Entrepreneurship and innovation are pivotal for Africa’s economic progress. However, the continent faces a dearth of investment, with the existing venture capital (VC) majorly channeled towards fintech, sidelining other sectors. Despite the growing VC interest, African entrepreneurs grapple...

Prior research consistently shows a positive association between founders’ human capital and startup performance. However, this relationship is potentially confounded by early-stage selection processes that affect which startups survive and receive resources to grow. We investigate how...

Startup accelerators offer a wide range of valuable benefits to early-stage startups, including seed funding, mentorship, networking connections, peer support, and credibility. While previous studies have examined the advantages of participating in these programs, there is still limited...

This study extends and applies the methodology proposed by Guzman and Stern (2015) to estimate and map the quality of entrepreneurship in India, using government census data for 1,542,555 registered micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), spanning all 29 states in India. To our knowledge,...