Similar Search Results

PROSPECTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO THE CHALLENGE OF JOB CREATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

MAHADEA, DARMA - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 17 (2012) 04, pp. 1250020-1

Entrepreneurship is critical to job creation and economic growth. Unemployment in South Africa is presently at about 25 … challenge. Entrepreneurship, through the creation of new ventures and expansion of business firms, can make a difference to … the entrepreneurial environmental conditions in South Africa and then examines how entrepreneurship can make a difference …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010883086

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN WEST BANK, PALESTINE

SABELLA, ANTON R.; FARRAJ, WOJDAN A.; BURBAR, MAISA; … - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 19 (2014) 01, pp. 1450003-1

This paper examines the nature of the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth in the West Bank of the … evidence the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth; second, to explore the effect of two control variables on the … GDP and unemployment. The results show that contrary to a reservoir of research, entrepreneurship appeared to have no …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011011002

Comparison of entrepreneurial intention among college students in the USA and China

Lu, Wei; Wang, Wenjun; Millington, J. Kent - In: International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education 1 (2010) 4, pp. 327-342

of systematic training on entrepreneurship opportunity recognition in China. Moreover, the low percentage of students … is that students in both countries indicate a need for the knowledge and skills of entrepreneurship; and the need for …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352739

High-Tech Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the United States

Hart, David M.; Acs, Zoltan J. - In: Economic Development Quarterly 25 (2011) 2, pp. 116-129

This article reports the results of a national survey that estimates the rate of immigrant entrepreneurship in a …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367541

Business success among visible and non-visible ethnic entrepreneurs: a look at the effects of unemployment, co-ethnic involvement and human capital

Kariv, Dafna; Menzies, Teresa V.; Brenner, Gabrielle A. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 115-150

This study examines the relationship between the success of businesses owned by ethnic minority immigrants in Canada and measures of their prior employment status in their homelands, their co-ethnic involvement in Canada and their educational level. Our findings show that while they were mainly...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010669077

The Impact of Personal Characteristics and the Regional Milieu on the Transition from Unemployment to Self-employment: Empirical Evidence for Germany

Wagner, Joachim - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 223 (2003) 2, pp. 204-222

The focus of this paper is on the choice of the unemployed between becoming an entrepreneur or not. It contributes to the literature by empirically investigating the impact of personal characteristics and attitudes, and of the regional "entrepreneurial milieu", on the individual decision to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533712

Entrepreneurship, Asymmetric Information, and Unemployment

Boadway, Robin; Marceau, Nicolas; Marchand, Maurice; … - In: International Tax and Public Finance 5 (1998) 3, pp. 307-327

We examine how three sources of asymmetric information affect the supply of entrepreneurs and unemployment. In the first case, banks cannot observe entrepreneurs' risk of failure so ration credit. This increases the number of entrepreneurs and the level of unemployment. In the second case, firms...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005678648

EMPIRICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR PROMOTING STUDENTS' ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS

TEGTMEIER, SILKE - In: Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC) 20 (2012) 02, pp. 151-169

Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) suggests empirical implications to promote students' entrepreneurial intentions. In the course of an empirical study with 208 German students, regression analyses confirm that attitude, social norm, and perceived behavioural control contribute...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010583121

Native American business strategy: a survey of northwest US firms

Stewart, Daniel; Schwartz, Robert G. - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 9 (2007) 3, pp. 259-277

This study seeks to examine the nature of enterprises owned by Native American tribes or individuals. An original survey is utilised, using a convenience sample of Native American-owned retail, construction and service firms located primarily in the northwest USA. Likert-type questions involving...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010816659

Selbständigkeit in Europa 1991-2003: Empirische Evidenz mit Länderdaten

Goeggel, Kathrin; Graeb, Johannes; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 227 (2007) 2, pp. 153-167

The number of self-employed workers in Europe has been in decline since the 1990s. At the same time unemployment has decreased and GDP per capita increased. In this study we analyse macroeconomic causes of these trends for the EU 15. We use data from the European Labour Force Survey for the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005626941