The global entrepreneurship index (GEINDEX)

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This paper constructs a Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEINDEX) that captures the contextual feature of entrepreneurship across countries. We find the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development to be mildly S-shaped not U-shaped or L-shaped. Our findings suggest moving away from simple measures of entrepreneurship across countries illustrating a U-shaped or L-shaped relationship to more complex measures, which are positively related to economic development. Implications for public policy suggest that institutions need to be strengthened before entrepreneurial resource can be deployed to drive innovation.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Jena Economic Research Papers ; No. 2009,028

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Entrepreneurship
• Subject: Entrepreneurship ; Development ; Stages of Growth ; Globalization ; Innovation ; Index ; Knowledge ; Institutions ; Unternehmer ; Unternehmensgründung ; Wirtschaftsindikator ; Entwicklungsstufe ; Institutionalismus ; Innovation ; Wissen ; Globalisierung ; Welt

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ács, Zoltán J. ; Szerb, László
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics
• (where): Jena
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/31778
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET