Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy: Volume 10 Issue 1

Licensing massage therapists in the name of crime: the case of Harper v Lindsay

Darwyyn Deyo, Blake Hoarty, Conor Norris, Edward Timmons

This study aims to analyze the trends for crime and STDs after the passage of massage therapist licensing. In 1977, Texas passed a law permitting county-level licensing laws for…

Formal institutions and the development of entrepreneurial activity – the contingent role of corruption in emerging economies

Arezou Harraf, Hasan Ghura, Allam Hamdan, Xiaoqing Li

The paper aims to analyse the interplay between formal and informal institutions' and their impact on entrepreneurship rates in emerging economies.

Policies for supporting women entrepreneurs in developing countries: the case of Tanzania

Dina Modestus Nziku, Colette Henry

While the topic of women's entrepreneurship continues to grow in academic appeal, the policy aspect is one that has received limited scholarly attention, especially in the context…

The road to evidence based applicable policies for regional entrepreneurial ecosystems

Johannes von Bloh

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EES) is among the fastest growing entrepreneurship research topics. With even greater vigour, the non-scientific world of economic development…

Prescribing originality: investigating the impact of original knowledge on patent quality in the pharmaceutical sector

Kristie Briggs

This paper examines the relationship between the originality of a pharmaceutical innovation and its patent quality. Greater patent quality has been shown in the extant literature…

Institutions and entrepreneurial activity: a comparative analysis of Kosovo and other economies

Fadil Sahiti

This paper investigates institutional quality and its impact on entrepreneurship activities in a less-developed economy. The unifying characteristic of government policies in…

Special economic zones and liberalization avalanches

Lotta Moberg, Vlad Tarko

The purpose of this study is to show under what conditions a special economic zone will succeed at spurring development and at sparking broader liberalization.