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Entrepreneurship and its Link to Corruption: Assessment with the Most Recent World and Country-Group Data
Driouchi, Ahmed; Gamar, Alae - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Entrepreneurship is an important intangible asset of nations. The relatively recent progress in its measurement, mainly … with the Global Entrepreneurship Development Index (GEDI), suggests that previous questions related to its determinants and … effect of corruption reduction on GEDI and thus the positive relationship between an intangible good that is entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183135
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Hofstede’s Cultural Indicators, Knowledge Economy and Entrepreneurship in Arab Countries
Driouchi, Ahmed; Gamar, Alae - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Abstract: This paper looks at the links between cultural variables, knowledge indices and entrepreneurship in Arab … Eastern European Economies. The results show also that entrepreneurship is linked to cultural variables in Arab countries … economy and entrepreneurship in Arab countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113502
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010643215
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Out with the sleaze, in with the ease: Insufficient for entrepreneurial development?
Naude, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973322
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When to Start a New Firm?: Modelling the Timing of Novice and Serial Entrepreneurs
Gries, Thomas; Naude, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973333
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Early International Entrepreneurship in China: Extent and Determinants
Naude, Wim; Rossouw, Stephanie - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973346
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Entrepreneurship and Structural Economic Transformation
Gries, Thomas; Naude, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008
-driven entrepreneurship in the modern sector. The model shows how opportunity-driven entrepreneurship can drive structural transformation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001320
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Entrepreneurship is not a Binding Constraint on Growth and Development in the Poorest Countries
Naude, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
It is often claimed that entrepreneurship is indispensable for economic growth and development. These claims are mostly … generated by scholars working in the field of entrepreneurship andmanagement studies. In contrast, development economics … scholars seem to be less concerned about entrepreneurship in the development process Who is right? I show that the arguments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008479061
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Entrepreneurship, Structural Change and a Global Economic Crisis
Gries, Thomas; Naude, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
Building on a Lewis-type model of structural change and entrepreneurship we show how a global economic crisis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493701
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After the G.20 Summit: What Prospects for Global Development?
Naude, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004995233