We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical … that being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates …, but also commercial value. Our findings support the notion that entrepreneurship can be learned. …

Higher education contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national … governments’ policies foster this contribution across Europe. The study stresses the relevance of policies which are ‘empowering …’ for higher education institutions, or in other words provide them with appropriate resources and regulatory environments …

inequality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with … institutions of higher quality when inequality is lower. …

In this paper we explore the ways in which institutions and networks influence entrepreneurial development in Russia …. By utilizing new Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001, we investigate the effects of the weak …

variables related to protection of property rights and regulation. We test these relationships by combining country …-level institutional indicators for 47 countries with working age population survey data taken from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor …

-2005 individual-level Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data merged with macro level variables. A simple correlation coefficient …

entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights … from the intersection of entrepreneurship and development studies; (ii) the empirical evidence on the relationship between … entrepreneurship and development; and (iii) fresh insights for entrepreneurship policy for development that emerges from recent …