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Glaeser, Edward L. - 2014

Why do levels of entrepreneurship differ across America's cities? This paper presents basic facts on two measures of … entrepreneurship: the self-employment rate and the number of small firms. Both of these measures are correlated with urban success … entrepreneurship is linked to a large number of small firms in supplying industries. Finally, there is a strong connection between area …

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Do Women Pay More for Credit? Evidence from Italy

Alesina, Alberto F. - 2008

The answer is yes. By using a unique and large data set on overdraft contracts between banks and microfirms and self-employed individuals, we find robust evidence that women in Italy pay more for overdraft facilities than men. We could not find any evidence that women are riskier then men. The...

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An Analysis of the Impact of Affirmative Action Programs on Self-Employment in the Construction Industry

Blanchflower, David G.; Wainwright, Jon S. - 2021

The main findings of this paper are that despite the existence of various affirmative action programs designed to improve the position of women and minorities in public construction, little has changed in the last twenty five years. We present evidence showing that where race conscious...

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Minority Self-Employment in the United States and the Impact of Affirmative Action Programs

Blanchflower, David G. - 2021

n this paper I examine changes in self-employment that have occurred since the early 1980s in the United States. It is a companion paper to a recent equivalent paper that related to the UK. Data on random samples of approximately twenty million US workers are examined taken from the Basic...

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Entrepreneurship in an open national innovation system (ONIS) : a proposal for Mexico

Corona-Trevino, Leonel - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 5 (2016) 22, pp. 1-13

In the context of globalization, international processes do affect the national innovation system (NIS), increasing the relationship between its agents and its components within and with external agents. The paper seeks to determine the openness and internationalization processes in the internal...

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Enterprise 2.0 : a boon or bane for entrepreneurial and innovative expenditures?

Duhan, Punita; Singh, Anurag - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 3 (2014), pp. 1-19

Social media's unabated and unprecedented adoption and growth among masses across the globe and fast emergence of innovative, open, cost effective, at times free of cost, and flexible Social media platforms has opened hitherto unexpected or previously unknown vistas for business organizations....

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Exploring factors that determine the innovation of micro and small enterprises : the role of entrepreneurial attitude towards innovation in Woldia, Ethiopia

Kassa, Erstu Tarko; Mirete, Tilahun Getnet - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 11 (2022), pp. 1-16

To transform micro and small enterprises to large companies, owners need to strive to launch new methods, systems, ways and innovations. Accordingly, innovation helps micro-enterprises to bounce to achieve fundamental change in their businesses. Micro and small enterprises are exposed by...

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Entrepreneurial networks, entrepreneurial orientation, and performance of small and medium enterprises : are dynamic capabilities the missing link?

Abu-Rumman, Ayman; Al Shraah, Ata; Al-Madi, Faisal; … - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 10 (2021), pp. 1-16

Performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has been addressed widely in the literature. Both developed and developing countries are highly concerned about the growth and performance of SMEs. The literature exploring performance is abundant, however, has certain controversies. To identify...

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Factors affecting women entrepreneurs' success : a study of small- and medium-sized enterprises in emerging market of Pakistan

Rizwan Ullah Khan; Salamzadeh, Yashar; Ali Shah, Syed … - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 10 (2021), pp. 1-21

In the present era, women are recognized as successful entrepreneurs through their strong desire, qualities, and capabilities for robust economic development. Due to such an important contribution of women in economic development, we propose to investigate the factors which affect women...

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The need for financial knowledge acquisition tools and technology by small business entrepreneurs

Panita Rachapaettayakom; Mongkolchai Wiriyapinit; Nagul … - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 9 (2020) 25, pp. 1-28

Knowledge management tools and technology are the main factors bringing competitive advantage to organisations. This study extends the depth of study on small business entrepreneurs by examining the effect of knowledge acquisition, in particular financial knowledge that leads to the need for...

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