Entrepreneurship has been traditionally concentrated in the hands of a few small communities in most developing economies. As these economies restructure, it is evident that these communities will be unable to satisfy the increased demand for new entrepreneurs. The analysis in this paper...

Die sich auf drei regionale Fallstudien stützende Untersuchung zeigt am Beispiel der auf den Diamanthandel spezialisierten, aus Westindien stammenden Gemeinschaft der Palanpuris, dass transnationale Unternehmer einen wichtigen Beitrag zum Transfer von Wissen über große Distanzen und damit...

"This paper studies the relationship between civil war and private investment in a poor, resource abundant country using microeconomic data for Angola. We focus on diamond mining firms and conduct an event study on the sudden end of the conflict, marked by the death of the rebel movement leader...