, which offers services like mortgage loans and insurances on the Internet. This data contains, besides clickstream data, also …

practices. It argues that the Internet has introduced three new business models in old economy companies: the Internet as a … marketplace, the Internet as a supply chain integrator, and the Internet as a catalyst for business model redefinition. These …

, the concepts of uncertainty and risk are elaborated, as well as their relevance for entrepreneurship. An occupational … compensating pull of entrepreneurship in countries with low uncertainty avoidance may have gained momentum in recent years. Third …