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Improved governance and lower start-up costs may not be sufficient for encouraging the type of entrepreneurship that …) opportunity-motivated entrepreneurship (as opposed to necessity-motivated entrepreneurship) drives economic growth; (ii …) governance and the start-up costs are not significant determinants of opportunity entrepreneurship; and (iii) better governance …
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The success of new start-up firms often depends on timing. It is valuable for the potential entrepreneur to wait for the right moment before starting a new firm. In this paper we provide a theoretical model to determine the optimal time for starting a new firm. We integrate insights from the...
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investigate early international entrepreneurship (international new ventures) in China. The extent of early international … entrepreneurship in China is significant: 65 per cent of the exporting firms start export operations within three years. Foreign …
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Start-ups of new firms are important for economic growth. However, start-up rates differ significantly between countries and within regions of the same country. A large empirical literature studies the reasons for this and attempts to identify the regional determinants of start-ups. In contrast,...
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Support for entrepreneurship is widely seen as a mechanism to facilitate prosperity and peace in a growing number of … post-conflict states. In this paper I critically evaluate this view. I argue that entrepreneurship is a ubiquitous quality … in post-conflict states but not necessarily always for the good. Unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship may …
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What is the role of entrepreneurship in economic development? At a minimum the answer should be able to explain the … economic development lacks a ?general theory? of entrepreneurship, which could encompass a variety of development experiences …, much progress has been made in extending the understanding of entrepreneurship in the process of development. This paper …
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In the run.up to the Group of 20 (G.20) Summit that was held in London on 2 April 2009, many institutions (including governments, development organizations, NGOs and academics) identified issues and made recommendations for consideration. In this article I examine a selection of these...
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African economies have been shaken by the global economic downturn which followed the US-centered financial crisis of 2008. Africa.s growth rate for 2009 and 2010 has recently been revised substantially downwards by international financial institutions. For instance the IMF has revised Africa.s...
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Improved governance and lower start-up costs may not be sufficient for encouraging the type of entrepreneurship that …
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-driven entrepreneurship in the modern sector. The model shows how opportunity-driven entrepreneurship can drive structural transformation …
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