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IN SEARCH OF BLACK ENTREPRENEURSHIP: WHY IS THERE A LACK OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY AMONG THE BLACK POPULATION IN SOUTH AFRICA?
PREISENDÖRFER, PETER; BITZ, ANSGAR; BEZUIDENHOUT, FRANS J. - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 17 (2012) 01, pp. 1250006-1
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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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MOTIVATION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONALITY: CHINESE AND AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES
PLANT, ROBERT; REN, JEN - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 15 (2010) 02, pp. 187-204
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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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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ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
SALGADO-BANDA, HÉCTOR - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 12 (2007) 01, pp. 3-29
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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ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS IN NORWAY AND THEIR STAY-AT-HOME PEERS
VINOGRADOV, EVGUENI; GABELKO, MARIA - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 15 (2010) 04, pp. 461-479
relatively large amount of specific human capital, social capital and self-confidence relevant for entrepreneurship. The paper …
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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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SPATIAL ASSIMILATION AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT: THE CASE OF BLACK AMERICANS
FAIRCHILD, GREGORY B. - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 13 (2008) 03, pp. 269-291
Residential segregation has played a central role in theories of minority entrepreneurship. This study integrates two …
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THE VALUE OF NETWORKS IN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDIES IN EASTERN EUROPE AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
MORRIS, SHAD S.; WOODWORTH, WARNER P.; HIATT, SHON R. - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 11 (2006) 04, pp. 345-356
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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DOES SELF-EMPLOYMENT ENHANCE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
BASHIR, SAIMA; GEBREMEDHIN, TESFA; CHAWDHRY, MUHAMMAD ARSHAD - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 19 (2014) 04, pp. 1450025-1
entrepreneurship as self-employment and economic development. Furthermore, studies show that the process of entrepreneurship has …
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