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<p>This paper aims to discuss the notion of silver entrepreneurship in the context of the silver economy. Policy-wise knowing who silver entrepreneurs are and what it takes to support them is an essential step to productively managing the ageing population and promoting an age-ready but age-friendly approach to creating a sustainable economy and society in the new demographic reality. The paper provides a theoretical and empirical literature review of silver entrepreneurship to identify the current state of the art. It also identifies selected policies and strategies aiming to foster silver entrepreneurship, representing a more inclusive and age-diverse entrepreneurial landscape. The silver entrepreneurship proves to be a challenging research field due to the elusive nature of entrepreneurship itself and the lack of universal definitions for this phenomenon.</p>
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This paper aims to discuss the notion of silver entrepreneurship in the context of the silver economy. Policy-wise knowing who silver entrepreneurs are and what it takes to support them is an essential step to productively managing the ageing population and promoting an age-ready but age-friendly approach to creating a sustainable economy and society in the new demographic reality. The paper provides a theoretical and empirical literature review of silver entrepreneurship to identify the current state of the art. It also identifies selected policies and strategies aiming to foster silver entrepreneurship, representing a more inclusive and age-diverse entrepreneurial landscape. The silver entrepreneurship proves to be a challenging research field due to the elusive nature of entrepreneurship itself and the lack of universal definitions for this phenomenon.

Silver entrepreneurship: A golden opportunity for ageing society

Economics and Business Review

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This paper aims to discuss the notion of silver entrepreneurship in the context of the silver economy. Policy-wise knowing who silver entrepreneurs are and...

Silver entrepreneurship: A golden opportunity for ageing society

Publicado en línea: 10 abr 2024

Páginas: 153 - 178

Recibido: 28 nov 2023

Aceptado: 15 mar 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2024.1.1068

Palabras clave
ageing population, silver economy, entrepreneurship, silver entrepreneurs

© 2024 Ivana Barković Bojanić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Silver entrepreneurship: A golden opportunity for ageing society

Publicado en línea: 10 abr 2024

Páginas: 153 - 178

Recibido: 28 nov 2023

Aceptado: 15 mar 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2024.1.1068

Palabras claveageing population, silver economy, entrepreneurship, silver entrepreneurs

© 2024 Ivana Barković Bojanić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
ageing population, silver economy, entrepreneurship, silver entrepreneurs