If you aren’t familiar with the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), you might enjoy learning about this prolific and widespread study of entrepreneurship around globe: GEM website
In addition to the GEM research conducted for policy development, many interesting journal articles are available.
Here is a (very) short list that you might find interesting:
- Entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth: Evidence from GEM data, PK Wong, YP Ho and E Autio, Small Business Economics (2005)
- A theoretical grounding and test of the GEM model, J Levie and E Autio, Small Business Economics (2008)
- Institutional context and the allocation of entrepreneurial effort, HP Bowen and D De Clercq, Journal of International Business Studies (2008)
- Institutions and entrepreneurship development in Russia: A comparative perspective, R Aidis, S Estrin and T Mickiewicz, Journal of Business Venturing (2008)
- Nations of entrepreneurs: A social capital perspective, SW Kwon and P Arenius, Journal of Business Venturing (2010)
- Are social networks more important for new business activity in emerging than developed economies? An empirical extension, WM Danis, D De Clercq and O Petricevic, International Business Review (2011)
- Entrepreneurship, social capital, and institutions: Social and commercial entrepreneurship across nations, S Estrin, T Mickiewicz and U Stephan, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2013)