A large literature has emerged focusing on the post-entry performance of firms and, in particular, on thelinks between firm growth, survival, size and age. While these studies have resulted in findings that aresufficiently consistent as to constitute Stylized Facts, virtually all of these...

The study of the determinants of entrepreneurship at the country levelhas been dominated by economic influences. The relative stability of differences in levels of entrepreneurship across coun-tries suggeststhat other forces such as certain institutional and/or cultural factors are at play. The...

In this article, the process of the entrepreneurial decision is decomposed in seven engagement levels ranging from ldquo;never thought about starting a businessrdquo; to ldquo;gave up,rdquo; ldquo;thinking about it,rdquo; ldquo;taking steps for starting up,rdquo; ldquo;having a young...