Chapter 1: General Introduction -- Chapter 2: Entrepreneurial Activity and Economic Growth: A Literature Review -- Chapter 3: A Review of Economic Development Thinking and the Role of Innovative Entrepreneurship: Past, Present, and Future -- Chapter 4: Why Do Some Nations Succeed While Others...

Paul Samuelson was attracted to the economic dynamics of South American countries because of the links between economic performance and political factors. He discussed the influence of “populist democracy” on Argentina's relative stagnation, which, he argued in the 1970s and early 1980s,...

This study aims to discuss the economical behavior of Latin America, considering the importance of the attributes directly related to social capital (interpersonal trust, which leads to association and civic commitment, resulting in what Putnam calls 'civic community') pari passu governance, ie...