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Boosting the Development of Efficient SMEs in the Netherlands
Kierzenkowski, Rafał; Kastaneer, Jochebed - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
Entrepreneurship is an important driver of economic growth, job creation and competitiveness. However, the small and … entrepreneurship, there is scope to further reduce administrative burdens. This Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD Economic Survey …
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Business startup motives and satisfaction among Swedish selfemployed
Eriksson, Birgitta; Larsson, Patrik; Saruckij, Mark - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 2 (2006) 4, pp. 295-308
This article investigates if satisfaction with being selfemployed is affected by whether the decision to become selfemployed has been made by choice or by force. After a literature review, the hypothesis was that pull factors lead to higher satisfaction than push factors among the selfemployed....
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Micro credit in India: an overview
Sankaran, Mohanan - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 1 (2005) 1, pp. 91-100
The present paper reviews origin, development and growth of the micro credit programme in India. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development in India launched its pilot phase of the Self Help Group Bank Linkage programme in 1992. Self Help Groups have been recognised by the policy...
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Nunavik, Arctic Quebec: where cooperatives supplement entrepreneurship
Dana, Leo Paul - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 42-71
Prior to contact with Europeans, Ungava Inuit who inhabited the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula was self-sufficient, with a subsistence economy and inter-cultural trade. They lived in small bands, each consisting of a few families, and they fished, gathered, hunted, and migrated as required....
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Improving the Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Belgium
Pina, Álvaro; Corluy, Vincent; Verbist, Gerlinde - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015
Immigrants make up one fifth of the Belgian working age population, but their labour market integration is poor. Employment rates of non-EU immigrants, in particular, are very low, and the problem extends to their native-born offspring. Further, with more precarious jobs and lower wages,...
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Overcoming Skills Shortages in Canada
Carey, David - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
Skills shortages have developed in certain fields and regions in recent years. Earnings premiums for people in some professions, notably health, engineering and skilled trades have increased. And vacancy rates have risen for skilled trades, with the increase being particularly large in Alberta...
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Migration and Integration of Immigrants in Denmark
Roseveare, Deborah; Jorgensen, Martin - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
Immigration could offer one way for Denmark to expand its labour supply, thereby lowering the dependency ratio, at least for some time, and easing the task of ensuring fiscal sustainability. However, these beneficial effects are obtained only if immigrants are in work. Yet a significant...
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What have we learned? Themes from the literature on necessity driven entrepreneurship
Tipu, Syed Awais Ahmad - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 1, pp. 70-91
The aim of this paper is to review the important themes in the literature on necessity driven entrepreneurship and to … entrepreneurship; creation and management of a necessity driven venture; contextualising the necessity entrepreneurship; performance of … a necessity driven venture; and the criticism of necessity driven entrepreneurship. The author argues that the extant …
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Debt financing among native- and immigrant-owned firms: empirical evidence from Swedish small business at start up stage
Yazdanfar, Darush; Abbasian, Saeid - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 10 (2014) 4, pp. 422-434
This paper provides evidence on ethnic differences in bank debt financing among small Swedish firms at the start-up stage. The empirical analysis is carried out on a sample of small firms consisting of 2,814 native- and immigrant-owned firms for year 2008. The method of binary logistic...
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Family firm prerequisites for international business operations: a production and marketing capabilities approach
Kansikas, Juha; Huovinen, Jari; Hyrsky, Kimmo - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 10 (2014) 4, pp. 435-448
The purpose of this study is to compare SME family firms' and non-family firms' organisational prerequisites for international business operations. The main focus lies in the production and marketing capabilities needed for conducting international business. A quantitative study was conducted in...
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