that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … group'? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals' utility levels … have a more active role in the adoption of innovations. -- Entrepreneur ; entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; productivity …

. This paper proposes a simple theory of skill-biased change in entrepreneurial technology that fits with cross … a positive relationship between an individual’s potential payoffs in working and in entrepreneurship. If some firms … consequence, the entrepreneurship rate falls with income per capita, average firm size and firm size dispersion increase with …

entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity … evidence on transition economies. -- credit constraints ; distribution ; economic development ; entrepreneurship ; institutions …

methodology that combines institutions and human agency into an interdependent system, applying the configuration theory. We argue …

The European Commission has adopted an Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan as its answer to challenges brought by the … entrepreneurship will contribute towards ending the continent's economic malaise. In this article I argue that these expectations may … be disappointed because (i) entrepreneurship promotion is a last-resort policy, (ii) entrepreneurs are being …

Policy makers find it difficult to promote economic development through entrepreneurship and SMEs. In this paper we … argue that this is because the positive impact of entrepreneurship is overestimated and its negative impact underestimated …. It is moreover also because there is no unified scientific approach towards the role of entrepreneurship in economic …

Entrepreneurship, as reflected in the start-up of new firms, the growth and market exit of existing firms, and the ow … that there is a strong possibility that the unintended damage to entrepreneurship, innovation and growth could be …

Entrepreneurship in most advanced economies is in decline. This comes as a surprise: many scholars have expected an … upsurge in entrepreneurship. What are the reasons for the decline? In this paper I first document the extent of the decline in …-side view and moreover fail to explain why the decline in entrepreneurship is largely confined to economies with high levels of …

We review Baumol's typology of productive, unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship. We argue that the typology is … the thesis that entrepreneurship has become less productive, due to the unintended effects of entrepreneurship policies … adopted widely in Western economies. These have straight-jacketed, distracted and zombified entrepreneurship. Removing these …