This paper studies the relationship between entrepreneurship and unemployment. We focus on Necessity TEA (total entrepreneurial activity for those individuals pushed into entrepreneurship because they have no better alternatives for work). We a priori predict that when unemployment is high, TEA...

The financing opportunities for entrepreneurs around the world are analyzed.The data used are primarily from the 2004 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) study, with supplemental data from the five previous years of the study.Thirty-four countries are included in the analysis, covering all...

The 2003 USA Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report indicates that entrepreneurship thrives at very high levels, moving ahead of the general economic recovery of the country. The entrepreneurial activity has increased from 10.5% in 2002 to 11.9% in 2003. Also, the United States has the...

Entrepreneurship research is still developing as a management science. This is especially visible when entrepreneurship research is compared to the disciplines from which it emerged, and it needs to develop its own methods and theories. Entrepreneurship research uses concepts garnered from...

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