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Size Matters: Entrepreneurial Entry and Government

Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010

-level institutional indicators for 47 countries with working age population survey datataken from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Our …

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Entrepreneurial Entry: Which Institutions Matter?

Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009

In this paper we explore the relationship between the individual decision to become anentrepreneur and the institutional context. We pinpoint the critical roles of property rights andthe size of the state sector for entrepreneurial activity and test the relationships empirically bycombining...

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Facilitating youth entrepreneurship.

Haftendorn, Klaus; Salzano, Carmela - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2003

-employment and entrepreneurship as career options for young people entering the labour market. Provides examples of programmes in … integrating entrepreneurship education into the classroom. …

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Facilitating youth entrepreneurship.

Haftendorn, Klaus; Salzano, Carmela - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2004

Comprises short descriptions of 166 current and recently completed programmes for entrepreneurship education. Covers …

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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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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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Why don't we see more Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Lithuania?

Aidis, Ruta - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

This paper identifies the specific external barriers to SME development in Lithuania. An analysis of 332 SME owners reveals that formal barriers (taxes, frequent changes to and ambiguity of tax policies) and environmental barriers (low purchasing power, lack of funds for business investment)...

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Entrepreneurship and Economic Transition

Aidis, Ruta - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003

address the issue of entrepreneurship intwo distinct ways: a) as it has historically developed within the field of … economicsand b) as it develops in the transitional context. In contrast to advanced westerneconomies, productive entrepreneurship … entrepreneurship in Central EasternEuropean and Former Soviet Union countries. Entrepreneurship in Lithuaniaseems to not fit neatly …

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