This exploratory study focuses on the conversion from nascent to actual entrepreneurship and the role of entry barriers … in this process. Using data for a sample of countries partici-pating in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor between 2002 … and 2004, we estimate a two-equation model explaining the nascent entrepreneurship rate and the young business entre-preneurship …

We investigate the strategic decision behavior of female entrepreneurs in a realistic marketentry experiment where … individuals started with gains or losses experienced prior to the game.We compare the entry behavior of female entrepreneurs to … femaleentrepreneurs show entry patterns very similar to that of male entrepreneurs and very differentfrom female students: female …

entrepreneurs and theirperceptions. Using individual-level data from 43 countries from the period 2002 to 2005, wefind that neither … of entrepreneurial activity in specific circumstances. There ishence scope for entrepreneurs, and policies supporting …

“Entrepreneurs out of necessity” identified by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey area sizeable group across …

that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy in comparison to non-entrepreneurs? We study the relative … contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy based on four measures that have most widely been studied empirically. Hence, we …

This paper investigates whether the presence of ambitious entrepreneurs is a more important determinant of national … economic growth than entrepreneurial activity in general. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor to test the … extent to which high growth ambitions of entrepreneurs affect GDP growth for a sample of 36 countries. Our results suggest …