that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation … group'? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals' utility levels …

impact of immigration on entrepreneurial activity. Immigrants, we hypothesize, facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by … immigrants (even if they are not self-employed) may prove to be areas in which entrepreneurship and innovation are easier to … perspectives that focus on low-cost immigrant labor or immigrant entrepreneurship. …

We describe Germany's rise as an industrial power in the late 19th century through radical innovation and … entrepreneurship, and contrast this with the post-World War II period. This latter period, although it contained the German economic … miracle, was nevertheless a period during which innovation slowed down - a somewhat surprising conclusion, but consistent with …

entrepreneurship research. In this context, we investigate whether the motives of becoming an entrepreneur influence the subsequent … job creation, expansion and innovation activities for up to 40 months after business formation. Using self … better, the higher they score on this index. Effects are particularly strong for growth oriented outcomes like innovation and …

well as growthoriented outcomes such as job creation and innovation. We find statistically significant and economically … stronger when focusing on the growth-oriented outcome of innovation. Furthermore, we observe that generalized self-efficacy is …

entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights … from the intersection of entrepreneurship and development studies; (ii) the empirical evidence on the relationship between … entrepreneurship and development; and (iii) fresh insights for entrepreneurship policy for development that emerges from recent …

where growth is driven by the innovative activity of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is risky and requires investments that … affect the steepness of the lifetime consumption profile. As a consequence, the occupational choice of entrepreneurship …