Does Firm Origin Matter? an Empirical Examination of Types of Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs‪.‬

INTRODUCTION Since the earliest writings about entrepreneurship, there has been little agreement on a definition. In certain respects, there is considerable overlap between entrepreneurship and small business, if not, indeed business of all sizes. Entrepreneurship is not limited to firms of a certain size, or to certain industries, or only to some cultures. Entrepreneurial activity is carried out by people of both sexes, of all ages, and of all backgrounds. In some ways, entrepreneurship has baffled researchers in social sciences the way subatomic particles have baffled physicists. Its impact is observed, but the thing itself seems ephemeral and invisible.