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Surveying technology-based small firms: a perspective from Belgium

ROMAIN, Astrid Romain; van Pottelsberghe de la … - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2003

affecting entrepreneurship and on the financial architecture of the firms. The survey data of 103 TBSFs shows that 82 percent of … development. Several strengths and weaknesses of the Belgian framework conditions for entrepreneurship are identified. The results …

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It Takes Two to Tango: Entrepreneurship and Creativity in Troubled Times – Vietnam 2012

Dang Le Nguyen, Vu; Napier, Nancy K.; Vuong, Quan Hoang - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2012

entrepreneurship and creativity in business conducted within a turbulent environment. Our initial hypothesis is that a typical … also examines many previous findings on both entrepreneurship and creativity and suggests a highly possible “organic growth …” of creativity in an entrepreneurial environment and reinforcing value of entrepreneurship when creativity power is …

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Labor Regulations and European Private Equity

Bozkaya, ANT; R. Kerr, William - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2009

European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and labor market expenditures (e.g. unemployment insurance benefits) for providing worker insurance. Employment regulations more directly tax firms making frequent labor adjustments than other labor insurance mechanisms....

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Microcredit in Developed Countries: Unexpected Consequences of Loan Ceilings

Szafarz, Ariane; Cozarenco, Anastasia - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2014

In most developed countries, regulators have imposed loan ceilings to subsidized microfinance institutions (MFIs). Micro-entrepreneurs in need of above-ceiling loans are left with the co-financing option, which means securing the aboveceiling share of the loan with a regular bank, and getting a...

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Borrowing and Women’s Empowerment: Does Type of Credit Matter?

Szafarz, Ariane; Agier, Isabelle; Garikipati, Supriya; … - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2013

Poor women have complex financial lives. They borrow from a variety of sources. So far, however, research has focussed only on formal borrowing as a source of women’s empowerment. This study examines whether type of borrowing matters to women. We differentiate between ‘easy loans’ – that...

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Business Cooperatives as a social response to unemployment

Ashta, Arvind - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2013

Type of paper :Exploratory, descriptive, case studyObjectives: In the wake of the global crisis, the role of the financial markets is being questioned and new forms of social innovations focusing on stakeholder governance and cooperation are being experimented. This paper looks into one such...

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Women’s Access to Credit in France: How Microfinance Institutions Import Disparate Treatment from Banks

Szafarz, Ariane; Cozarenco, Anastasia - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2013

This paper compares the loans granted to male and female entrepreneurs by a French microfinance institution (MFI). The sample period is split in two: before and after the MFI implemented France's regulatory EUR 10,000 loan ceiling. In the first period, the MFI does not co-finance projects with...

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Gender Biases in Bank Lending: Lessons from Microcredit in France

Szafarz, Ariane; Cozarenco, Anastasia - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2015

The evidence on gender discrimination in lending remains controversial. To capture gender biases in banks’ loan allocations, we observe the impact on the applicants of a microfinance institution (MFI) and exploit the natural experiment of a regulatory change imposing a strict EUR 10,000 loan...

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Credit to Women Entrepreneurs: The Curse of the Trustworthier Sex

Szafarz, Ariane; Agier, Isabelle - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2011

Women entrepreneurs are known not only to reimburse loans swifter than men, but also to receive smaller loans. However, on average women have smaller-scope business projects and are poorer than men. A deeper investigation is thus required in order to assess the existence of gender discrimination...

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Coffee Filters and Creativity: The Value of Multiple Filters in the Creative Process

Vuong, Quan Hoang; Napier, Nancy K. - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2012

Creativity is often defined as developing something novel or new, that fits its context, and has value. To achieve this, the creative process itself has gained increasing attention as organizational leaders seek competitive advantages through developing new products, services, process, or...

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