Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurship / Tristan L. Botelho, Daniel Fehder, Yael Hochberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Botelho, Tristan L.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Fehder, Daniel.

Hochberg, Yael.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w28990.

NBER working paper series no. w28990

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2021.

Summary:

Entrepreneurship is thought to be a key driver of economic growth. While there are myriad forms of entrepreneurship, ranging from self-employment to small and medium size enterprises to technology- and innovation-driven startups, recent research provides evidence that the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth is driven not by overall quantity of new firm entry, but rather by a small subset of high-growth startups that are primarily categorized as innovation-driven. This paper provides a survey of the growing literature on the economics of such innovation-driven entrepreneurship. We begin by distinguishing between the various forms of entrepreneurship, which are often confounded in both theory and empirical work. We lay out the current state of knowledge, and describe the challenges faced by researchers in the field, particularly around measurement, data and identification. We conclude with an overview of the major open questions and directions for future research in the area.

Notes:

Print version record

July 2021.