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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323941
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647496
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278310
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750708
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Comparative Advantage and Uncertainty Bearing
Méra, Xavier - HAL - 2013
The law of association as espoused by David Ricardo and generalized by Ludwig von Mises cannot directly convey what is at stake in exchanges involving specialization in uncertainty bearing. In this article we explain why the entrepreneurial function as conceptualized by Frank Knight and Mises...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010674276
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The Top-Down Innovative Coordination Flows in Sophia Antipolis
Hueber, Olivier - HAL - 2012
Sophia Antipolis was created by the public authorities to attract high value added activities on the French Riviera, in the aim of strengthening a local economy driven historically by tourism. The theoretical model that has inspired the creation of Sophia Antipolis is governed by a top-down...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820639
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Return migrants : The rise of new entrepreneurs in rural China
Démurger, Sylvie; Xu, Hui - HAL - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008789311
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Entrepreneurship as a process of collective exploration
Doganova, Liliana - HAL - 2009
entrepreneurship, and provides detailed examination of a case study on a French academic spin-off. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008789611
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What do business models do? Narratives, calculation and market exploration
Doganova, Liliana; Eyquem-Renault, Marie - HAL - 2009
Building on a case study of an entrepreneurial venture, we investigate the role played by business models in the innovation process. Rather than debating their accuracy and efficiency, we adopt a pragmatic approach to business models -- we examine them as market devices, focusing on their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008790814
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Customers as Predictors of Rent Returns to Innovation and Small Firms – an exploratory study
Mazzarol, Tim; Reboud, Sophie - HAL - 2005
Small to medium enterprises (SME) are frequently associated with high levels of innovation. However, it is difficult for such firms to fully assess the merits of a particular innovation. This study examined the risk-return profile of future investment in innovation by SME with respect to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791730