Purpose - This study is devoted to the empirical assessment of the macro-level impact of social capital on immigrant entrepreneurship (the general levels of immigrant entrepreneurship, as well as high-value added immigrant entrepreneurship). Design/methodology/approach - The paper applies...

Based on the eclectic theory of entrepreneurship, this article analyzes macro-level determinants of national rates of formal versus informal entrepreneurship. Our evaluation of the factors identified in this theory reveals a set of empirically-testable, higher-order determinants: economic...