This exploratory study focuses on the conversion from nascent to actual entrepreneurship and the role of entry barriers … in this process. Using data for a sample of countries partici-pating in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor between 2002 … and 2004, we estimate a two-equation model explaining the nascent entrepreneurship rate and the young business entre-preneurship …

Eurobarometer survey on Entrepreneurship” covering the 25 European Union member states and the United States. The most surprising of …

models based on the established literature. Traditionally, entrepreneurship is not dealt with in these models. In the present … paper it is shown that – when this variable is added - in all models there is a significant influence of entrepreneurship … while the remaining effects mainly stay the same. Entrepreneurship is measured as the business ownership rate (number of …

through these stages. Data are used from the 2007 “Flash Eurobarometer Survey on Entrepreneurship”, covering 27 European …

covariates to differ across the various entrepreneurial engagement levels. Data from two Entrepreneurship Flash Eurobarometer …

knowledge based entrepreneurial activity. Second, knowledge based entrepreneurship positively affects regional economic … particular, our results suggest that innovation efforts have an indirect effect on economic performance via entrepreneurship …

economy. In particular, the empirical evidence provides consistent support that (1) the role of entrepreneurship has … may be that the current approach to entrepreneurship policy is misguided. The priority should not be on entrepreneurship …

destructive entrepreneurship. Baumol's classificatory scheme is built around a limited concept of first-best outcomes and … therefore easily fails to appreciate the true impact of entrepreneurship in real world circumstances characterized by suboptimal … institutions. We present an alternative way of generalizing the notion of entrepreneurship and show how and why it encompasses the …

Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship … public policy affects the prevalence and performance of both productive entrepreneurship and so-called high …-impact entrepreneurship in turn. Although varying contexts and economic systems make prescribing a general panacea impossible, a number of …

to promote entrepreneurship, innovation and growth. …