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01.03.2014

Global entrepreneurship and institutions: an introduction

verfasst von: Jonathan Levie, Erkko Autio, Zoltan Acs, Mark Hart

Erschienen in: Small Business Economics | Ausgabe 3/2014

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Abstract

This article is an introduction to the special issue from the 4th Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Research Conference held at Imperial College Business School, London, in 2010. The article has two objectives. The first is to summarize the history of the GEM consortium, some of the contributions that it has delivered, and some challenges and opportunities ahead. The second is to present a summary of the papers in the context of the utility of GEM data in comparative entrepreneurship research.

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Fußnoten
1
The original acronym was GOEI, or Global Opportunity and Entrepreneurship Index. The name Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, abbreviated as GEM, was proposed by Erkko Autio, who had just bought the gems for the engagement ring for his future wife.
 
2
Although Baumol had published his seminal hypothesis regarding ‘productive,’ ‘unproductive,’ and ‘destructive’ entrepreneurship in 1990, this thesis had not been tested because of lack of suitable data (Baumol 1990; Weitzel et al. 2010; Desai et al. 2013).
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Global entrepreneurship and institutions: an introduction
verfasst von
Jonathan Levie
Erkko Autio
Zoltan Acs
Mark Hart
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2014
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Small Business Economics / Ausgabe 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0921-898X
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0913
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-013-9516-6

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