This chapter reviews and integrates much of what has been learned on the processes of
technological evolution, their main features, and their effects on the evolution of industries …

This survey article aims at critically discussing the recent literature on firm formation and
survival and the growth of new-born firms. The basic purpose is to single out the …

This paper explores the relationship between innovation and firm growth for firms of different
ages. We hypothesize that young firms undertake riskier innovation activities which may …

This paper presents new evidence on industry concentration at both the country and the
world-region levels. It calculates country-level industry concentration measures from the …

The study presented in this paper analyzes the factors influencing the growth rate of small
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Algeria and explores the extent to which their …

Based on the eclectic theory of entrepreneurship, this article analyzes macro-level
determinants of national rates of formal versus informal entrepreneurship. Our evaluation of …

This article examines the role of regional clusters in regional entrepreneurship. We focus on
the distinct influences of convergence and agglomeration on growth in the number of start …

Motivated by the ongoing interest of policy makers in the sources of job creation, this paper
presents results from a new OECD project on the dynamics of employment (DynEmp) based …

Despite an almost universally accepted belief outside academia that entrepreneurial activity
is a positive driving force in the economy, the accumulated evidence remains largely …

This introductory, non-technical, text offers a reflective overview of what economics adds to
our understanding of entrepreneurship. It is designed primarily to showcase to young …