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Male vs. female business owners: Are there differences in investment behavior?
Pelger, Ines - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper analyzes gender differences in the investment activity of German small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The empirical analysis is carried out on a sample of firms drawn from the KfW Mittelstandspanel, a representative survey of German SMEs for the period from 2003 to 2009. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399600
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Gender, Investment Financing and Credit Constraints
Pelger, Ines - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper provides the first evidence on gender differences in investment financing, credit application and credit denial rates in Germany. The empirical analysis is carried out on a sample of firms drawn from the KfW Mittelstandspanel, a representative survey of German SMEs for the period from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399601
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Perceived financial barriers and the start-up decision: An econometric analysis of gender differences using GEM data
Stephen, Roper; Jonathan M., Scott - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK 2004 database. Standardising for a range of individual characteristics, we find that women are around …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602760
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Do Public Sector Contracts And Policy Towards Small Firms Matter?: Evidence From Women Business Enterprises
Cadogan, Godfrey - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994
This paper provides an empirical investigation of the agency relationship between the public sector and small firms targeted for assistance by examining micro and macro data for a cross section of eligible women business enterprises (WBEs). Using hedonic sales and employment indices we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008728067
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The Japanese Equal Employment Opportunity Law: Its Effects on Personnel Management Policies and Women's Attitudes
Lam, Alice - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1992
In May 1985, the Japanese government passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Law (hereafter refer to as EEO Law) which took effect from April 1986. The enactment of the EEO Law has aroused much controversy and debate unprecedented in the history of labour legislation in Japan. It prohibits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005623417
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Diasporas and international entrepreneurship – evidence from the Indian IT industry
Varma, Sumati; Bagoria, Mukesh - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
ABSTRACT This paper examines the role of the diaspora as a driver of international entrepreneurship in the context of … from the diasporas and international entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260456
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The theory of entrepreneurship and evolutionary economics
Кантарбаева, Алия; Мустафин, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1997
The paper presents the analysis of recent developments of Schumpeterian theory of entrepreneurship and innovation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212782
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A Matching Model of Endogenous Growth and Underground Firms
Lisi, Gaetano; Pugno, Maurizio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Economic growth and unemployment exhibit an ambiguous relationship – according to empirical studies. This ambiguity can be investigated by observing the role of the underground economy in shaping the productivity of firms. Indeed, unemployment may be absorbed by underground firms, which adopt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212957
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The way things are done here – Polish entrepreneurship - having endowned heritage or burden?
Starnawska, Marzena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Using case study analysis based on in-depth interviews we aim to extend the entrepreneurship research in transition … context in Poland. Entrepreneurship models build in America and Western Europe do not picture the specifics of … entrepreneurship in transition economies. The author reviews concepts and theses on entrepreneurship in this context and argues that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259343
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Entrepreneurship and Micro and Small Enterprises Growth in Assam
Saikia, Dilip; Das, Kalyani Kangkana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
varied across different enterprises. The findings are important in formulating policy for entrepreneurship development and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259889