fewer layers having a broader range of skills. -- entrepreneurship ; employee mobility ; hierarchy, rank, small firm effect … enter entrepreneurship, to become self-employed, and to switch to another employer. The effects of layers are much stronger … for business creation than for jobswitching and they are stronger for entrepreneurship than for self-employment. However …

the productivity of incumbent firms is modeled as a function of firm attributes and regional entrepreneurship activity …. The analysis finds support for positive productivity effects of entrepreneurship on incumbent firms, albeit the effect … sectors appears to be more responsive to regional entrepreneurship, as compared to the productivity of manufacturing firms. …

capital. Other strands of literature stress that the supply of entrepreneurship is a fundamental ingredient of economic growth … opportunity driven entrepreneurship. For what regards institutional variables, three interesting and somehow non conventional … results emerge from the analysis. First, low start-up cost are particular favorable for necessity driven entrepreneurship but …

entrepreneurship. We label this phenomenon the small firm effect and explore its origins. In particular, we identify four classes of … who are similarly drawn into entrepreneurship. Similarly, ability sorting plays a role: those who ultimately become … valuable in entrepreneurship. Evidence suggests that although those with the very least to lose do enter entrepreneurship with …

factors that limit the growth and development of women entrepreneurship. This paper examines the factors who can influence …