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Contextual embeddedness of entrepreneurship : frontiers in european entrepreneurship research

Xheneti, Mirela (ed.); Costa, Silvia (ed.); … - 2023

"The contextual turn in the field of entrepreneurship means it is crucial for scholars to integrate into their research … the multifaceted contexts in which entrepreneurship is embedded. This insightful book explores the different spatial …, social, digital, institutional and policy contexts for entrepreneurship and investigates their relevance for entrepreneurship …

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Property Rights and Economic Growth

Rosenberg, Nathan - Ratioinstitutet - 2003

My main purpose is to connect the issue of property rights to the set of questions concerning economic growth and the long-term determinants of the improvements in material well-being. To anticipate what will be my main conclusion, it is that property rights and economic growth are not...

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Entrepreneurship, stages of development, and industrialization

Ács, Zoltan J.; Naudé, Wim - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012

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 the National System of Innovation - What is Missing in Turkey?

Bascavusoglu-Moreau, Elif - United Nations University-Maastricht 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 and/or to the weaknesses of the Turkish...

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Firm Ownership, FOEs, and POEs

Amsden, Alice - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

Where the theory of free competition reigns, developing countries should open their arms to investments from all types of enterprises in order to maximize jobs. Ownership, measured by votes of shareholders or boards of directors, is immaterial to performance. Matters change drastically, though,...

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Types of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

Stam, Erik; Stel, Andre van - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

In this paper, we empirically investigate the effect of entrepreneurship on economic growth at the country level. We … use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, which provides comparative data on entrepreneurship from a wide range … effects of entrepreneurship in general and growth-oriented entrepreneurship in particular. We present empirical tests of the …

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Pro-Poor, Entrepreneur-Based Innovation and it’s Role in Rural Development

Sonne, Lina - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

reviewing existing literature on rural development, innovation and entrepreneurship. …

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Entrepreneurship and innovation in a hybrid political order: The case of Lebanon

Stel, Nora - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012

Governance is often treated as a 'black box' explanation for unproductive or destructive entrepreneurship. In order to … improve our understanding of how governance structures influence entrepreneurship and innovation it is instructive to consider … game of informal clientelism and formal programmatic competition shapes entrepreneurship. In this paper I provide an …

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Bridging the Financing Gap for Pro-Poor Innovation: Towards a Framework

Sonne, Lina - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

In many developing countries, pro-poor entrepreneurship and innovation is facing a financing gap. Such innovation …

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Women entrepreneurs in the informal economy: Is formalization the only solution for business sustainability?

Ramani, Shyama V.; Thutupalli, Ajay; Medovarski, Tamas; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013

entrepreneurship in the informal economy, except to advocate that multinationals, local firms, state and public agencies should work …

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