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Performance and structures of the German science system 2022

Stephen, Dimity; Stahlschmidt, Stephan - Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung - 2022 - Stand: Februar 2022

This study updates the annual comparative analysis of the performance and structures of the German science system. We use several bibliometric indicators of productivity and academic impact to assess Germany's performance for the period 1995-2020 compared against 22 countries and the EU13, EU14,...

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The Role of Training in Fostering Cluster-Based Micro and Small Enterprises Development

Sonobe, Tetsushi; Otsuka, Keijiro - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

While it has been increasingly recognized that efficient management holds the key to the development of micro and small enterprises in developing countries, we know very little about the managerial capacity of business owners and managers in these countri

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Entrepreneurship, Stages of Development, and Industrialization

Acs, Zoltan J.; Wim Naudï¿½ - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

Unlike in the past where industrial policy was either focused on creation and growth of state-owned firms or alternatively consisted merely of broadly functional policies without consideration for firm or entrepreneurial specifics, the requirement now is that future industrial policy ought to be...

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Entrepreneurship and violent conflict in developing countries

Bruck, Tilman; Naude, Wim; Verwimp, Philip - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

entrepreneurship. These are the special issue of the Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (2011) and the special issue of the …

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Entrepreneurial Activity and Civil War in Colombia: Exploring the Mutual Determinants between Armed Conflict and the Private Sector

Rettberg, Angelika; Leiteritz, Ralf; Nasi, Carlo - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

TAs elsewhere, the Colombian private sector has been accused of promoting or profiting from violence in the country. However, the private sector’s role in the armed conflict and the impact of conflict on entrepreneurial activity vary, as reflected by differences in political activism, in...

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Non-state Sovereign Entrepreneurs and Non-territorial Sovereign Organizations

Brauer1, Jurgen; Haywood, Robert - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

We propose two new concepts, of non-state sovereign entrepreneurs and the non-territorial sovereign organizations they form, and relate them to issues pertaining to state sovereignty, governance failures, and violent social conflict over the appropriation of the powers that accrue to states in...

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Conflict and Entrepreneurial Activity in Afghanistan: Findings from the National Risk Vulnerability Assessment Data

Ciarli, Tommaso; Parto, Saeed; Savona, Maria - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

effect of the conflict on entrepreneurship is very small. The results on the control variables suggest that (i) the … generation of entrepreneurship has seen conflict and instability for a whole life,( ii) a small business is a mean of surviving …

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The Economic Legacy of Civil War: Firm Level Evidence from Sierra Leone

Collier, Paul; Duponche, Marguerite - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

This paper positions itself among the very rare microeconomic analyses on the consequences of civil war. Up to now, most analyses on this topic are based upon household surveys. The originality of the present study is that it investigates for the first time the likely predominant route by which...

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Entrepreneurship and Human Development: A Capability Approach

Gries, Thomas; Naudé, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

We provide a formal model of entrepreneurship in human development. The framework is provided by the capabilities … approach (CA). Hence we extend not only the conceptualisation of entrepreneurship in development, but the reach of the CA into … entrepreneurship. From a CA view, entrepreneurship is not only a production factor, or a means to an end, as is often taken to be the …

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Entrepreneurship and the National System of Innovation: What is Missing in Turkey?

Bascavusoglu-Moreau, Elif - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

Although very dynamic and flexible, Turkish SMEs are less innovative than their European counterparts. The analysis undertaken in this paper allows to assess whether this low level of innovative activities is related to a lack of entrepreneurial behaviour

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