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Is European entrepreneurship in crisis?
Naudé, Wim - 2016
The European Commission has adopted an Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan as its answer to challenges brought by the … entrepreneurship will contribute towards ending the continent's economic malaise. In this article I argue that these expectations may … be disappointed because (i) entrepreneurship promotion is a last-resort policy, (ii) entrepreneurs are being …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455343
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Does gender matter for firm performance? : evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Sabarwal, Shwetlena (contributor);  … - 2008
. -- Entrepreneurship ; finance ; gender ; Eastern Europe ; Central Asia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762251
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Types of institutions and well-being of self-employed and paid employees in Europe
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2019
This paper analyzes the role of different types of institutions, such as entrepreneurship-facilitating entry conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006084
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Entrepreneurship programs in developing countries : a meta regression analysis
Cho, Yoonyoung; Honorati, Maddalena - 2013
This paper provides a synthetic and systematic review on the effectiveness of various entrepreneurship programs in … across different interventions depending on outcomes, types of beneficiaries, and country context. Overall, entrepreneurship … analysis ; entrepreneurship programs ; microenterprise development ; training ; financing ; counseling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729769
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Constrained firms, not subsistence activities : evidence on capital returns and accumulation in Peruvian microenterprises
Göbel, Kristin; Grimm, Michael; Lay, Jann - 2012
We investigate the returns to capital and capital accumulation using panel data of Peruvian micro enterprises (MEs). Marginal returns to capital are found to be very high at low levels of capital, but rapidly decreasing at higher levels. The dynamic analyses of capital accumulation in MEs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009627349
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Does forced solidarity hamper investment in small and micro enterprises?
Grimm, Michael; Hartwig, Renate; Lay, Jann - 2013
Sharing is a norm in many societies. We present a theoretical model on the trade-off between sharing and investment which we test on data from tailors in Burkina Faso. The empirical results support the idea that there are two behavioural patterns: entrepreneurs following an 'insurance regime'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009717131
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The rise of female entrepreneurs : new evidence on gender differences in liquidity constraints
Sauer, Robert M.; Wilson, Tanya - 2015
Small business activity and female entrepreneurship have become increasingly important features of the UK economy since … further accelerate the rise of female entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510506
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Migration, entrepreneurship and development : a critical review
Naudé, Wim; Siegel, Melissa; Marchand, Katrin - 2015
general development contribution of migration over and above its contribution through entrepreneurship. The implication is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309009
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Lifting the iron curtain : school-age education and entrepreneurial intentions
Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan - 2015
We exploit Germany's reunification to identify how school-age education affects entrepreneurial intentions. We look at university students in reunified Germany who were born before the Iron Curtain fell. During school age, all students in the West German control group received formal and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346583
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Entering and leaving self-employment : a panel data analysis for 12 developing countries
Cho, Yoonyoung; Robalino Aguirre, David A.; Romero, Jose M. - 2015
This paper examines the determinants of labor market transitions into and out of self-employment (own-account work and employer), using panel data from 12 developing countries in multiple regions. Despite cross-country heterogeneity, a few consistent patterns emerge. Entering the labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346629