In this introductory chapter to a collective volume, we build on Baumol's (1990) framework to categorize, catalog, and classify the budding research field that explores the interplay between institutions and entrepreneurship. Institutions channel entrepreneurial supply into productive or...

A theoretical starting point is offered for international comparative research on immigrant entrepreneurship, focusing on the relationship between the welfare system and immigrant entrepreneurship from a socio economic perspective.This approach combines three theoretical building blocks. The...