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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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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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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 …

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Designing Composite Entrepreneurship Indicators: An Application Using Consensus PCA

Avanzini, Diego B. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009

Existing indicators of entrepreneurial activity (such as the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, Entrepreneurship … Barometer, FORA.s Entrepreneurship Index, OECD and Economic Commission.s sets of indicators, among others) and several variables … that have been considered good proxies for entrepreneurship during the last decades seem to be unsuitable to capture the …

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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...

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Africa.s Recovery from the Global Economic Crisis

Naude, Wim; Fosu, Augutin - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009

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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International Mobility of Engineers and the Rise of Entrepreneurship in the Periphery

Saxenian, AnnaLee - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

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