This seminar focusses on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development. Entrepreneurs are a rare species. At the same time, they are a major player in enhancing competition in markets. Entrepreneurs play, thus, an important role in innovation-driven economies, for innovation, economic growth, productivity, and for the creation of new jobs. They are also important agents of economic change. Against this background, in this seminar, we will investigate how internal and external factors influence the behavior of entrepreneurs and the performance of their firms. Participants of the seminar will write a 15-page seminar paper making use of the provided literature and present the most important results of their essays in the seminar. Exemplary topics are:
Theories of Entrepreneurship
Who becomes an entrepreneur: Influence of economic and non-economic characteristics
Female Entrepreneurship and the Gender Gap
Immigrant Entrepreneurship
The importance of Entrepreneurship for economic development and economic growth
Are Entrepreneurs job creators or job destroyers?
The nexus between research, innovation, and productivity in entrepreneurial firms
Entrepreneurial survival
The influence of the business cycle on Entrepreneurship
Start-up support: when is it successful?
Entrepreneurship and financial constraints
Parker Simon C. The economics of entrepreneurship. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 2nd.
Your task: Seminar paper, presentation of the work, regular participation in and active contribution to the seminar
