Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Development 2011
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199596515.003.0004
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Types of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

Abstract: In this paper, we empirically investigate the effect of entrepreneurship on economic growth at the country level. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, which provides comparative data on entrepreneurship from a wide range of countries. An important element of this paper is that we compare the effects of entrepreneurial activity on economic growth in high income, transition and low income countries. This dataset also enables us to make a distinction between the effects of entrepreneurship in gen… Show more

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“…By now, it is generally accepted that the contribution of entrepreneurship to macroeconomic development is contingent on the type of entrepreneurship (Dejardin and Fritsch 2011;Stam and Van Stel 2011). Examples of typologies of entrepreneurship are high-technology versus lowtechnology entrepreneurs, higher-versus lower-educated entrepreneurs, own-account workers versus employers, and necessity versus opportunity entrepreneurs.…”
Section: Types Of Entrepreneurshipmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…By now, it is generally accepted that the contribution of entrepreneurship to macroeconomic development is contingent on the type of entrepreneurship (Dejardin and Fritsch 2011;Stam and Van Stel 2011). Examples of typologies of entrepreneurship are high-technology versus lowtechnology entrepreneurs, higher-versus lower-educated entrepreneurs, own-account workers versus employers, and necessity versus opportunity entrepreneurs.…”
Section: Types Of Entrepreneurshipmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…New firms, particularly those in transition economies, displace obsolete incumbents, fill existing market gaps and create new value (Stam & Stel 2009). Moreover, such entrepreneurial activities are found to be essential to commercialise innovative technologies and for healthy development of the business population (Stel et al 2005).…”
Section: H1bmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Entrepreneurship in efficiency-driven economies remains the major driver of economic growth (Stam & Stel 2009). If we consider the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), which, with the exception of India, are good representatives of efficiency-driven economies, entrepreneurial activities at small and medium business level are contributing a great deal to employment creation and the GDP.…”
Section: Transforming An Efficiency Economy Into An Innovation Econommentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…income, survival, and satisfaction), country-level (economic development and growth, employment, investment, wages, survival, innovation, exports, and productivity), and cross-country level. Again, some of these papers include Stam and Van Stel (2009), Thurik (2009), Naude (2008), Valliere and Peterson (2009), Braunerhjelm et al (2010, Martin et al (2010), Stam et al (2010), and many others.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%