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 …

order to unmistakably identify Schumpeterian entrepreneurs we focus on self-made billionaires (in USD) on Forbes Magazine …'s list who became wealthy by founding new firms. In this way we identify 996 billionaire entrepreneurs in over fifty … entrepreneurs, an economically important group. We demonstrate that the common practice of relying on self-employment and related …

intentions. However, empirical research aimed at establishing the importance of role models for (nascent) entrepreneurs is scarce … completed by a representative sample of 292 entrepreneurs in three major Dutch cities - entrepreneurs who have recently started …

The U.S. is undergoing a long-term decline in entrepreneurship. We show that this slow-down in entrepreneurship has … been more pronounced for skilled individuals. Since 1983, the share of entrepreneurs among those with at least a college … period. To support this hypothesis, we document that earnings for workers grew faster than entrepreneurs, particularly so for …

entrepreneurship? We compile four hand-collected measures of high-impact Schumpeterian entrepreneurship (VC-funded IPOs, self …-made billionaire entrepreneurs, unicorn start-ups, and young top global firms founded by individual entrepreneurs) and sixmeasures … entrepreneurship and the other relating to small business activity. Except for the World Bank measure of firm registration of limited …

We examine whether Europe has an "entrepreneurship deficit" compared to other industrialized regions. Cross …-country comparisons are difficult due to the lack of standard empirical definitions of entrepreneurship. Measures focusing on small … business activity and startup rates suggest that Europe has the same or higher rates of entrepreneurship than the U.S. and East …

entrepreneurs in the early-stage entrepreneurship arena. … inhabitants are taken into account, some regions have persistently higher entrepreneurship rates than others. Proposed … effects. Regional differences in entrepreneurship have also been linked to the availability of role models (Fornahl 2003 …

Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship … public policy affects the prevalence and performance of both productive entrepreneurship and so-called high …-impact entrepreneurship in turn. Although varying contexts and economic systems make prescribing a general panacea impossible, a number of …