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The rise of female entrepreneurs : new evidence on gender differences in liquidity constraints
Sauer, Robert M.; Wilson, Tanya - 2015
Small business activity and female entrepreneurship have become increasingly important features of the UK economy since … further accelerate the rise of female entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510506
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"Romanticizing penniless entrepreneurs?" : the relationship between start-ups and human wellbeing across countries
Naudé, Wim; Amorós, José Ernesto; Cristi M., Oscar - 2013
We study the effect of entrepreneurship and its allocation between necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship on three … and non-monetary wellbeing to entrepreneurial allocation. Using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor we establish … that opportunity entrepreneurship may contribute towards national wellbeing and that better wellbeing in turn may stimulate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786921
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Inputs, gender roles or sharing norms? : assessing the gender performance gap among informal entrepreneurs in Madagascar
Nordman, Christophe J.; Vaillant, Julia - 2014
We use a representative sample of informal entrepreneurs in Madagascar to add new evidence on the magnitude of the gender performance gap. After controlling for business and entrepreneur characteristics, female-owned businesses exhibit a value added 28 percent lower than their male counterparts....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258156
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A tale of minorities : evidence on religious ethics and entrepreneurship from Swiss census data
Nunziata, Luca; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2014
significantly higher propensity for entrepreneurship. The estimated difference ranges between 2.3 and 4.4 percentage points. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010249399
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Born entrepreneur? : adolescents' personality characteristics and self-employment in adulthood
Viinikainen, Jutta; Heineck, Guido; Böckerman, Petri; … - 2016
also reinforce the prior evidence on the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454428
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The "entrepreneurial boss" effect on employees' future entrepreneurship choices : a role model story?
Rocha, Vera; Praag, Mirjam van - 2016
Both organizational and sociological approaches in entrepreneurship research highlight the importance of social context … in shaping individual preferences for entrepreneurship. An influential contextual factor that has not been studied in … entrepreneurship research is one's boss at work. Do entrepreneurial bosses contribute to their employees' decisions to become …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518066
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Born global companies founded by young entrepreneurs : a multiple case study
Cannone, Giusy; Pisoni, Alessia; Onetti, Alberto - In: International journal of entrepreneurship and … 18 (2014) 2/3, pp. 210-232
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010477724
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Are we fostering opportunity entrepreneurship for women? : exploring policies and programmes in China and India
Warnecke, Tonia - In: International journal of entrepreneurship and … 18 (2014) 2/3, pp. 154-181
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010477731
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Young entrepreneurs in rural Africa : prevalence, determinants, productivity
Nagler, Paula; Naudé, Wim - 2014
understanding of rural non-farm entrepreneurship, particularly with regard to the role of young adults in this sector. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010419074
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Do entrepreneurs really earn less?
Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2014
employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010438895