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Compared to other ethnic groups, the black population of South Africa has a low participation rate in entrepreneurship …, merit further investigation with respect to the question of why there is a lack of black entrepreneurship in South Africa. …
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In this paper, we compare the intentionality of students in graduate business programs in the United States and China toward becoming entrepreneurs. We utilize Amabile's Work Preference Inventory (WPI) to examine the motivational dimension of entrepreneurial intentionality and the Theory of...
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This study examines the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth by using a new variable based on patent data to … proxy for productive entrepreneurship. Data on self-employment is used as an alternative proxy. The study considers 22 OECD … countries and finds a positive relationship between the proposed measure of productive entrepreneurship — degree of …
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relatively large amount of specific human capital, social capital and self-confidence relevant for entrepreneurship. The paper …
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, underscoring the importance of a culture favoring entrepreneurship and path dependence. Self-employment earnings and educational …
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Comparing local employment portfolios against entrepreneurship, this research finds that local wage and salary job … market prospects shape incentives for potential entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship may thus be more attractive in areas … revealing tests of the interrelationship between local employment portfolios and the choice to pursue entrepreneurship. The …
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Residential segregation has played a central role in theories of minority entrepreneurship. This study integrates two …
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This study proposes that cooperative efforts in microlending aid economic development and poverty alleviation in transitioning and developing countries by creating networking systems in which people can expand their businesses through working capital and community cooperation. Two field studies...
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Entrepreneurship has historically been a vital contributor to the dynamism of American economic activity and has … probability of self-employment for African Americans and Whites. The investigation of racial differences in entrepreneurship …. The results of this study show that household resources have both expected and unexpected effects on entrepreneurship. For …
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entrepreneurship as self-employment and economic development. Furthermore, studies show that the process of entrepreneurship has …
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