economy. In particular, the empirical evidence provides consistent support that (1) the role of entrepreneurship has …, ranging from the demise of the communist system, increased globalization, new competition for multinational firms and higher … may be that the current approach to entrepreneurship policy is misguided. The priority should not be on entrepreneurship …

promoting: i) micro-entrepreneurship in Brazil; and ii) the formalisation of entrepreneurs. Regarding the promotion of micro-entrepreneurship …

, workforce skills and business linkages in enhancing SME productivity. The paper is structured as follows. First, it presents … the main firm-level drivers of SME productivity, i.e. factors internal to the firm that directly affect SME performance … SME productivity, on the one hand, and managerial skills, workforce skills and business linkages, on the other, which has …

Israel M. Kirzner is the 2006 winner of The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research (the … entrepreneurial decisions) provides a theoretical underpinning for public policy vis-àvis entrepreneurship. Professor Kirzner’s main … contributions to the economics of entrepreneurship were also presented and evaluated by Douhan, Eliasson and Henrekson (2007 …