We investigate the manifold posed question: “To what extent does investment in human and
social capital, besides the effect of ‘talent’, enhance entrepreneurial performance?” We …

Findings from a large and growing body of entrepreneurship research offer insights for public
policy and public officials and managers. Entrepreneurship policy is defined as measures …

In the past decades, the views on entrepreneurship developed towards a common
agreement with respect to its importance for (economic) society. Entrepreneurship receives …

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor research program was designed as a comprehensive
assessment of the role of entrepreneurship in national economic growth. The conceptual …

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) is the world’s leading research consortium
dedicated to understanding the relationship between entrepreneurship and national economic …

In the media role models are increasingly being acknowledged as an influential factor in
explaining the reasons for the choice of occupation and career. Various conceptual studies …

Although there is a high level of practitioner, policymaker, and scholar interest in social
entrepreneurship, most research is based on case studies and success stories of successful …

Institutions have a decisive impact on the prevalence and nature of entrepreneurship. To
date, the impact of institutions on (productive) entrepreneurship and the effects of …

Why does one person actually succeed in starting a business, while a second person gives
up? In order to answer this question, a sample of 517 nascent entrepreneurs (people in the …

Since its inception in 1997 by scholars at Babson College and London Business School,
GEM has developed into one of the world’s leading research consortia concerned with …