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Global entrepreneurship and institutions: an introduction

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  • Jonathan Levie
  • Erkko Autio
  • Zoltan Acs
  • Mark Hart

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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. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

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  • Jonathan Levie & Erkko Autio & Zoltan Acs & Mark Hart, 2014. "Global entrepreneurship and institutions: an introduction," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 42(3), pages 437-444, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:sbusec:v:42:y:2014:i:3:p:437-444
    DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9516-6
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    Keywords

    Entrepreneurship; Economic development; Institutions; Public policy; L26; O1; O2;
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    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • O2 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy

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