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Self-employment as proxy for entrepreneurship : empirical caveats
Bjuggren, Carl Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Stenkula, Mikael - 2010
Research on entrepreneurship has received an increased amount of interest in recent years, with self-employment being used as the most common proxy for “entrepreneurship” in empirical studies. However, there are various ways of defining self-employment, making it a somewhat dubious proxy....
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Global award for entrepreneurship research
Henrekson, Magnus (contributor);  … - 2008
The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research was instituted in 1996, and it is now firmly established as the leading Prize for outstanding research contributions in the area. Thanks to a generous donation from the Swedish entrepreneur Rune Andersson it has been...
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Entrepreneurship and public policy
Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - 2009
Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship without directing attention to quantitative goals and specific firms or employment groups. The institutional framework set by public policy affects the prevalence and performance...
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Local competiveness fostered through local institutions for entrepreneurship
Andersson, Martin; Henrekson, Magnus - 2014
We review and assess the role local institutional framework conditions play in fostering local entrepreneurship. The basic premise is that entrepreneurship is a central driver of economic renewal and change, and that institutions affect both the supply and direction of entrepreneurship. While...
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The evolving domain of entrepreneurship research
Carlsson, Bo; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; McKelvey, Maureen D.; … - 2013
Research on entrepreneurship has flourished in recent years and is evolving rapidly. This paper explores the history of entrepreneurship research, how the research domain has evolved, and its current status as an academic field. The need to concretize these issues stems partly from a general...
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The interaction of Schumpeterian institutional entrepreneurship and Hayekian institutional change in innovative industries
Henrekson, Magnus; Lakomaa, Erik; Sanandaji, Tino - 2021
entrepreneurial ecosystems emerged through actions by business entrepreneurs, rather than being designed by policymakers …. Schumpeterian entrepreneurs not only create new companies; they also create new institutions as an integral part of the … restructuring process. At times, efforts of identifiable entrepreneurs are crucial, while in other instances institutional change …
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Improved framework conditions for a more entrepreneurial, innovative and sustainable EU
Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - 2021
In the wake of the corona crisis, the European Union must regain lost ground and create more favorable conditions for inclusive and sustainable economic growth. The best way to achieve this goal is by increasing the Union's innovativeness. This effort requires extensive and broad-based...
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Institutional reform for innovation and entrepreneurship : an agenda for Europe
Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - 2017
It is imperative that the economies of the European Union become more entrepreneurial to promote innovation and economic growth. To achieve these goals, we propose a reform strategy with respect to (i) the rule of law and the protection of property rights; (ii) the tax system; (iii) regulations...
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Intrapreneurship and trust
Elert, Niklas; Stam, Erik; Stenkula, Mikael - 2019
-employment, causing entrepreneurial individuals to elect to be intrapreneurs rather than independent entrepreneurs. Using a novel dataset …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012021623
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Local rates of new firm formation : an empirical exploration using Swedish data
Andersson, Martin; Lavesson, Niclas; Partridge, Mark D. - 2019
We assess the empirical literature on the determinants of spatial variations in new-firm formation rates by undertaking a systematic empirical analysis of the relative roles of different demand- and supply-side factors. Using instrumental variables to address endogeneity, we find that local...
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