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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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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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Exogenous, unobserved factors often confound the effects of alliance networks. More capable farmers might be less likely to exit and more likely to have a large number of alliances. In this case the negative correlation between alliance network size and exit likelihood is due to the unobserved...
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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 …
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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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to local charities and a Community Entrepreneurship Education fund that has been established to assist future students … course “Introduction to Community Entrepreneurship” provides a perfect opportunity for young entrepreneurs to gain firsthand … experiences about new venture creation and community development. The purpose of this course is to help students learn more about …
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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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