Showing 1 - 10 of 260
innovation process. Rather than debating their accuracy and efficiency, we adopt a pragmatic approach to business models -- we … techno-economic network of an innovation.WP abstract: Analyzes the uses and functions of business models through original …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008790814
Small to medium enterprises (SME) are frequently associated with high levels of innovation. However, it is difficult … for such firms to fully assess the merits of a particular innovation. This study examined the risk-return profile of … future investment in innovation by SME with respect to anticipated ‘rent' or financial returns. A survey of highly innovative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791730
après avoir questionné la notion d'entrepreneur et d'entrepreneuriat, il sera question de l'extensivité de la figure avec la référence actuelle à l'entrepreneur institutionnel et à l'entrepreneur social.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930227
This paper analyzes return migrants' occupational choice upon their return to their home village, by using an original rural household survey conducted in Wuwei county (Anhui province, China) in 2008. We apply two complementary approaches : a horizontal comparative analysis of occupational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323941
This paper shows that utility differences between the self-employed and employees increase with financial development. This effect is not explained by increased profits but by an increased value of non-monetary benefits, in particular job independence. We interpret these findings by building a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647496
entrepreneurship and rent-seeking behavior. It comprises the introduction of employed concepts, the discussion of the allocation of … entrepreneurs between different types of economic projects, namely between innovative entrepreneurship and rent-seeking, as well as … the explicative factors of the allocation. Interactions between entrepreneurship, rent-seeking and growth are considered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278310
The determinants of self-employment are widely studied in the economic literature in recent twenty years. However, in the case of Vietnam where self-employed population takes an important proportion in workforce, it remains an under researched area. By using the data from the Vietnam Household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750708
This paper shows that utility differences between the self-employed and the employees increase with financial development. This effect is not explained by increased profits but by an increased value of non- monetary benefits, in particular job independence. We interpret these findings by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738704
significantly increase entry into entrepreneurship, thereby providing evidence of financial constraints. We then develop a simple … currently received. We interpret these findings as evidence that the program has been effective in promoting micro-entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738986
individuals on the formation of entrepreneurship in a two-country occupation choice model. We show that trade opening gives rise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739068