Mirjam van Praag compares and contrasts the economic theory of entrepreneurship with determinants of successful … entrepreneurship derived from empirical evidence, in an attempt to discover what makes for an accomplished entrepreneur. The author …'s state-of-the-art historical, theoretical and empirical research on successful entrepreneurship--all from an explicit …

The level of entrepreneurship differs considerably across countries and periods. Both thecauses and consequences of … entrepreneurship are a matter of extensive scientific debate aswell as of great policy importance. A high level of entrepreneurial … paper deals with the determinants of entrepreneurship. An eclectic theory ofentrepreneurship is introduced. This eclectic …

Promoting entrepreneurship has become an increasingly important part of the policy agenda in many countries. The … success of such policies, however, rests in part on the assumption that entrepreneurship outcomes are not fully determined at … background and neighborhood effects as determinants of entrepreneurship, by estimating sibling correlations in entrepreneurship …