reconstructs his economic explanation of the spectacular growth success experienced in Western market societies. …

This study investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms … do not grow more rapidly than other firms. However, firm growth is positively associated with the combination of …

We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism … innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …

, and (iii) productivity and growth, relative to the contributions of the entrepreneurs’ counterparts, i.e., the ‘control … very important—but specific—function in the economy. They engender relatively much employment creation, productivity growth … studies show that entrepreneurial firms produce important spillovers that affect regional employment growth rates of all …

the macroeconomic perspective in the analysis of productivity growth. He believes that the golden age of productivity … growth during the 1945-73 period was in large part due to the solid macroeconomic performance of the period, a theme not …

; the impact of economic reform on British productivity growth; productivity and policy reform in Australia; the measurement …