A profound review of the literature on entrepreneurship reveals that it does not exist a specific information tool to … measure the individuals' readiness for entrepreneurship. The purpose of this research has been building such kind of … instrument to estimate the individuals’ readiness for entrepreneurship. Its design takes in consideration the inclusion of the …

entrepreneurial training for experienced entrepreneurs is pressing. This study's objective was to provide a strategy to use in judging …

Latin America to study this issue. The main results seem to indicate that entrepreneurs who are peripherally located … perceive their regions as in a worse position than centrally located entrepreneurs in terms of entrepreneurial framework … conditions. However, the results surprisingly indicate that peripheral entrepreneurs perceive more business opportunities in …

. This study also informs the rich dialog in the science policy and academic entrepreneurship literatures …

Eurobarometer survey on Entrepreneurship” covering the 25 European Union member states and the United States. The most surprising of …

Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk …

Small business activity and female entrepreneurship have become increasingly important features of the UK economy since … further accelerate the rise of female entrepreneurship. …

understanding of rural non-farm entrepreneurship, particularly with regard to the role of young adults in this sector. This paper … conclude that policies to support young entrepreneurs in rural Africa should not only focus on creating conditions that attract … young adults to start enterprises, but to also enable young entrepreneurs to improve productivity in already existing …

that, after the Reunification, entrepreneurship is higher among the residents of East German regions with West TV signal …

compatible with the free-market economy principles and supportive of entrepreneurship. We show that during the 40 years of … socialistic regime in East Germany entrepreneurship was highly regulated and virtually impossible and that the prevalent formal … and informal institutions broke the traditional ties linking entrepreneurship to the characteristics of individuals so …