), allows for causal interpretation of the relationship between innovation output and labor productivity. We find that knowledge … intensive services benefit from innovation activities in the sense that these activities causally increase their labor …

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 … that entrepreneurs with more varied work experience are more likely to introduce innovations that have not only technical …

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 …

one quarter of microenterprises are found to be engaging in innovation, with marketing innovations the most common. As …Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have …

important for female entrepreneurial performance in terms of sales levels. This finding suggests that the small Southern African … innovation where access to short term loans for working capital seems to be key. …

We ask whether local agglomeration affects how recessions impact on entrepreneurship by comparing the probability of … on entrepreneurship has been sharper in areas with industrial districts. After examining alternative explanations …

entrepreneurship in high-value added activities has made limited contributions to this growth, in part because of a weak business … these facts, this paper presents a model of costly entrepreneurial start-ups in an economy with a large informal sector and …

We are the first to provide a comparative empirical analysis of non-farm entrepreneurship in rural Africa, using the … variables show consistency across the sample, we also find much heterogeneity, suggesting that rural entrepreneurship is also a … identified as a priority for African countries, rural entrepreneurship continues to fulfill mainly a risk-diversifying role. This …

small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures, but there is very little early evidence on impacts. This paper provides the …