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Creating a Vibrant Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in India: Report of the Committee on Angel Investment and Early Stage Venture Capital
Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2012
Even though the economic and social benefits of thriving entrepreneurship and innovation are evident, it is critical to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945387
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Innovation and Growth: Role of the Financial Sector
Mohan, Rakesh - eSocialSciences - 2008
to innovation and growth. Finally, an outline of the role of monetary policy in sustaining growth and innovations by …A brief overview is provided about India’s long-term growth performance. Then an attempt is made to set out the … productivity gains to real GDP growth is explained. Then the focus is given on the role of financial sector reforms in contributing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341753
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
Naude, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Goedhuys, Micheline - eSocialSciences - 2011
How does innovation impact on development? How, and under what conditions, do entrepreneurs in developing countries … innovate? And what can be done to support innovation by entrepreneurs in developing countries? This policy brief addresses … these questions and explains the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and development. Policy lessons are drawn …
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On Learning, Innovation and Competence Building in India’s SMEs: Challenges Ahead
Das, Keshab; Joseph, K.J. - eSocialSciences - 2011
investment. The study locates, nevertheless, a few sectors that display substantial vibrancy that in turn leave scope for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386042
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Does the Currency Regime Shape Unhedged Currency Exposure?
Shah, Ajay; Patnaik, Ila - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper examines how unhedged currency exposure of firms varies with changes in currency exibility. A sequence of four time-periods with alternating high and low currency volatility in India provides a natural experiment in which changes in currency exposure of a panel of firms is measured,...
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Corruption
Banerjee, Abhijit; Hanna, Rema; Mullainathan, Sendhil - eSocialSciences - 2012
In this paper, a new framework for analyzing corruption in public bureaucracies is provided. The standard way to model corruption is as an example of moral hazard, which then leads to a focus on better monitoring and stricter penalties with the eradication of corruption as the final goal. An...
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State Aid and Competition in Banking: The Case of China in the Late Nineties
Cheng, Xiaoqiang; CAYSEELE, Patrick VAN - eSocialSciences - 2010
A reduced form model where banks can pursue other goals than profit maximization is presented. This allows us to test for behavioral changes of banks over time. This model provides a framework to evaluate whether moral hazard issues may plague banks receiving state aid, which concerns greatly...
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The Economic Effects of a Borrower Bailout: Evidence from an Emerging Market
Gene, Xavier; Kanz, Martin - eSocialSciences - 2014
The credit market implications and real effects of one the largest borrower bailout programs in history are studied, enacted by the government of India against the backdrop of the 2008–2009 financial crisis. The stimulus program had no effect on productivity, wages or consumption, but led...
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Do Remittances Impact the Economy? Some Empirical Evidences from A Developing Economy
Mallick, Hrushikesh - eSocialSciences - 2009
The study attempts to examine the impact of remittances on macroeconomic activities (private consumption and investment …) and its implications on economic growth in India for the period from 1966-67 to 2003-04. Estimating a general consumption …
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A Green Venture Fund to Finance Clean Technology for Developing Countries
Wheeler, David; Nassiry, Darius - eSocialSciences - 2011
for two funds of funds for technology innovation and deployment is proposed. Some key issues to be considered, including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002235