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Start-Up Capital and Women's Entrepreneurship : Evidence from Swaziland
Brixiova, Zuzana - 2016
This paper examines gender differences in entrepreneurial performance and their links with start-up capital utilizing a search model and empirical analysis of survey of entrepreneurs from Swaziland. The results show that entrepreneurs of both genders with higher start-up capital record better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980353
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Unlocking Productive Entrepreneurship in Africa’s Least Developed Countries
Brixiova, Zuzana - 2010
economies depends critically on structural transformation and the emergence of productive entrepreneurship that would accelerate …) constraints and develops a theoretical framework that examines the main obstacles to entrepreneurship in Africa's LDCs. The paper … economies, development of productive entrepreneurship cannot be left to markets alone. The policy analysis suggests that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139825
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Start-up capital and women's entrepreneurship : evidence from Swaziland
Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry - 2016
This paper examines gender differences in entrepreneurial performance and their links with start-up capital utilizing a search model and empirical analysis of survey of entrepreneurs from Swaziland. The results show that entrepreneurs of both genders with higher start-up capital record better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011551926
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Training, human capital, and gender gaps in entrepreneurial performance
Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry; Said, Mona - 2019
entrepreneurship as a possible growth driver. This paper contributes to reconciling mixed findings in the literature on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012138459
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Networks, start-up capital and women's entrepreneurial performance in Africa : evidence from Eswatini
Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry - 2019
This paper analyzes the role of networks in the access of female entrepreneurs to start-up capital and firm performance in Eswatini, a country with one of the highest female unemployment rates in Africa. The paper first shows that higher initial capital is associated with better sales...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012139697
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Training, human capital, and gender gaps in entrepreneurial performance
Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry - 2019
entrepreneurship as a possible growth driver. This paper contributes to reconciling mixed findings in the literature on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140241
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Unlocking productive entrepreneurship in Africa's least developed countries
Brixiova, Zuzana - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003996491
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Skills and youth entrepreneurship in Africa : analysis with evidence from Swaziland
Brixiova, Zuzana; Ncube, Mthuli; Bicaba, Zorobabel - 2014
of youth start-ups. Our paper contributes to closing a gap in the entrepreneurship and development literature with a … unemployment. We test the role of skills and training for productive youth entrepreneurship on data from a recent survey of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358262
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Skills and youth entrepreneurship in Africa : analysis with evidence from Swaziland
Brixiova, Zuzana; Ncube, Mthuli; Bicaba, Zorobabel - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010412923
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Skills and youth entrepreneurship in Africa : analysis with evidence from Swaziland
Brixiova, Zuzana; Ncube, Mthuli; Bicaba, Zorobabel - 2014
of youth start-ups. Our paper contributes to closing the gap in the entrepreneurship and development literature with a … unemployment. We test the role of skills and training for productive youth entrepreneurship on data from a recent survey of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413606