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Corporate Governance and Risk Management in Financial Institutions : An International Comparison Between Brazil and Germany
Gericke, Robert C. - 2018
This book presents an overview of corporate governance and risk management, analyzing their interdependence and particularly their relevance in banking. It discusses current trends in corporate governance, such as stakeholder management, financial performance and the cost of equity, compensation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013263162
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Gender differences in business performance : evidence from the characteristics of business owners survey
Fairlie, Robert W. (contributor);  … - 2008
-owned businesses work fewer hours and may have different preferences for the goals of their business. -- Female entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759326
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Mexican entrepreneurship : a comparison of self-employment in Mexico and the United States
Fairlie, Robert W. (contributor);  … - 2006
for men, those who live in ethnic enclaves. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; Mexico ; Mexican-Americans …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003375894
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Do the unemployed become successful entrepreneurs? : A comparison between the unemployed, inactive and wage-earners
Andersson, Pernilla (contributor);  … - 2006
In many countries unemployed people are helped to become self-employed. Self-employment, however, does not necessarily lead to success. Many leave self-employment after a short period and the economic outcome varies greatly. It is important to learn more about the economic outcome for unemployed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003384916
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Why are the returns to education higher for entrepreneurs than for employees?
Sluis, Justin van der (contributor);  … - 2007
. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; returns to education employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561625
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Entrepreneurship in transition economies : the role of institutions and generational change
Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010
The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in most developed and developing market …. -- Entrepreneurship ; formal and informal sectors ; shadow economy ; institutional arrangements ; comparative studies of countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942200
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Returns for entrepreneurs vs. employees : the effect of education and personal control on the relative performance of entrepreneurs vs. wage employees
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - 2009
spells in entrepreneurship versus wage employment, thereby accounting for selectivity into entrepreneurial positions based on … control over the profitable employment of their human capital than wage employees. -- Entrepreneurship ; self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003926421
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The dynamics of entrepreneurship : hysteresis, business cycles and government policy
Congregado, Emilio; Golpe, Antonio A.; Parker, Simon C. - 2009
This paper estimates an unobserved components model to explore the macro dynamics of entrepreneurship in Spain and the … US. We ask whether entrepreneurship exhibits hysteresis, defined as a macro dynamic structure in which cyclical … fluctuations have persistent effects on the natural rate of entrepreneurship. We find evidence of hysteresis in Spain, but not the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003830249
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Engineers, innovative capacity and development in the Americas
Maloney, William F.; Caicedo, Felipe Valencia - 2014
Using newly collected national and sub-national data and historical case studies, this paper argues that differences in innovative capacity, captured by the density of engineers at the dawn of the Second Industrial Revolution, are important to explaining present income differences, and, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010370094
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The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Economics
Douarin, Elodie (ed.); Havrylyshyn, Oleh (ed.) - 2021 - 1st ed. 2021.
: Institutions Matter – but so does History: A Comparison of Mediaeval Dubrovnik with other Dalmatian Cities -- Chapter 9: Long … Economics” – a Critical Review -- Part 2: Comparative Economic Systems in Economic History -- Chapter 6: Comparative Economic … History -- Chapter 7: The World’s First Meritocracy through the Lens of Institutions and Cultural Persistence -- Chapter 8 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012439971