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At a societal level does creativity play a substantial role in economic development? How important is entrepreneurial creativity at the macro-economic level? What does the evidence show us?
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McMullan, W.E., Kenworthy, T.P. (2015). Towards a Macro Theory of Entrepreneurial Creativity. In: Creativity and Entrepreneurial Performance. Exploring Diversity in Entrepreneurship. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04726-3_11
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