Monitor we find significant differences in entrepreneurial activity between Ireland and Hungary in both the type of people …It is widely recognized that foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role in economic development …. Internationalization theory is used to explore how inward FDI impacts entrepreneurial activity. Using data from the Global Entrepreneurship …

differences in entrepreneurial activity between Ireland and Hungary in both the type of people starting businesses and the …It is widely recognized that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) plays an important role in economic development. However … FDI impacts entrepreneurial activity. Using data from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), we find significant …

out by some entrepreneurs and their young businesses. In this study, we analyze the extent to which differences in FDI and … GEM data and other secondary sources for the period 2005-2009, we found that the exposure to higher flows of inward FDI at … higher flows of outward FDI or higher levels of accumulated knowledge at regional level has no impact. The results also show …

-based entrepreneurship, we outline FDI and entrepreneurship policies for Wales and Ireland and key measures of knowledge creation, and …We explore if the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, applied to FDI, provides at least a partial … explanation for the greater emergence of recent knowledge-based entrepreneurship in Ireland compared with Wales. In order to …

This Open Access book examines the long economic boom experienced in Ireland between the late 1980s and 2007, analysing … why this boom occurred. The book situates Ireland as a relative latecomer to economic development, with specific …, exploring how in Ireland’s case the rapidly growing economy required active, interventionist and imaginative policy measures …