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Sources of Growth: the Entrepreneurial versus the Managed Economy

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  • Audretsch, David B
  • Thurik, A R Roy

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The purpose of this paper is to suggest that a fundamental shift in Europe, along with the other OECD countries, is taking place. This shift is from the managed economy to the entrepreneurial economy. While politicians and policy-makers have made a plea for guidance in the era of entrepreneurship, scholars have been slow to respond. The purpose of this paper is to make a first step identifying and articulating these differences. It does this by contrasting the most fundamental elements of the newly-emerging entrepreneurial economy with those of the managed economy. We identify fifteen trade-offs confronting these two polar words. The common thread throughout these trade-offs is the increased role of new and small enterprises in the entrepreneurial economy. A particular emphasis is placed on changes in economic policy demanded by the entrepreneurial economy vis-à-vis the managed economy. We then explore whether restructuring towards the entrepreneurial economy has been conducive to economic growth and job creation. Our empirical analysis links the stage of the transition towards an entrepreneurial economy to the growth rates of European countries over a recent period. We find that those countries that have introduced a greater element of entrepreneurship have been rewarded with additional growth.

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  • Audretsch, David B & Thurik, A R Roy, 1997. "Sources of Growth: the Entrepreneurial versus the Managed Economy," CEPR Discussion Papers 1710, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:1710
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    1. van Gelderen, Marco & Frese, Michael & Thurik, Roy, 2000. "Strategies, Uncertainty and Performance of Small Business Startups," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 165-181.
    2. David B. Audretsch & Martin A. Carree & Adriaan J. Van Stel & A. Roy Thurik, 2002. "Impeded Industrial Restructuring: The Growth Penalty," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 55(1), pages 81-98.
    3. Verheul, I. & Thurik, A.R., 2000. "Start-Up Capital," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2000-07-STR, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
    4. Yuko Aoyama, 2009. "Entrepreneurship and Regional Culture: The Case of Hamamatsu and Kyoto, Japan," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(3), pages 495-512.
    5. Milo Bianchi & Magnus Henrekson, 2005. "Is Neoclassical Economics still Entrepreneurless?," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 58(3), pages 353-377, July.
    6. Rachel Parker, 2001. "The Myth of the Entrepreneurial Economy: Employment and Innovation in Small Firms," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 15(2), pages 373-384, June.
    7. Martin Carree & André van Stel & Roy Thurik & Sander Wennekers, 2000. "Business Ownership and Economic Growth in 23 OECD Countries," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 00-001/3, Tinbergen Institute.
    8. Bogdan Ioane MARCULESCU & Laura BRANCU & Diana Claudia SALA, 2021. "Economic Materialism And Entrepreneurial Intention In Romanian Students," Management and Marketing Journal, University of Craiova, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, vol. 0(1), pages 46-70, May.
    9. Rachel Parker, 2000. "Industrial Transformation In Austria, Norway And Sweden," Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(2), pages 145-168.
    10. Lasierra, Jose Manuel, 2018. "Self-Employment and the Economic Cycle in Spain," MPRA Paper 89593, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Entrepreneurship; Europe; Government Policy; Growth; Industrial Structure;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L0 - Industrial Organization - - General
    • O0 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - General

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