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Creating a conducive policy environment for employment creation in SMMEs in South Africa
Mollentz, Jennifer - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002
Examines the role of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in employment and the economy in South Africa and assesses the impact of the policy and legislative environment on these enterprises. Focuses on the number and quality of jobs being created in the sector.
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Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Theory, Evidence and Policy
Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights … from the intersection of entrepreneurship and development studies; (ii) the empirical evidence on the relationship between … entrepreneurship and development; and (iii) fresh insights for entrepreneurship policy for development that emerges from recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884187
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Guanxi, performance and innovation in entrepreneurial service projects.
Arribas, Iván; Hernández, Penélope; Vila, Jose E. - Estructura de Recerca Interdisciplinar Comportament … - 2012
This paper analyzes the role played by two dimensions of entrepreneurs’ private social capital in the survival, growth and innovativeness of entrepreneurial service ventures: local size and preferential attachment degree. We build a bi-dimensional measure of social capital based on network...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905987
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Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
In 2011, Uzbekistan celebrated 20 years of independence. The transition has not been smooth for any country in the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Uzbekistan, too, has experienced both positive and negative developments in gender equality. The status of women and men in Uzbekistan is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942333
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ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТИ МИКРОКРЕДИТОВАНИЯ НА РЕГИОНАЛЬНОМ УРОВНЕ
Лиодинович, Баламирзоев Назим - In: Экономикс Economics (2013) 3
Рассмотрена и предложена модель инновационного микрокредитования на региональном уровне, а также определены принципы и инструменты значительного улучшения...
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The location of new firms - Influence of commuting behaviour
Backman, Mikaela; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2015
In this paper, we analyse where people who become self-employed actually start their firms. In the entrepreneurship … compared to the municipality of residence. Our results indicate that the entrepreneurship literature must reconsider its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011273264
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China’s Institutional Architecture: A New Institutional Economics and Organization Theory Perspective on the Links between Local Governance and Local Enterprises
Krug, B.; Hendrischke, H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2008
We start our exploration of China’s institutional change by asking what the China experience can tell us about institutional economics and organization theory. We point to under-researched areas such as the formation of firms and the interplay between firms and local politics. Our...
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The Contribution of "Empreender Project" to the Development of Micro and Small Enterprises' Networks at Santa Catarina State (Brazil)
Cardoso, Cristiane - Centro de Investigação sobre Espaços e … - 2011
In a globalized and increasingly competitive market, the organization of micro and small enterprises in network structures warrants the survival and competitiveness of companies and consequent development of the regions where they act. The “Empreender Project” has been a key factor for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351117
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Entrepreneurship versus Intrapreneurship
MAIER, Veronica; ZENOVIA, Cristiana POP - In: REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF … 12 (2011) 5, pp. 971-976
This paper provides a review of theoretical studies on the concepts of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship …, pinpointing the similarities and differences between them. Entrepreneurship continues to thrive in almost all corners of the world …
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Financing Entrepreneurship and the Old-Boy Network
Inci, Eren; Parker, Simon C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We study entrepreneurs' start-up financing from banks and local financiers. An informal network, whose membership cannot be observed by outsiders, conveys the good signals it gets about the hidden types of network entrepreneurs to local financiers, which are then reflected in different loan...
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