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Institutions and Entrepreneurship Development in Russia:A Comparative Perspective

Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Centre for Comparative Economics <London> - 2007

institutionalenvironment in Russia on entrepreneurship, comparing it first with all available GEM countrysamples and second, in more detail …

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RUSSIA

Aidis, Ruta; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - School of Slavonic and East European Studies <London> - 2008

This paper presents an account of the environment faced by entrepreneurs in Russia. Insection one we give a brief introduction to the country which is followed by theoverview of a public policy on small and medium enterprises in the next section. Thecurrent state of SMEs and some particularities...

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GROWTH EXPECTATIONS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCEOF SMALL BUSINESSES. EVIDENCE FROM LATVIA

Aidis, Ruta; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Sauka, Arnis - Centre for Comparative Economics <London> - 2010

By applying regulatory focus theory, this paper investigates the impact of both initialconfidence and of exactness of growth expectations on subsequent financialperformance of the small firms. Drawing on the unique data set based on the repeatedsurvey design, we make one of the first attempts to...

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Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets:Which Institutions Matter?

Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul - Centre for Comparative Economics <London> - 2010

In this paper we combine a wide range of country-level institutional indicators with surveydata taken from the Global Enterprise Monitor on potential and actual entrepreneurial entry,to investigate the role of the institutions as determinants of the entrepreneurial entry,controlling for...

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Uncertainty Avoidance and the Rate of Business Ownership across 22 OECD Countries, 1976-2000

Wennekers, Sander; Thurik, Roy; Stel, André van; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003

countries. First, the concepts of uncertainty and risk are elaborated, as well as theirrelevance for entrepreneurship. Second … (uncertaintyavoidance) may have a diverging impact on entrepreneurship. Possibly, a climate of uncertainty avoidancein large organizations …, suggesting that risingopportunity costs of entrepreneurship are the dominant perception in this cultural environment. In a …

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Illegal Entrepreneurship Experience

Aidis, Ruta; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

entrepreneurship experience (IEE), an unconventional form of human capital, is related to the performance and motivation of …

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The Relation between Economic Development and Business Ownership revisited

Carree, Martin; Stel, André van; Thurik, Roy; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

This paper revisits the two-equation model of Carree, van Stel, Thurik and Wennekers (2002) where deviations from the ‘equilibrium’ rate of business ownership play a central role determining both the growth of business ownership and that of economic development. Two extensions of the...

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Business Ownership and Economic Growth in 23 OECD Countries

Carree, Martin; Stel, André van; Thurik, Roy; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2000

In the present paper we address the relationship between the extentof business ownership (self-employment) and economic development. We will focusupon three issues. First, how is the equilibrium rate of business ownershiprelated to the stage of economic development? Second, what is the speed...

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Why less? The Gendered Aspects of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Ownership under Economic Transition

Aidis, Ruta - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

This paper explores the gendered influence on SME development under economic transition in Lithuania. Previous studies have shown that male and female business owners are more different than similar in terms of personal and business characteristics (Brush 1992). An analysis of 332 SME owners in...

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The Relationship between Firm Births and Job Creation

Stel, André van; Storey, David - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

This paper examines the relationship between firm births and job creation in Great Britain. We use a new data set for 60 British regions, covering the whole of Great Britain, between 1980 and 1998. The central theme of the paper is that, with the exception of a recent paper by Audretsch and...

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