This survey reviews the theoretical literature on high impact entrepreneurship. The survey is guided in part by the … recent classification changes at the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) regarding entrepreneurship. The board voted to … create a new classification code, L26, for entrepreneurship. The JEL intends to use this code for all articles and books that …

External finance is central for nascent entrepreneurs, people in the process of starting new ventures. We argue that … nascent entrepreneurs use patents and prototypes in order to signal their ability to appropriate the returns from their … innovation as well as the project's feasibility. Our analysis of 900 nascent entrepreneurs finds that patents and prototypes …

Entrepreneurs are found to have balanced skill sets and most have worked in small firms before starting their own … entrepreneurs using a rich data set on the applied skills of individuals. This data set allows us to construct an indicator that … of entrepreneurs remains the largest. The impact of human capital formation on skill balance also varies among employees …

Mounting empirical evidence shows that kids of self-employed parents are very likely to become entrepreneurs themselves …

suggests that entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic development, and one that has long-run effects. …