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E-readiness and Entrepreneurship: A Cross Country Study of the Link between Technological Infrastructure and Entrepreneurial Activity

Constand, Richard L.; Gilbert, Arthur H. - In: The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance (JEF) 15 (2011) 2, pp. 107-129

This current study focuses on the relationship between a country's e-readiness environment and entrepreneurial activities. Many government policies assume there is a direct causal relationship between e-readiness and entrepreneurial activity and some past studies have reported evidence...

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DuraTable Enterprises Inc.

Evans, Spencer D.; Heaton, Hal B. - In: The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance (JEF) 20 (2018) 1, pp. 56-71

In late 2017, DuraTable received a number of unsolicited inquiries regarding its interest in selling out in a going private transaction, mostly from private equity firms. Since the chairman of the board and founder, Gary Reynolds, was approaching retirement age and the largest single shareholder...

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Information asymmetry and adverse wealth effects of crowdfunding

Firoozi, Fathali; Jalilvand, Abolhassan; Lien, … - In: The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance (JEF) 18 (2016) 1, pp. 1-8

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012 in the U.S. expanded the capital markets so that entrepreneurs can appeal directly to non-traditional small crowd investors for investment funds. The final rules and forms of the JOBS Act became effective in May 16, 2016. Existing literature...

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Financial strategies for long-term success in women-owned small businesses

Dyer, Melissa Renee - In: The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance (JEF) 23 (2021) 1, pp. 1-16

Failure of small businesses many times is because of poor implementation of long-term financial strategies. Women small business owners face many challenges in financing their small businesses because they may not have a financial plan. Interviews with 11 women small business owners in Cleveland...

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When the social networks and internet come to the rescue of entrepreneurs: The problematic of crowdfunding in Africa

Omenguélé, René Guy; Mbouolang, Yimpi Cédric - In: The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance (JEF) 24 (2022) 1, pp. 44-66

Since 2007, crowdfunding platforms have abounded on the web. It is estimated at 2.5 billion dollars the potential of the crowdfunding market in sub-Saharan Africa by 2025. The objective of this paper is to make an inventory of Crowdfunding activities in Africa, region with a most restrictive...

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Predicting entrepreneurial and crowdfunding intentions: A study of Romania and South Korea

Fanea-Ivanovici, Mina; Baber, Hasnan - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 23 (2021) Special Issue No. 15, pp. 1003-1014

, perceived behavioural control along with entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intentions. In addition, we looked into … towards entrepreneurship, social norms, and entrepreneurial education have a positive influence and perceived behavioural … both for educators designing higher education programmes in the field of entrepreneurship, as well as for crowdfunding …

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Immigrant entrepreneurship in Romania: Drawing best practices from Middle Eastern immigrant entrepreneurs' experiences

Ozmen, Ozgur; Grosu, Raluca Mariana; Dragusin, Mariana - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 23 (2021) 56, pp. 260-275

Migrant entrepreneurship represents a topic of a high societal and academic significance. For a host country, immigrant … field research carried out between July 2017 and December 2018, the present paper approaches immigrant entrepreneurship in …

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Exploratory Research on the Organizational Learning in Small Enterprises and Implications for the Economic Higher Education

Bălan, Carmen; Ioniţă, Daniela - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 13 (2011) 30, pp. 464-481

education. The topic is approached from a multi-fold perspective, at the interface among entrepreneurship, management and …

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Evolutions and Opportunities of Business Education in the Context of Educational Reform from the Digital Age

Onete, Bogdan; Pleșea, Doru; Teodorescu, Ioana; … - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 16 (2014) 37, pp. 746-758

Education and training research for business environment has become an important subject to debate in nowadays, because it allows the design of scenarios that contribute to economic and social development. In this paper, we propose to analyse the evolution of business educational models, in...

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The Management Education of the Rural Entrepreneur

Stefan, Eugen Bruno - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 16 (2014) 37, pp. 932-950

The Bureau of Social Research, within a strategic EU project– Rural Entrepreneur (2011) – coordinated by the National Foundation of Young Managers, analyzed in 2001 the needs of developing management and consultancy programs in order to improve the knowledge, skills, and managerial behaviour...

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