Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This … attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship has … fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we address are …

We analyse how spatial disparities in innovation activities, coupled with migration costs, affect economic geography … endogenous emergence of industry clusters. Spatial variations in knowledge spillovers lead to spatial concentration of more …. Narrowing the gap in knowledge spillovers across regions raises growth, and reduces regional inequality by making firms more …

mathematical literacy and curriculum-based knowledge. The findings indicate that central exit exams only improve curriculum …-based knowledge but do not affect mathematical literacy. Moreover, teachers in German states with central exit examinations are more …

We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that inventions of higher quality are …

R&D-based growth theory suggests that a larger population size raises either the long-run rate of economic growth …

In many countries entrepreneurship is promoted through tax reductions for small businesses and by various government …-return characteristics of the selected innovation project and the mode of commercialization chosen by entrepreneurs (market entry versus sale …

A common finding in the entrepreneurship literature is that business creation increases in recessions. This counter …-cyclical pattern is examined by separating business creation into two components: “opportunity” and “necessity” entrepreneurship … entrepreneurship, there are many challenges to creating a definition that is both objective and empirically feasible. We propose an …

This paper examines the integration of Chinese Communist Party membership and private entrepreneurship in China after …