It is widely recognized that foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role in economic development. Internationalization theory is used to explore how inward FDI impacts entrepreneurial activity. Using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor we find significant differences in...

The analysis of the effect of new ventures on the economy has been widely investigated over the last decade. However, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) international research was the first that provided a consistent and comparable estimation of the entrepreneurial activity over nations....

While composite indicators have becoming popular in many fields over the last two decades, the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI) is the first complex index focusing on the multidimensional quality rather than the quantity aspects of entrepreneurship. GEDI is similar to other...