Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name:  Marco Vivarelli
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Vivarelli
Author-Email:  marco.vivarelli@unicatt.it
Author-Workplace-Name: DISCE, Università Cattolica
Title:  Entrepreneurship and Post-Entry Performance: the Microeconomic Evidence
Abstract: The aim of this study is to provide a microeconomic investigation of the concept of entrepreneurship; 
in particular, it discusses the following issues: 1) the alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship,
distinguishing “creative destruction” from simple “turbulence”; 2) the different microeconomic determinants of new 
firm formation, distinguishing “progressive” from “regressive” drivers; 3) the relationship between ex-ante characteristics 
(of the founder) and postentry performance (of the new firm); and 4) the possible scope for an economic policy 
aimed at maximizing the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth. Where possible and appropriate, the paper devotes
particular attention to the specific features characterizing entrepreneurship in developing countries.
Length: 37 Pages
Creation-Date: 2012-10
Publication-Status: 
File-URL: http://www.unicatt.it/dipartimenti/DISES/allegati/dises1286.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2012
Number: dises1286
Classification-JEL: L26, O12
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; new firm; innovation, development.
Handle: RePEc:ctc:serie2:dises1286