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entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights … from the intersection of entrepreneurship and development studies; (ii) the empirical evidence on the relationship between … entrepreneurship and development; and (iii) fresh insights for entrepreneurship policy for development that emerges from recent …
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particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the same concept of "entrepreneurship" will be critically …
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This paper contrasts the determinants of entrepreneurial entry and high-growth aspiration entrepreneurship. Using the … Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) surveys for 42 countries over the period 1998-2005, we analyse how institutional …-growth ventures. We find that institutions exert different effects on entrepreneurial entry and on the individual choice to launch …
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protection systems, labor market frictions, the business environment, and labor market institutions. However, self-employment in … the developing world tends to be low productivity employment, and as countries move up the development path, the …
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general development contribution of migration over and above its contribution through entrepreneurship. The implication is …We provide an assessment of the state of scholarly and policy debates on migrant entrepreneurs in development. They are … often described as super-entrepreneurs who contribute to development through (i) being more entrepreneurial than natives …
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This paper develops a model of costly firm creation in an economy with weak institutions, costly business environment …
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commitment to socialism reflects rent-seeking, a type of unproductive entrepreneurship. Once institutions change radically, their … entrepreneurial efforts are redirected towards productive entrepreneurship (start-up activity). Regime commitment is captured by … that this group of people were more likely to have an entrepreneurship- prone personality profile, had a higher propensity …
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In this paper we theoretically and empirically examine how the interaction between the formal court system and the informal loan network affects a household's decision to start a business. We find that when the formal court system is weak, expansion of informal credit network leads to the...
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that there is a strong possibility that the unintended damage to entrepreneurship, innovation and growth could be …Entrepreneurship, as reflected in the start-up of new firms, the growth and market exit of existing firms, and the ow …
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whether extreme events can positively impact (some) entrepreneurship and innovation. Based on this, we propose a partial … entrepreneurship can cause and resolve extreme events, the immediate and long-run impacts of extreme events on entrepreneurship, and … equilibrium model to provide several conjectures on the impact of COVID-19 on entrepreneurship and derive policy recommendations …
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