The purpose of this paper is to provide a contribution to the identification of the role of entrepreneurship in … economic growth by mapping out: 1) alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing 'creative destruction' from … firm); and 4) the possible scope for an economic policy aimed at maximizing the impact of entrepreneurship on economic …

general development contribution of migration over and above its contribution through entrepreneurship. The implication is …

transformation, will stagnate. One such endogenous driver is entrepreneurship. In this paper I start with the reappraisal of African … agriculture and focus on the literature on entrepreneurship in Africa's structural transformation. I present a conceptual model to … describe how entrepreneurship reallocates farmers out of agriculture into non-agricultural activities and locations. Recent …

Developing and emerging economies have high entrepreneurship rates and relatively many small firms. There is enormous … entrepreneurship at both edges of the size distribution. The model is then used to analyse the effects of productivity growth …, distortions, financial and labor market frictions, and risk. Capturing entrepreneurship across the size distribution allows for …

imposes a 'tax' on entrepreneurship by channelling entrepreneurial talent into lobbying and bribery; by reinforcing male and …

start-up entrepreneurship. In this light I (i) show why manufacturing is vital for African economies, (ii) critically … Africa; (iii) describe the resurgence of technological start-up entrepreneurship in Africa and (iv) call for policy support …

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 …

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 …