Despite broad agreement on the strategic role of SMEs (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises) in industrial renewal processes, the lack of systematized and comprehensive information on the nature and level of small innovative firms is striking. This bias is partly explained by an empirical shadow...

This paper examines small innovative entrepreneurs by contrasting patenting firms against non-patenting firms. The empirical analysis is based on new and unique data on internal attributes, location and international trade characteristics for over 20 000 manufacturing firms in Sweden with 1-25...

In the present paper a discussion will be made about the crucial topic of fostering entrepreneurship as the cornerstone of capitalism (by avoiding too hard austerity measures and helping instead entrepreneurship in various ways) so as to make corporations profitable and ultimately create jobs,...

In this paper it is pointed out that economic freedom, globalization and entrepreneurial caliber foster economic growth. Thus, policy makers should bear in mind that entrepreneurship should not face obstacles, which hinder the realization of business investments. Data are taken from World...

This paper sets out to comparatively analyze various programs developed by the governments of Nigeria and Ghana towards alleviating unemployment. The inadequacies which have bedeviled these government assisted programs and their consequent failures warrant a review and reconsideration. The...

In the present paper it will be pointed out econometrically that entrepreneurial calibre improves Balassa index. The contribution of this paper is that a new method to estimate entrepreneurial calibre will be introduced. Data are annual and cover most Western European countries and the USA for...

This paper sets out to comparatively analyze various programs developed by the governments of Nigeria and Ghana towards alleviating unemployment. The inadequacies which have bedeviled these government assisted programs and their consequent failures warrant a review and reconsideration. The...

Among the factors contributing to the success of the U.S. economy over the past decade as reflected in the doubling of productivity growth compared to the preceding two decades is the continued transformation of the U.S. economy toward a more entrepreneurial form of capitalism. In such a system,...

As the study of entrepreneurship and the study of business ethics become increasingly established, the intersection of entrepreneurship and ethics is receiving increasing scholarly attention. In this paper, we review the research connecting ethics and entrepreneurship, classifying the literature...

The article's main aim is to assess the impact of economic security on sustainable entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs), including Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia from 2008 to 2020. The paper's...