The 40 years of socialist regime in East Germany were characterized by a massive anti-entrepreneurship policy. We … investigate the reemergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany during its transformation to a market economy following the … market economy, suggesting the existence of a long-lasting regional entrepreneurship culture. …

This paper tests the importance of social contacts on entrepreneurship. To measure differences in the …

This paper constructs a Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEINDEX) that captures the contextual feature of … entrepreneurship across countries. We find the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development to be mildly S-shaped not … U-shaped or L-shaped. Our findings suggest moving away from simple measures of entrepreneurship across countries …

We investigate the relationship between cultural creativity and entrepreneurship in two respects: first, cultural and … individuals of the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP). We find, indeed, some significant links between entrepreneurship and …

regional dimension of entrepreneurship is a subject of great interest. We set out a framework encompassing the individual … impact on this process. We create entrepreneurship indices for 34 world cities exploiting the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor …

without negative externalities. The paper makes a contribution to entrepreneurship research by qualifying the implications of …