Ambitious Entrepreneurship, High-Growth Firms, and Macroeconomic Growth

The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Stam, Erik ^a   Hartog, Chantal ^b   van Stel, Andre ^b   Thurik, Roy ^c,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambitious entrepreneurship; Economic development; Entrepreneurship; GEM; High growth firms; Macroeconomic growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920191746     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199580866.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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