This article discusses the problem of making practical use of research on entrepreneurship. The introduction deals with … differences can be bridged. Regarding entrepreneurship research specifically it is argued in the following section that there are … side are also to blame. In the next section it is suggested that entrepreneurship research can actually do "A lot of harm …

empirical instrument for assessing a firm’s degree of entrepreneurship. Our instrument should open up opportunities for … researchers to further evaluate entrepreneurship in existing firms. …

noted that surprisingly few studies had focused on that specific problem (Davidsson 1989a; 1989b). Today, this is no longer … specifically on growth, we also have the observation that longitudinal designs are generally lacking in entrepreneurship research … longitu-dinal studies in entrepreneurship research as a major impediment (Aldrich & Baker, 1997, p. 389; Sex-ton, 1997, p. 407 …

many results from the project have been presented and discussed before (Davidsson, Lindmark & Olofsson, 1993a; 1993b; 1994a …; 1994b; 1995a; 1995b; Davidsson, 1995a) some analyses were carried out specifically for this paper. …

'Introduction' In their path-breaking article, Low & MacMillan (1988) suggest that entrepreneurship be defined as the … 'creation of new enterprise'. The purpose of entrepreneurship research should be to 'explain and facilitate the role of new … micro and macro perspec-tives. They argued that researchers must acknowledge that entrepreneurship studies could and should …

growth and profitability are important dimensions of SME performance. The majority of earlier studies tend to focus on the … profitability simultaneously. We examine the longitudinal behaviour of firms using the ABS BLS database of SME from 1995-1998. In …