Entry into entrepreneurship is a strategic act for individuals who seek an optimal way to exploit their human, social and financial capital. Trade-offs associated with this choice are influenced by institutional conditions. We use signaling theory, employment choice theory and theory on...

In this research summary, we provide a novel look into the entrepreneurial profile of the UK in an international context. We use a new method – the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index GEDI – to identify the entrepreneurial strengths and weaknesses of the UK economy, as well as to...

The 2005 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) reportfocuses on high-expectation entrepreneurship on a global scale.High-expectation entrepreneurial activity refers to entrepreneurial firms, bothnascent and new, that expect to achieve rapid growth in employment size. Data were collected from 44...