Relating entrepreneurship to economic growth

Charlie Karlsson (charlie.karlsson@ju.se), Christian Friis (christian@ltc.se) and Thomas Paulsson (thomas.paulsson@jibs.hj.se)
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Christian Friis: CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Royal Institute of Technology, Postal: CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden, http://www.ihh.hj.se/eng/
Thomas Paulsson: CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Royal Institute of Technology, Postal: CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden, http://www.ihh.hj.se/eng/

No 13, Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation from Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies

Abstract: The entrepreneur is an elusive character in economic theory due to the difficulty of providing an accurate description. It appears impossible to produce a single definition of entrepreneurship and most theoretical approaches yield operational difficulties. By the same token, most operational definitions are incomplete and cover only single parts of the concept. Numerous empirical studies have examined the effects of entrepreneurship, but few studies have been undertaken in order to summarise the empirical evidence and synthesize the theoretical framework and the empirical results. The objective of this paper is to provide a critical overview of recent empirical research on the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth.

Keywords: Economic Growth; Innovation; Competition; Start-ups; Entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L10 M13 O31 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2004-11-24
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-ent and nep-ino
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Chapter: Relating Entrepreneurship to Economic Growth (2006)
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