This paper explores the effects of foreign direct investment, measured by mergers and acquisitions, on domestic entrepreneurial entry. We use a micro‐panel of more than two thousand individuals disaggregated by industry in seventy countries including both developed and developing economies,...

The gestation patterns of new firms areinvestigated, especially the duration of gestation. Two present theories ofbusiness startup are examined, which consider the business as rational economicactors or as a biologic analogy. The definitional and theoretical issuesinvolved in defining the...

The prevalence rates for nascent entrepreneurs are determined using the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED).A summary of the research design of the PSED is provided, and an overview of the information contained in the database.A three-stage model of the entrepreneurial process is...

Presents preliminary analysis of a pilot research program in development, that uses a new survey research technique to investigate the factors that lead individuals to start firms. It seeks to analyze data about the gestation process that precedes firm creation. Previous models are found not to...

A country's level of economic development may impactits level of entrepreneurial development.A U-shaped relationship betweeneconomic development and entrepreneurial development may occur as a nationdevelops economically. The validity of this hypothesized relationship isinvestigated. The...

Investigates the interplay between firm births, regional characteristics, and economic growth in the United States. In separate articles, similar analyses were completed for France, Western Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. To begin this analysis, six processes are...

Several perspectives have been utilized as a means of understanding entrepreneurial processes. Few studies, however, have examined entrepreneurship from a sociological perspective, prior to the 1990s. To better understand socioeconomic systems, three primary perspectives are identified: (1) a...

Given that the type of financing available during the earliest phases of the new firm founding process can influence the likelihood of venture success or failure, start-up capital structure in nascent ventures is a topic of important and timely theoretical and practical relevance. This research...