responses as direct measures of institutional concepts and using those to analyze the effects of institutions at the firm level …-country variation in institutions. Essay 1 offers a simple conceptual framework that decomposes survey responses for each firm into the …

livelihood strategies, as well as on the community’s organisational,leadership and entrepreneurship capacity.An exploratory study …, knowledge and skills; iii) the ineffective community organisation andleadership; iv) a lack of entrepreneurship skills and … of organisational,leadership and entrepreneurship capacities and skills could significantly contribute toattaining …

's formal context, and franchisee discretion within its operational context, diverse opportunitiesfor entrepreneurship exist …

-Inflated-Negative-Binomial (ZINB) models to predict the spatial distribution of such events in the U.S. biopharmaceutical and Information Technology …

In this dissertation, I develop a definition and regional measure of entrepreneurship that will aid entrepreneurship … research and economic development policy. My new indicators represent an improvement over current measures of entrepreneurship … represent a significant contribution to the literature and can stimulate discussion among entrepreneurship scholars about how we …

differ from male entrepreneurs’ experiences. Entrepreneurship is an increasingly relevant component of economic development …, help create sustainable local economies, and connect local economies to global economies. Studying female entrepreneurship … mainly on men, women can be left out of policy making decisions.Entrepreneurship is a useful economic development tool in …