2 A TALE OF TWO ENTREPRENEURS: Understanding Differences in the Types of Entrepreneurship in the Economy Policymakers and pundits who use entrepreneurship as a “catch-all” phase to capture a single economic activity make an...

Executive Summary BEÑAT BILBAO-OSORIO, World Economic Forum SOUMITRA DUTTA, Cornell University BRUNO LANVIN, INSEAD When The Global Information Technology Report (GITR) and the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) were created...

Fiscale prikkels en vennootschapsvorming Maarten van ‟t Riet, augustus 2012 “Dokter: als ik hier druk, doet het dáár pijn.” - Toon Hermans 1. Inleiding Zelfstandige ondernemers nemen een bijzondere plaats in bij de ink...

CROWDFUNDING � WHAT IT IS AND WHERE IT WILL GO Crowdfunding describes Internet based, social media enabled, community powered fundraising. It is characterized by a low cost, low commitment structure with frequent communication, b...

As crisis engulfs the world�s leading economies, there is great concern about job creation and energizing growth rates.1 The sudden arrival of subdued, Japanesestyle growth prospects for North America, Europe and the rest of...

All over the globe policymakers and academics agree that entrepreneurship plays a critical role for the development and well being of society. At the same time what one understands entrepreneurship to be is not always viewed equa...

Both firm survival and firm growth are important characteristics of firm dynam- ics. Firm survival, or rather its opposite firm exit, has two opposite economic ef- fects. On the one hand, firm exit has various negative effects,...

The latest estimates for 2010 show the continuing impact of the economic crisis in the EU labour market. The employment rate for the 20-64 age group in the EU-27 stood at 68.6 % in 2010, 0.5 percentage points (p.p.) lower than the...

August 2011 Euro area unemployment rate at 10.0% EU27 at 9.5% The euro area1 (EA17) seasonally-adjusted2 unemployment rate3 was 10.0% in August 2011, unchanged compared with July4. It was 10.2% in August 2010. The EU271 unemplo...

Management Summary This IMP�rove Study provides more transparency on the innovation success of both low- and high-tech SMEs. The �myth� that mainly high-tech companies contribute with their product in-novations to Europe�s compet...

Executive summary Despite today�s high unemployment rates, the global talent risk is growing. Soon staggering talent gaps will appear in large parts of the world threatening economic growth. Economies will struggle to remain c...

Abstract Recent literature suggests that two types of competition may contribute to macro-economic performance: the extent of new-firm entry and the extent of competition among incumbent firms. In the present paper we explain e...