opportunity-necessity positioning. Based on a sample of 538 entrepreneurs, we point out that individuals who get involved in an … entrepreneurial process, have encountered a situation of necessity and/or opportunity and that the latter can take various forms. We … necessity or opportunity entrepreneurial dynamics. The existence of sub-profiles of entrepreneurs within the necessity-opportunity …

-cyclical pattern is examined by separating business creation into two components: “opportunity” and “necessity” entrepreneurship … operational definition of opportunity versus necessity entrepreneurship using readily available nationally representative data. We …” entrepreneurship is pro-cyclical and “necessity” entrepreneurship is counter-cyclical. We also find that “opportunity” vs. “necessity …

opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative … indicate that the returns to a year of education for opportunity entrepreneurs are 3.5 percentage points higher than the paid … employees' rate of 8.1%, but 6.5 percentage points lower for necessity entrepreneurs. …

opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative … indicate that the returns to a year of education for opportunity entrepreneurs are 3.5 percentage points higher than the paid … employees' rate of 8.1%, but 6.5 percentage points lower for necessity entrepreneurs. …