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Entrepreneuriat et croissance, une conjonction évidemment favorable ?

Dejardin, Marcus - EconWPA - 2003

L'article présente brièvement deux questions fondamentales relatives aux liens entre l'entrepreneuriat et la croissance économique. La première question s'intéresse à leurs rapports endogènes. Nous suggérons en particulier que si plus d'entrepreneurs peut signifier plus de croissance...

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Part-Time Entrepreneurship and Wealth Effects: New Evidence from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics

Petrova, Kameliia - EconWPA - 2005

Why do people become part-time entrepreneurs? Are they credit constrained? Previous studies on entrepreneurship do not …

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Competitive Advantages of the Beira Interior (Portugal): A TOWS Approach

Ferreira, Joao; Leitao, Joao; Raposo, Mario - EconWPA - 2005

The formulation of a competitive strategy implies an extended understanding, in terms of the industrial structures, of the mains fields where the nations compete and those structures evolve. The environmental conditions of a region, and of its industries, determine both the generic strategies,...

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Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: An Obvious Conjunction?

DEJARDIN, Marcus - EconWPA - 2001

This paper consists of an introductory survey of two fundamental questions regarding the link between entrepreneurship … and economic growth. The first one deals with the endogenous relationship between entrepreneurship and growth. In … particular, we suggest that, while more entrepreneurship could mean more economic growth, economic growth in turn could affect …

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Entry Restrictions, Corruption and Extortion in the Context of Transition

Cabelkova, Inna - EconWPA - 2001

This paper argues that even temporary barriers to entry present at the very beginning of transition may lead to permanent extortion development. Entry restrictions, if binding, lead to excess profits, which create an incentive to extort. The emergence of extortionists reduces the expected profit...

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Innovation and Business Growth through Corporate Venturing in Latin America: Analysis of Strategic Fit

Rajagopal - EconWPA - 2005

Corporate venturing as a strategy for international business development has become significant in view of the process of globalization resulting into the free trade and business development opportunities for multinational companies. This study is based on empirical investigation through...

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The Firms Speak: What the World Business Environment Survey Tells Us about Constraints on Private Sector Development

Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel; Stone, Andrew H. W. - EconWPA - 2004

This paper, a synthesis of salient findings of the authors’ book entitled “Investment Climate Around the World: Voices of the Firms from the World Business Environment Survey”, and based on a chapter in “Pathways Out of Poverty: Private Firms and Economic Mobility in Developing...

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Empirical Investigation of Autonomy and Motivation

Petrova, Kameliia - EconWPA - 2005

I study the effect of workers' motivation on the firm's choice of how much autonomy employees should be given. The main hypothesis of the paper is that employers give autonomy to workers who are already especially motivated. The empirical work is based on data from Wave 1 of the Health and...

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CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A STRATEGIC AND STRUCTURAL PERSPECTIVE

Ferreira, João - EconWPA - 2005

Recently there has been a growing interest in the use of corporate entrepreneurship as a means for corporations to … corporate entrepreneurship. They examined the effect of a firm’s strategy, organisation and external environment. It appears … that the environment plays a profound role is influencing corporate entrepreneurship whereas there is consensus that the …

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ENTREPRENEURS' ATTITUDES, STRATEGY CHOICES, AND FIRM PERFORMANCE

Phan, Phillip H.; Butler, John E. - EconWPA - 2005

This paper focuses on how attitudes affect entrepreneur’s strategy selection at the organizational level. It also attempts to discover if contingencies exist in this relationship that may account for differences in firm performance. The model developed, based on the existing literature, is...

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