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Embeddedness of entrepreneurs in rural areas : a comparative rough set data analysis

Akgün, Aliye Ahu; Nijkamp, Peter; Baycan Levent, Tüzin; … - 2009

This study aims to identify the critical factor(s) that determine the embeddedness level (EL) of rural entrepreneurs. In order to achieve this aim, existing applied studies on the embeddedness of entrepreneurs undertaken in different rural areas were systematically collected to create a database...

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Ethnic entrepreneurship and migration : a survey from developing countries

Doen, Marthen L. n; Gorter, Cees; Nijkamp, Peter; … - 1998

This paper explores the phenomenon of ethnic entrepreneurship and migration in developing countries. Our focus is on …

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In search of ethnic entrepreneurship opportunities in the city : a comparative policy study

Delft, Hadewijch van; Gorter, Cees; Nijkamp, Peter - 1999

initiatives based on self-reliance principles for ethnic groups. Against this background ethnic entrepreneurship has become a … emphasis on ethnic entrepreneurship seeks to exploit the economic potential and opportunities instead of focusing on the … problems minorities encounter when entering the labour market. In ethnic entrepreneurship, this potential can be utilised in a …

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Impeded industrial restructuring : the growth penalty

Audretsch, David B.; Carree, Martin Anthony; Stel, … - 2000

This paper documents that a process of industrial restructuring has been transforming the developed economies, where large corporations are accounting for less economic activity and small firms are accounting for a greatershare of economic activity. Not all countries, however, are experiencing...

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Entrepreneurial migration and regional opportunities in developing countries

Ndoen, Marthen L.; Gorter, Cees; Nijkamp, Peter; … - 2000

This paper aims to investigate the entrepreneurial migrants’ preferences for a location for businessactivities in developing countries. In the modelling framework six socio-economic and six socio-cultural variables are used in this study to investigate the migrants’ propensity to stay at...

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Migrant entrepreneurs in East Indonesia : a Schumpeterian perspective

Gorter, Cees - 2000

Entrepreneurship is at the heart of Schumpeterian theory. Potential entrepreneurs donot only take risk by seeking for … importantcomponent of modern entrepreneurship. Spatial (re-)location of firms may also be acombination of economic motives and socio …

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Entrepreneurship and economic transition

Aidis, Ruta - 2003

address the issue of entrepreneurship intwo distinct ways: a) as it has historically developed within the field of … economicsand b) as it develops in the transitional context. In contrast to advanced westerneconomies, productive entrepreneurship … entrepreneurship in Central EasternEuropean and Former Soviet Union countries. Entrepreneurship in Lithuaniaseems to not fit neatly …

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Modelling entrepreneurship

Bosma, Niels; Wit, Gerrit de; Carree, Martin Anthony - 2003

Two approaches can be distinguished with respect to modelling entrepreneurship: (i) the approachfocusing on the net …

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Go public or stay private : a theory of entrepreneurial choice

Boot, Arnoud W. A.; Gopalan, Radhakrishnan; Thakor, Anjan V. - 2003

In this paper we analyze an entrepreneur /manager's choice between private and public ownership in a setting in which management needs some elbow room or autonomy to optimally manage the firm. In public capital markets, the corporate governance regime in place exposes the firm to exogenous...

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Business ownership and unemployment in Japan

Acht, Joost van; Stam, Joop A.; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 2004

unemployment in Japan. The question is to what extent business ownership, i.e., entrepreneurship, can reduce the level of …

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