Understanding Entrepreneurship Across Countries and Over Time -- An Eclectic Theory of Entrepreneurship: Policies …, Institutions and Culture -- Determinants of Entrepreneurship in France -- Determinants of Entrepreneurship in the Netherlands … -- Determinants of Entrepreneurship in Germany -- Determinants of Entrepreneurship in The United States of America. …

inhabitants are taken into account, some regions have persistently higher entrepreneurship rates than others. Proposed … effects. Regional differences in entrepreneurship have also been linked to the availability of role models (Fornahl 2003 …; Sternberg 2009; Malecki 2009). It can be argued that in regions with high rates of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial role models …

The scholarly literature often distinguishes between so-called opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship and between …

Introduction -- Entrepreneurship and economic growth -- Regional variation in entrepreneurial activity -- Human capital … and entrepreneurship -- Entrepreneurship and employment growth -- Summary and conclusions -- A formulation of … entrepreneurship policy. …

through these stages. Data are used from the 2007 “Flash Eurobarometer Survey on Entrepreneurship”, covering 27 European …