The question whether agglomeration externalities arise either from specialization or diversification of economic activity has since long been a major topic in the analysis of factors determining economic growth. In this paper we analyze whether a more specialized or a more diverse skill...

The question whether agglomeration externalities arise either from specialization or diversification of economic activity has since long been a major topic in the analysis of factors determining economic growth. In this paper we analyze whether a more specialized or a more diverse skill...

Starting from the way in which women, generally speaking, understand entrepreneurship – as a choice or as a necessity, the present paper aims to discover in what percentage women in the West of Romania, have been influenced in the decision to become entrepreneurs or in self-employment option...

The present paper aims an incursion in the concern for researches in the field of feminine entrepreneurship – as a research theme, the study directions of the feminine entrepreneurship, on the basis of the special literature in the field. The applicative part of the paper refers to the...

This paper compares the information content of the number of persons self-employed with the number of active firms, as measures of the entrepreneurial resources of an economy. Our purpose is to examine whether the two variables respond equally to the same potential sources of variability...

This paper draws on occupational choice theory to explain that observed differences in shares of entrepreneurs as self-employed across countries, may respond to differences in social capital as a support of generalized trust. With a (incomplete) panel data from 63 countries, for a period of 25...

Paradoxically, what powers knowledge-based economies is not knowledge. Rather, it is their capacity for creativity. Creativity transforms knowledge into valuable ideas and products, resulting in innovation and entrepreneurial activity. Previous research has stressed the relevance of creativity...

The key for competitiveness and growth relies in entrepreneurship and its creative destruction. While questioning what drives entrepreneurship and creativity scholars have recently highlighted the role of culture. Culture defines a set of shared characteristics, values, institutions and...

We assess the empirical literature on the determinants of spatial variations in new-firm formation rates by undertaking a systematic empirical analysis of the relative roles of different demand- and supply-side factors. Using instrumental variables to address endogeneity, we find that local...

Knowledge flows from universities to the regional economy can take different forms ranging from formal research collaborations to consultancy and informal personal connections. One of the knowledge communication channels drawing substantial interest of both researchers and regional policy makers...