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It is well acknowledged that the entrepreneurship is important to economic development. In this paper, we suggest a … gender-related determinant of entrepreneurship, local sex imbalance. Using a 2009 rural finance survey, we examine how this … imbalance influences the venturing at the household level in China. We find that households with a son in more sex …
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This paper examines the changes in nutritional behavior of Russian adults over the ten-year transition period, between 1994 and 2004. We present evidence on the impact of individual as well as regional characteristics on changes in fat, protein, alcohol and cigarette consumption, and on...
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The purpose of this paper is to report preliminary findings of a comprehensive study of multifunctional farming operations in New England. The study shows that small farmers are involved in multifunctional activities that allow them to use existing resources to supplement their farming...
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credit constraints and informal financial assistance in explaining entrepreneurship. Previous research focuses exclusively on …
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Entrepreneurship Survey which allows us to observe personal traits of entrepreneurs, each year a startup was established, and the …
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course “Introduction to Community Entrepreneurship” provides a perfect opportunity for young entrepreneurs to gain firsthand … broader understanding of entrepreneurship and relationship between entrepreneurship and community development into every … Entrepreneurship has been created and introduced to Dollar Enterprise. Community Entrepreneurship is a process of transformation …
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cluster itself, rather than the individual, is the locus of entrepreneurship. Such arguments, however, do not resolve the … and the literature on entrepreneurship, we develop hypotheses about how cluster characteristics, the entrepreneurs …
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The impact of experience on entrepreneurial performance has been widely tested. Although experience is expected to positively impact performance, results are varied. This research synthesizes the current literature by determining systematic sources of variation through both exploratory and...
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The results of an on-going exploratory study focused on disparities in entrepreneurial activities across 203 Metropolitan Statistical Areas among 18 industries in the US showed that there existed variations in the path of entrepreneurial development among MSAs and different industries. Resource...
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Entrepreneurship means making discrete changes in livelihood activities that involve substantial risks to income. While … entrepreneurship and technology adoption. Adopting a new production technology also involves substantial risks. The economics of … learning by using and learning by doing. We review the technology adoption literature, drawing out lessons for entrepreneurship …
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