Entrepreneurship has always been a key factor in economic growth, innovation, and the
development of firms and businesses. More recently, new technologies, the waning of the" …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to cumulate published empirical studies (1980-2009)
on the relationship between individual variables and entrepreneurial status. The authors …

The nature of self-employment is changing in most OECD countries. Solo self-employment is
increasing relative to self-employment with dependent employees, often being associated …

This introductory, non-technical, text offers a reflective overview of what economics adds to
our understanding of entrepreneurship. It is designed primarily to showcase to young …

The current paper analyzes the role of the individual and regional knowledge context in
forming university students' entrepreneurial intentions. As access to knowledge resources is …

This paper is about whether transitions into self-employment are preceded by well-formed
entrepreneurial aspirations, and the extent to which aspiration and actual transition are …

This paper undertakes an analysis of the motivating factors cited by the self-employed in the
UK as reasons for choosing self-employment. Very limited previous research has addressed …

There is growing scholarly interest in settlement intention of migrants in urban China. But
little is known about how settlement intention of migrants is shaped by their labor-market …

Why should individuals who have exited their firm consider re-entering into
entrepreneurship, ie become renascent entrepreneurs? According to the logic of economic …

The article makes three contributions to the economics literature on entrepreneurship. We
offer a new measure of entrepreneurship which accounts for variations in persistence in self …