Foundations and trends in entrepreneurship (Online)

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Defining and measuring entrepreneurship

by Iversen, Jens, Jørgensen, Rasmus, Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj

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Although entrepreneurship has become a buzzword in the public debate, a coherent definition of entrepreneurship has not yet emerged. In this paper, we review and compare the most common theoretical definitions of entrepreneurship in economics and discuss their connection to the …

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Context matters: institutions and entrepreneurship

by Coyne, Christopher J., Boettke, Peter J.

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This survey explores the important connection between institutions and entrepreneurship. Institutions consist of the formal and informal "rules of the game." Entrepreneurs act within a context determined by these rules. The rules of the game create payoffs that make certain entr…