ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE ICT SECTOR: AN APPROACH BASED ON HIGH-GROWTH ENTERPRISES 1

However, if on one hand there is a vast body of literature highlighting the importance of measuring entrepreneurship, on the other hand its complexities are well-known. Recently, efforts have been made to standardize and frame the concept of entrepreneurship. Thus, current research, as well as available information on the subject, have improved dramatically in comparison to just a few decades ago, mainly regarding the definition of High-Growth Enterprises (HGE) (OECD, 2008; AHMAD; SEYMOuR, 2008), whose economic performance has caught the eye of policymakers.