Twenty-five years of research on institutions, entrepreneurship, and economic growth: What has been learned?

Urbano, D.; Aparicio, S.; Audretsch, D.

Abstract

This paper analyzes an emergent stream of research shedding light on the institutional factors shaping entrepreneurial activity and its effect on economic growth. This integrative analysis spanning a broad spectrum of diverse literature enables a distinction between two different research lines in the field of entrepreneurship. The findings of this study, based on articles from the journals included in the Web of Science database, facilitate a broader comprehension of two separate lines of research, which allows an analysis of the interaction among institutions, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. The systematic literature analysis over the last 25 years (1992–2016) of research reveals that institutions could be related to economic growth through entrepreneurship, which would open new research questions about what institutional factors are conducive to entrepreneurship, which in turn spurs economic growth. Thus, not only is understanding both complex relationships and their possible sequence useful for planning strategies and public policies, but it is also helpful for advancing and providing new insights in these research fields, which could be complementary and interdisciplinary.

Citation

Urbano, D., Aparicio, S., & Audretsch, D. (2019). Twenty-five years of research on institutions, entrepreneurship, and economic growth: What has been learned?. Small Business Economics, 53(1), 21-49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-018-0038-0

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 21, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Apr 12, 2018
• Publication Date: Jun 30, 2019
• Deposit Date: Apr 26, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 12, 2019
• Journal: Small Business Economics
• Print ISSN: 0921-898X
• Electronic ISSN: 1573-0913
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 21-49
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-018-0038-0
• Keywords: Institutional approach, Entrepreneurship, Economic growth, Economic development, Formal and informal institutions, Systematic literature analysis.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1332705