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Entrepreneur, entrepreneuriat (et entreprise) : de quoi s'agit-il ?

Pesqueux, Yvon - HAL - 2014

après avoir questionné la notion d'entrepreneur et d'entrepreneuriat, il sera question de l'extensivité de la figure avec la référence actuelle à l'entrepreneur institutionnel et à l'entrepreneur social.

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Return migrants : The rise of new entrepreneurs in rural China

Démurger, Sylvie; Xu, Hui - HAL - 2011

This paper analyzes return migrants' occupational choice upon their return to their home village, by using an original rural household survey conducted in Wuwei county (Anhui province, China) in 2008. We apply two complementary approaches : a horizontal comparative analysis of occupational...

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Financial Development, Entrepreneurship, and Job Satisfaction

Bianchi, Milo - HAL - 2012

This paper shows that utility differences between the self-employed and employees increase with financial development. This effect is not explained by increased profits but by an increased value of non-monetary benefits, in particular job independence. We interpret these findings by building a...

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Entrepreneurship and Rent-Seeking Behavior

Dejardin, Marcus - HAL - 2011

entrepreneurship and rent-seeking behavior. It comprises the introduction of employed concepts, the discussion of the allocation of … entrepreneurs between different types of economic projects, namely between innovative entrepreneurship and rent-seeking, as well as … the explicative factors of the allocation. Interactions between entrepreneurship, rent-seeking and growth are considered …

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Determinants of self-employment : the case in Vietnam

Do, Thi Quynh Trang; Duchêne, Gérard - HAL - 2007

The determinants of self-employment are widely studied in the economic literature in recent twenty years. However, in the case of Vietnam where self-employed population takes an important proportion in workforce, it remains an under researched area. By using the data from the Vietnam Household...

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ACHIEVING LEGITIMACY IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY

Lefebvre, Miruna Radu; Redien-Collot, Renaud - HAL - 2012

entrepreneurship. Management and entrepreneurship education strive both for academic and market legitimacies. We think entrepreneurship … emphasizing the institutionalization of entrepreneurial mindset in French entrepreneurship higher education. …

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Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility at the Start-up Level: Constraint or Catalyst for Opportunity Identification?

Lefebvre, Vincent; Lefebvre, Miruna Radu - HAL - 2012

This conceptual paper examines the issue of integrating CSR at the start-up level with the aim of increasing the firm's ability to identify new opportunities. Both a constraint and an occasion to strengthen the company's legitimacy and competitive advantage, CSR principles and practices are a...

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Trajectories, Strategic Formulas and Contingencies : pathways to entrepreneurial success

Asquin, Alain; Moore, R. - HAL - 2003

Concerned by the high rate of failure in ventures, we embarked upon a process of identifying possible explanations for the failures. Combined literature and field research confirmed that the organizational capabilities of the entrepreneurs have been rather overlooked in comparing the successes...

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By Choice and by Necessity: Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment in the Developing World

Margolis, David - HAL - 2014

Over half of all workers in the developing world are self-employed. Although some self-employment is chosen by entrepreneurs with well-defined projects and ambitions, roughly two thirds results from individuals having no better alternatives. The importance of self-employment in the overall...

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Risk Attitudes of Nascent Entrepreneurs: New Evidence from an Experimentally-Validated Survey

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006

The influence of risk aversion on the decision to become self-employed is a much discussed topic in the entrepreneurial literature. Conventional wisdom asserts that the role model of an entrepreneur requires to make risky decisions in uncertain environments and hence that more risk-averse...

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