This survey article aims at critically discussing the recent literature on firm formation and
survival and the growth of new-born firms. The basic purpose is to single out the …

The aim of this study is to provide a microeconomic investigation of the concept of
entrepreneurship; in particular, the following issues will be discussed:(i) the alternative ways …

Linear models are developed to determine the relative impact of 15 start-up processes on
the annual regional birth rate of new business organizations for all industry sectors in the US …

Entrepreneurship is a fundamental driver of economic evolution. It is also a distinctly
spatially uneven process, and thus an important explanation of the uneven economic …

The entrepreneur, in one form or another, has been around a long time in both economic
theory and empirical studies of entry. Argues that these traditions have exhibited an over …

This book, first published in 1986, is an important contribution to the economic analysis of
new firms. It emphasises the importance of analysing the economic inter-relationship …

Entry and Post-entry Performance of Newborn Firms Page 1 10.1 Introduction Entry can be
interpreted as a dynamic process starting from the business idea, passing through the …

Abstract J OHNSON P. and P ARKER S.(1996) Spatial variations in the determinants and
effects of firm births and deaths, Reg. Studies 30, 679–688. This paper models the …

The aim of this paper is to provide an updated survey of the “state of the art” in
entrepreneurial studies with a particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular …

Time-series analyses generally show rates of business formation increasing with
unemployment. In cross-section studies the areas with the highest rates of formation are …