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We ask whether local agglomeration affects how recessions impact on entrepreneurship by comparing the probability of … on entrepreneurship has been sharper in areas with industrial districts. After examining alternative explanations …
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entrepreneurship in high-value added activities has made limited contributions to this growth, in part because of a weak business … these facts, this paper presents a model of costly entrepreneurial start-ups in an economy with a large informal sector and … start-ups and skilled employment, creation of an enabling business environment could help move the Ethiopian economy into …
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access in promoting entrepreneurship among informal sector firms in India. Our results are robust to alternative …
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This paper investigates the relationship between state-based conflict and entrepreneurship. From a survey of the … opportunity-motivated forms of entrepreneurship, and (2) a positive association with unproductive and necessity-motivated forms of … entrepreneurship. We test these hypotheses by drawing on several state-based conflict and entrepreneurship measures, using appropriate …
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We study the role of formal institutions of contract enforcement in facilitating investments in small and medium firms(MSME). In a framework where established entrepreneurs can enforce contracts informally using their network ties and hierarchical advantage, we argue that an efficient formal...
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Limited access to finance is one of the major barriers for women entrepreneurs in Africa. This paper presents a model of start-ups in which firms' sales and profits depend on their productivity and access to credit. However, due to the lack of collateral assets such as land, female entrepreneurs...
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We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical …, but also commercial value. Our findings support the notion that entrepreneurship can be learned. …
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employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …
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, following labor market matching models. Setting out an endogenous growth model with entrepreneurship we derive a … Entrepreneurship Beveridge Curve, through which we illustrate that entrepreneurial start-ups are the outcome of the efficiency with … which entrepreneurial abilities are matched with business opportunities. The Entrepreneurship Beveridge Curve is a …
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