Roy Thurik

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the role of the knowledge-based economy as a cause to this transition and present some calculations about the consequences of this transition, and discuss how and why entrepreneurship has made important contributions to economic and social life in modern industrialized countries.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated whether start-up motivations and the level of social security can explain entrepreneurial aspirations and found that social security contributions have a negative influence on the supply of ambitious entrepreneurship in terms of new product or service introductions, job growth and export orientation.

TL;DR: The authors explored the associations between trait narcissism and six different entrepreneurial aspects that represent the entire entrepreneurial process and found that a positive link exists between self-reported data from 4798 respondents from three countries.

TL;DR: In this article, a U-shaped relationship between the level of entrepreneurship of a country and its level of economic development was found to correlate with the number of entrepreneurs in the country, and a regime switch where the innovative advantage moves from large, established enterprises to small and new firms.

TL;DR: In this article, Wiklund, Isabella Hatak, Holger Patzelt, and Dean A. Shepherd discuss when being different can be an advantage in the entrepreneurship context.