characteristic but it is also uncertain. In that perspective, the role of entrepreneurship is to take on the corresponding risk by … on both variables, entrepreneurship and economic performance, simultaneously. We find significant impact of … entrepreneurship capital on economic output. On the other hand, spatially specific entrepreneurship capital is shaped by regional …

We explore the role of different types of self-employment for a persistence of the regional level of entrepreneurship … regarded a rather weak form of entrepreneurship. …

economy. In particular, the empirical evidence provides consistent support that (1) the role of entrepreneurship has … may be that the current approach to entrepreneurship policy is misguided. The priority should not be on entrepreneurship …

knowledge based entrepreneurial activity. Second, knowledge based entrepreneurship positively affects regional economic … particular, our results suggest that innovation efforts have an indirect effect on economic performance via entrepreneurship …

This paper summarizes the role of entrepreneurship in the East German transformation process that followed the … policy should have a special focus on entrepreneurship. In particular, it should try to utilize and strengthen the …

Emerging literature shows that spatial differences in entrepreneurship tend to persist over longer periods of time. A … regional culture and a supporting environment in favor of entrepreneurship that particularly involves social capital. This … chapter summarizes the available empirical evidence on the regional persistence of entrepreneurship and elaborates in detail …

We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this … measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship … a regional culture of entrepreneurship is an important resource for regional growth. …

We study the origins of entrepreneurship (culture) in the United States. For the analysis we make use of a quasi … entrepreneurial personality traits. Due to a genetic founder effect and the formation of an entrepreneurship culture, we expect gold … rush counties to have higher entrepreneurship rates. The analysis shows that gold rush counties indeed have higher …