...Leyla A. Gamidullaeva; Sergey M. Vasin; Nicholas Wise Purpose A neo-institutional methodology defines the entrepreneurial environment for SMEs as a multidimensional set of interacting formal/informal institutions influencing regional economic growth. Acknowledging the multidimensional nature...

... Group Publishing Limited 2012 Broadband Small business Economic impact Entrepreneurship Infrastructure Small enterprises United States of America Business development Economic growth Communication technologies Small businesses play a vital role in a country's economic growth...

...) and developing countries. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides an in‐depth and extensive review of the existing literature on entrepreneurship and economic growth in cities. In most empirical studies, the growth rate of employment or unemployment rate is used as the dependent variable to analyze...

... e‐commerce development. Jens Hultman can be contacted at: jens.hultman@ihh.hj.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Electronic commerce Surveys Small enterprises Sweden Communication technologies Economic growth For more than a decade now, firms in countries...

... the perspective of creative destruction during transition. Their findings show an upward trend in terms of firm turnover. In the context of firm entry and exist rates, these exhibit remarkably high levels,representing an overall positive impact on Estonian productivity as well as economic growth. The third...

... illegal actions from “mafia” as decisive obstacles for the operation of their FDI projects. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Entrepreneurialism Small to medium‐sized enterprises Economic growth Albania A “Public Officials” survey was conducted in 1998 by ACER in collaboration...

...Paul Plummer; Michael Taylor The aim of this paper is to engage with the translation and linking of the “scientific knowledge” of theory on local economic growth with the “practical knowledge” of, on the one hand, local economic policy formulation and, on the other hand, entrepreneurship...

... of focus groups with 77 women based in the North West who were either considering business start‐up or were in the first 12 months of business operation. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Women Small firms Barriers Economic growth Change United Kingdom From the early 1990s it has been...