We examine whether Europe has an "entrepreneurship deficit" compared to other industrialized regions. Cross …-country comparisons are difficult due to the lack of standard empirical definitions of entrepreneurship. Measures focusing on small … business activity and startup rates suggest that Europe has the same or higher rates of entrepreneurship than the U.S. and East …

The importance of entrepreneurship for achieving economic growth in contemporary economies is widely recognized, both … by policy makers and economists. However, empirical evidence linking entrepreneurship to economic growth is scarce …. Empirical Analysis of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth investigates the relation between entrepreneurship and economic …

model of entrepreneurship in Belgium : empirical evidence from the global entrepreneurship monitor -- 3. Do entry barriers … entrepreneurship -- 5. Prediction or control? : exploring the influence of career experience and career motives on entrepreneurial … : a study of Dutch. technology-based firms -- 9. Refugee entrepreneurship : the case of Belgium -- 10. The role of gender …