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Hunt, Jennifer - 2012

We investigate women's underrepresentation among holders of commercialized patents: only 5.5% of holders of such patents are female. Using the National Survey of College Graduates 2003, we find only 7% of the gap is accounted for by women's lower probability of holding any science or engineering...

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SMEs, entrepreneurship and innovation

2010

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Financing SMEs and entrepreneurs : an OECD scoreboard

OECD - Paris : OECD - [1.]2012; 2.2013 -

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Support for Paid Family Leave among Small Employers Increases during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bartel, Ann; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

The United States is one of the few countries that does not guarantee paid family leave (PFL) to workers. Proposals for PFL legislation are often met with opposition from employer organizations, who fear disruptions to business, especially among small employers. But there has been limited data...

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SME and entrepreneurship policy frameworks across OECD countries : An OECD Strategy for SMEs and Entrepreneurship

OECD - 2021

the context of the OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Strategy. …

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The Effects of COVID-19 on U.S. Small Businesses : Evidence from Owners, Managers, and Employees

Alekseev, Georgij - 2020

We analyze a large-scale survey of owners, managers, and employees of small businesses in the United States to understand the effects of the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic on those businesses. The survey was fielded in late April 2020 among Facebook business page administrators, frequent...

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SMEs, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

2010

Small firms are playing an ever-increasing role in innovation, driven by changes in technologies and markets. Some spin-offs and high growth firms are having remarkable success. However, the broad bulk of small firms are not capitalising on their advantages. This book explores how government...

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SME and entrepreneurship policy in Viet Nam

OECD - 2021

This publication presents the findings of the OECD review of SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Viet Nam. It offers an … consideration the large informal sector that mostly consists of self-employed people and micro-enterprises. Viet Nam’s SME and … entrepreneurship policies are relatively new, dating back to the early 2000s. In this respect, the 2018 SME Support Law is an important …

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Aspirations and Financial Decisions : Experimental Evidence from the Philippines

McKenzie, David J.; Mohpal, Aakash; Yang, Dean - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

A randomized experiment among poor entrepreneurs tested the impact of exogenously inducing higher financial aspirations. In theory, raising aspirations could have positive effects by inducing higher effort, but could also reduce effort if unmet aspirations lead to frustration. Treatment resulted...

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SME and entrepreneurship policy in Brazil 2020

OECD - 2020

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