The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship

Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data

Maria Minniti

Breadth of coverage provides comprehensive overview
Contributors are internationally recognised leading authorities in their area of expertise
Uses a consistent data set across topics to ensure an integrated and coherent volume

The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship

Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data

Maria Minniti

Description

At a time when governments all over the world look to entrepreneurship as a way to increase the wealth and well-being of their countries, The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship examines the causes of differences in the levels of entrepreneurship between individuals, the factors that explain variations in the type and quantity of entrepreneurship at aggregate level, and the macroeconomic implications of entrepreneurship.

Using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) as a basis for the empirical data, the book brings together contributions from leading scholars to provide a comprehensive overview of current scholarship on entrepreneurial activity in three sections:

- the universal and systematic aspects of entrepreneurial behavior in human beings regardless of context

- the alternative entrepreneurial contexts and the way in which they motivate individuals to act entrepreneurially or discourage them from doing so

- how entrepreneurial activity influences individuals' living standards at the aggregate level.

The book concludes by summarizing its contribution to existing literature, with particular attention to the policy implications and the ongoing debate on entrepreneurship.

The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship

Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data

Maria Minniti

Introduction, Maria Minniti
1:Excess Entry and Entrepreneurial Decisions: the Role of Overconfidence, Philipp Koellinger, Maria Minniti, and Christian Schade
2:Understanding The Gender Gap In Entrepreneurship: A Multi-Country Examination, I. Elaine Allen and Nan S. Langowitz
3:Defining and Identifying Family Entrepreneurship: a New View of Entrepreneurs, Ramona K. Zachary, Edward G. Rogoff, and Ivory Phinisee
4:Investor Altruism: Financial Returns from Informal Investments in Businesses Owned by Relatives, Friends, and Strangers, William D. Bygrave and Niels Bosma
5:The Contribution of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities to Entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom, Jonathan Levie and Mark Hart
6:Entrepreneurship in World Cities, Zoltan Acs, Niels Bosma, and Rolf Sternberg
7:Interregional Disparities, Entrepreneurship, and EU Regional Policy, Rolf Sternberg
8:Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies: The Role of Institutions and Generational Change, Saul Estrin and Tomasz Mickiewicz
9:Poverty and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries, José Ernesto Amorós and Oscar Cristi
10:Ambitious Entrepreneurship, High-growth Firms and Macroeconomic Growth, Erik Stam, Chantal Hartog, André van Stel, and Roy Thurik
11:High-Aspiration Entrepreneurship, Erkko Autio
12:Entrepreneurship and the Decision to Export, Kent Jones and Megan McDonald Way
Conclusion, David Audretsch
Data Appendix, Maria Minniti

The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship

Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data

Maria Minniti

Author Information

Maria Minniti, Professor and Bobby B. Lyle Chair in Entrepreneurship, Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University

Contributors:

Maria Minniti (Southern Methodist University)
Philipp Koellinger (Erasmus University)
Christian Schade (Humboldt University)
Elaine Allen (Babson College)
Nan Langowitz (Babson College)
Jonathan Levie (University of Strathclyde)
Mark Hart (University of Aston).
Willian Bygrave (Babson College)
Niels Bosma (Utrecht University)
Ramona Heck (CUNY - Baruch College)
Edward Rogoff (CUNY - Baruch College)
Zoltan Acs (George Mason University)
Rolf Sternberg (Leibniz Universität Hannover)
Roy Thurik (Erasmus University)
Chantal Hartog (EIM Business and Policy Research)
Erik Stam (Cambridge University)
André van Stel (University of Amsterdam)
Ernesto Amoros (Universidad del Desarrollo)
Oscar Cristi (Universidad del Desarrollo)
Saul Estrin (London School of Economics)
Tomasz Mickiewicz (University College of London)
Kent Jones (Babson College)
Megan Way (Babson College)
David Audretsch (Indiana University)