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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises
De Mel, Suresh J. - 2009
"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation...
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The impact of the business environment on the business creation process
Klapper, Leora - 2009
"New data from the 2008 World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey indicates a very strong and statistically significant … relationship between entrepreneurship and a better business environment. Data for 100 countries on the number of total and newly … fostering formal sector entrepreneurship. "--World Bank web site …
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The environment for women's entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa/ Nadereh Chamlou
Chamlou, Nadereh - 2008
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Promoting Women Entrepreneurs in Mexico Report
World Bank - 2021
This report presents the results of various experimental studies that try to address, from different perspectives, the challenges of supporting the growth and profitability of women entrepreneurs. In Mexico, women tend to be overrepresented in the category of microentrepreneurs, who often have...
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Breaking Barriers : Female Entrepreneurs Who Cross Over to Male-Dominated Sectors
World Bank - 2022
The report focuses on sectoral choice as one of the contributors to the gender gap in firm performance. It explores the difference in profits among female entrepreneurs who cross over into male-dominated sectors (MDS) compared to those who remain in traditionally female-concentrated sectors...
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Framing the Global Landscape of Entrepreneurship Education and Training Programs
World Bank - 2014
Entrepreneurship is of fundamental importance as a catalyst for innovation, job creation, and economic well …-being. Policymakers have a strong interest in promoting entrepreneurship given that its development is necessary for fighting poverty and … unemployment. This paper is an initial contribution to help fill gap, performing a systematic review of Entrepreneurship Education …
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Entrepreneurship Snapshots 2010 : Measuring the Impact of the Financial Crisis on New Business Registration
World Bank - 2012
New businesses are likely to have been even more severely affected by the crisis than mature businesses, even in non crisis times, new and young firms tend to be more constrained than older firms which often have established reputations and enjoy easier access to finance. Given the sudden...
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