Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/81377 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 943
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
The purpose of this research endeavor—in the form of eight articles—to be published in 2013 in a Special Section of Industrial and Corporate Change is to further our understanding of the extent, character and orientation of entrepreneurial activity in today’s wealthy countries. This is done by means of detailed studies of particular aspects of the rules of the game deemed to be of particular importance for entrepreneurship, innovation-based firm growth and its ensuing impact on the economy. Particular aspects of entrepreneurship and economic dynamism are covered by pairs (or in one case three) coauthors, who are renowned specialists in the area and with deep knowledge of the pertinent institutions in Sweden and the US. These two countries have been argued to be located at either end of the spectrum of the types of capitalism with respect to the degree coordination and government intervention. This introductory essay sets off by giving a short overview of the institutional differences that distinguish these economies, but also stresses that convergence has occurred in the last decades in several respects. Still, as is obvious from the summary of the eight comparative analyses included in the Special Section, considerable differences remain. These constitute the basis for the concluding policy discussion.
Subjects: 
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Institutions
Firm growth
Economic dynamism
JEL: 
G28
H30
K30
L26
L53
O43
O57
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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