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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises
De Mel, Suresh J. - 2009
"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. The authors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394228
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Innovative Firms or Innovative Owners? Determinants of Innovation in Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises
de Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - 2012
Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. The authors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012551860
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Entry Regulation and Formalization of Microenterprises in Developing Countries
Bruhn, Miriam - 2013
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011395790
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Entry Regulation and Formalization of Microenterprises in Developing Countries
Bruhn, Miriam; McKenzie, David - 2013
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560112
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The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka
De Mel, Suresh - 2012
The majority of firms in most developing countries are informal. The authors of this paper conducted a field experiment in Sri Lanka that provided incentives for informal firms to formalize. Offering only information about the registration process and reimbursement for direct registration costs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011395278
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A Helping Hand or the Long Arm of the Law? : Experimental Evidence on What Governments Can Do to Formalize Firms
De Andrade, Gustavo Henrique - 2013
Many governments have spent much of the past decade trying to extend a helping hand to informal businesses by making it easier and cheaper for them to formalize. Much less effort has been devoted to raising the costs of remaining informal, through increasing enforcement of existing regulations....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011395719
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Are women more credit constrained? : experimental evidence on gender and microenterprise returns
De Mel, Suresh J. - 2008
"This paper analyzes data from a randomized experiment on mean returns to capital in Sri Lankan micro-enterprises. The findings show greater returns among men than among women; indeed, returns were not different from zero for women. The authors explore different explanations for the lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521013
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Returns To Capital In Microenterprises : Evidence From A Field Experiment
Woodruff, Christopher - 2007
Small and informal firms account for a large share of employment in developing countries. The rapid expansion of microfinance services is based on the belief that these firms have productive investment opportunities and can enjoy high returns to capital if given the opportunity. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521678
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Measuring Microenterprise Profits : Don't Ask How The Sausage Is Made
Woodruff, Christopher - 2007
A large share of the world's poor is self-employed. Accurate measurement of profits from microenterprises is therefore critical for studying poverty and inequality, measuring the returns to education, and evaluating the success of microfinance programs. But a myriad of problems plague the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521679
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Getting Credit to High Return Microentrepreneurs : The Results of an Information Intervention
de Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - 2011
innovation in loan products that can reach the urban microenterprise sector. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012562913