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Entrepreneurship, structural change and a global economic crisis

Gries, Thomas; Naudé, Wim - 2010

innovation activities of entrepreneurs. The model analytics identifies a number of challenges for structural change in a post …

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Entrepreneurship, stages of development, and industrialization

Ács, Zoltan J.; Naudé, Wim - 2011

requirement now is that future industrial policy ought to be a nuanced partnership between entrepreneurs and the state. In this …

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Entrepreneurship and human development: A capability approach

Gries, Thomas; Naudé, Wim - 2010

that even when entrepreneurship is valued, entrepreneurs may often not match their ideas with suitable opportunities …

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Supporting women entrepreneurs in Tunisia

Drine, Imed; Grach, Mouna - 2010

Whether policy support should be designed differently for women entrepreneurs is a particularly relevant question. To … answer this, and to inform the design of policies to provide appropriate support for women entrepreneurs, the paper compares … of women. Based on a survey of 50 men and 50 women entrepreneurs in the regions of Sfax, Sousse and Tunis, our results …

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Inside the Family Firm

Bennedsen, Morten; Nielsen, Kasper; Pérez-González, … - 2005

This paper uses a unique dataset from Denmark to investigate (1) the role of family characteristics in corporate decision making, and (2) the consequences of these decisions on firm performance. We focus on the decision to appoint either a family or an external chief executive officer (CEO). We...

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Social capital, network effects and savings in rural Vietnam

Newman, Carol; Tarp, Finn; Van Den Broeck, Katleen - 2012

Information failures are a major barrier to formal financial saving in low income countries. Households in rural communities often lack the information necessary to set up formal deposit accounts or are uncertain about the returns to saving formally. In this paper, we explore the extent to which...

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Public Policy, Start-up Entrepreneurship, and the Market for Venture Capital

Nielsen, Søren Bo; Keuschnigg, Christian - 2006

In recent years, venture capital has become an important source for nancing young entrepreneurial rms. Given the apparently more innovative nature and extra value added of venture capital backed rms compared to other firms, policy makers have taken an increasing interest in an active venture...

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Determinants of foreign aid in family planning: How relevant is the Mexico City Policy?

Asiedu, Elizabeth; Nanivazo, Malokele; Nkusu, Mwanza - 2013

The Mexico City Policy (MCP) prohibits the United States Agency for International Development from providing aid to international non-governmental organizations that provide abortion-related services. This paper employs a panel data of 151 developing countries over the period of 1988 - 2010, to...

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Regional opportunities in East Africa

Karingi, Stephen N.; Pesce, Ottavia; Sommer, Lily - 2016

Significant progress has been made by the East African Community partner states in implementing the East African Community customs union. Trade within the East African Community is now free from import duties, and partner states have adopted a three-band common external tariff. This paper...

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Trade in services: Opening markets to create opportunities

Hoekman, Bernard M. - 2017

This paper reviews the role of services in development and growth, the potential role of trade in services as a driver of the productivity performance of sectors that use services as inputs, and the links between services policies and domestic trade costs. Barriers to trade in services have...

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