Entrepreneurship activity varies significantly across cities. We use the novel data for 1,652
ecosystem actors across sixteen cities in nine develo** and transition economies during …

Drawing from perspectives on institutional hierarchy (Williamson) and social embeddedness
(Granovetter), we examine the role of embeddedness, formal institutions and governance in …

How does regulation affect entrepreneurship outcomes? We examine the effect of two
regulatory policy mechanisms—costs and procedures—on entrepreneurship quality and …

Administrative and regulatory burden reduction is critical to improving government efficiency
and economic competitiveness. Innovations in government through Information and …

Entrepreneurial action is embedded within a variety of complex social structures, not all of
which can be as easily defined or measured as macro-institutional or micro-individual …

Prior research investigates the role of start-up costs and taxes with regard to
entrepreneurship. Yet, little distinction is made regarding the type of entrepreneurship …

This paper adapts the approach introduced in the literature on disparate varieties of
capitalism by proposing that different varieties of entrepreneurship exist. We make the case …

The potential impacts of tax policies on entrepreneurial activity have attracted the attention of
researchers and policy makers for several decades. Entrepreneurship and innovation are …

Burden reduction is a key issue in modern public administrations' and businesses' agendas.
Compliance with mandatory regulations can have a direct impact on a country's economic …

One frequently hears the question posed in the title to this report, but there is little systematic
analytical literature on the issue. Fragmented evidence or anecdotes dominate debates …