of entrepreneurship in countries with a transition economy and the impact of historical development paths upon the …

commitment to socialism reflects rent-seeking, a type of unproductive entrepreneurship. Once institutions change radically, their … entrepreneurial efforts are redirected towards productive entrepreneurship (start-up activity). Regime commitment is captured by … that this group of people were more likely to have an entrepreneurship- prone personality profile, had a higher propensity …

institutional contexts. However, most evidence exists for contexts with more or less entrepreneurship-facilitating and stable … framework conditions for entrepreneurship. In both contexts, entrepreneurs are challenged either by external resistance toward … literature is not an artefact of stable entrepreneurship-facilitating institutional framework conditions. …

-employed people as well as of paid employees varies considerably across countries. Our results indicate that entrepreneurship …

Persistence of entrepreneurship over longer periods of time could indicate a culture of entrepreneurship among the … World War II, the relationship between historical and current levels of entrepreneurship is not significant. Persistence of … entrepreneurship is related to the historical success of regions, which we capture by the pre-war level of and self-employment in …

This paper summarizes the role of entrepreneurship in the East German transformation process that followed the … policy should have a special focus on entrepreneurship. In particular, it should try to utilize and strengthen the …