Though time is an important dimension of the venture creation process, our understanding of why some entrepreneurs are able to act more quickly than others is limited. Equally, not much is known about the relationship between venture creation speed and the subsequent venture growth. In this...

This paper examines how the interactions between changes in regional rates of unemployment and nascent entrepreneurs' higher education and entrepreneurship training affect entrepreneurial growth aspirations in the context of an economic slowdown. Recent studies have suggested that the formation...