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Self-employment, knowledge and economic growth: An empirical study for Latin American countries

González Sánchez, Víctor M. - In: Contemporary Economics 12 (2018) 4, pp. 473-484

entrepreneurship is one of the elements that could positively contribute to this growth. Among other factors, both entrepreneurship and … relationship between economic growth, knowledge and entrepreneurship within the context of Latin American countries during the … period 2001-2016. For this purpose, the self-employment variable has been used as an empirical proxy of entrepreneurship. In …

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Learning lessons from the economic crisis in self-employment

Iyke, Bernard Njindan; Ho, Sin-yu - In: Contemporary Economics 14 (2020) 1, pp. 3-21

The main objective of this article is to test the hypothesis that the economic crisis has resulted in significant changes in the socioeconomic and labor profile of the new self-employed in Spain between 2008 and 2013. Additionally, it is intended to determine if there are homogeneous profiles of...

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How racial diversity and gender diversity in job positions affect the economy?

Li, Zheng - In: Contemporary Economics 17 (2023) 2, pp. 109-127

Gender and racial discrimination at work have gradually gained more attention from the public in the recent years. With social movements such as #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter, people start to reach the consensus that there should be more equality in society; more perspectives from different...

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Franchise fairs: A relevant signal in franchise choice in social activity

Mastrangelo, Leonardo Martin; Calderon-Monge, Esther; … - In: Contemporary Economics 10 (2016) 3, pp. 275-282

Potential franchisees encounter difficulties in gaining knowledge about a franchise before embarking on their first start-up venture. For this reason, it is necessary to research which information signals help potential franchisees choose the franchise chains with which they wish to enter into...

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The impact of corporate social responsibilities (CSR), entrepreneurship, and financial factors on the financial performance of the banks in ASEAN countries

In: Contemporary Economics 16 (2022) 2, pp. 227-240

responsibilities (CSR), entrepreneurship and financial factors such as leverage and liquidity along with firm size on the financial …, entrepreneurship, leverage, liquidity and firm size have significant and positive nexus with financial performance of the banks in … and entrepreneurship that could increase the financial performance of the banks. …

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Entrepreneurial attitudes in firms' credit access

Civelek, Mehmet; Folvarčná, Andrea; Brezina, Ivan; … - In: Contemporary Economics 17 (2023) 4, pp. 361-378

Although enterprises make significant contributions to the GDP of countries, bank credit access is one of the biggest obstacles for them to survive. However, businesses can signal their entrepreneurial behaviors that are included in the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to reduce banks' concerns...

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