Are entrepreneurs essentially the same everywhere? Are the processes of entrepreneurship similar? Or are they shaped by … their environments? If so, how? This study brings insights from entrepreneurship to comparative institutions and varieties … Entrepreneurship -- 2 Opportunity and Business Creation -- 3 Ties and Teams in Start-up -- 4 Entrepreneurial Orientations and Business …

deemed to be of particular importance for entrepreneurship, innovation-based firm growth and its ensuing impact on the … economy. Particular aspects of entrepreneurship and economic dynamism are covered by pairs (or in one case three) coauthors …, considerable differences remain. These constitute the basis for the concluding policy discussion. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation …

We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year …-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational … outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …

the World Management Survey, a methodology that enables us to construct robust measures of management quality comparable …

-owned businesses work fewer hours and may have different preferences for the goals of their business. -- Female entrepreneurship …