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Productivity Growth and Job Creation in the Development Process of Industrial Clusters

Sonobe, Tetsushi - 2017

Poor management has long been suspected as a major constraint on job creation in the manufacturing sector in low-income countries. In this sector, countless micro and small enterprises in industrial clusters account for a large share of employment. This paper examines the roles of industrial...

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African Small and Medium Enterprises, Networks, and Manufacturing Performance

Biggs, Tyler - 2016

This paper examines the role of private support institutions in determining small and medium enterprise (SME) growth and performance in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It finds that SMEs in SSA get around market failures and lack of formal institutions by creating private governance systems in the...

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The Risks of Innovation : Are Innovating Firms Less Likely to Die?

Fernandes, Ana M. - 2017

While innovation is a source of competitiveness, it may expose plants to survival risks. Using a rich set of plant … important role for the innovation-survival link: only innovators that retain diversified sources of revenues survive longer … role in the innovation-survival link. Engaging in risky innovation is not an irrational decision, since plants reap big …

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Determinants and Dynamics of Business Aspirations : Evidence from Small-Scale Entrepreneurs in an Emerging Market

Dalton, Patricio S. - 2018

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Micro-Equity for Microenterprises

de Mel, Suresh - 2019

Many microenterprises in developing countries have high returns to capital, but also face risky revenue streams. In principle, equity offers several advantages over debt when financing investments of this nature, but the use of equity in practice has been largely limited to investments in much...

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Entry Regulation and Formalization of Microenterprises in Developing Countries

Bruhn, Miriam - 2017

The majority of microenterprises in most developing countries remain informal despite more than a decade of reforms aimed at making it easier and cheaper for them to formalize. This paper summarizes the evidence on the effects of entry reforms and related policy actions to promote firm...

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Corruption, the Business Environment, and Small Business Growth in India

Mengistae, Taye - 2016

This paper estimates a dynamic business growth equation on a sample of small-scale manufacturers. The results suggest that excessive labor regulation, power shortages, and problems of access to finance are significant influences on industrial growth in India. The expected annual sales growth...

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Competing Priorities : Women's Microenterprises and Household Relationships

Friedson-Ridenour, Sophia - 2018

Recent studies have suggested that women's business decisions are influenced by members of their household, especially their spouse, and that these intrahousehold dynamics contribute to gender gaps in entrepreneurship outcomes. This in-depth qualitative study among microentrepreneurs in urban...

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Learning Versus Stealing : How Important are Market-Share -- Reallocations to India's Productivity Growth?

Harrison, Ann E. - 2017

Recent trade theory emphasizes the role of market-share reallocations across firms ( "stealing" ) in driving productivity growth, while the older literature focused on average productivity improvements ( "learning" ). The authors use comprehensive, firm-level data from India's organized...

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The Role of Exchange Rate and Non-Exchange Rate Related Factors in Polish Firms'Export Performance

Albinowski, Maciej - 2017

This paper analyzes the export performance of Polish manufacturing firms. It focuses on the extensive and intensive margins of exports, on the decision to enter export markets and the intensity of exports, given participation, examining price and non-price determinants of export performance. The...

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