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Transitioning from Solo Self-Employed to Microbusiness Employer : Local Economic Environment or Owner Characteristics?
Henley, Andrew - 2019
relatively weak. Entrepreneurship policy needs to target particular groups, including women and less experienced business owners …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870291
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Full esteem ahead? : mindset-oriented business training in Ethiopia
Alibhai, Salman; Buehren, Niklas; Frese, Michael; … - 2019
Is there a mindset gap holding women back in business? Can entrepreneurship training instill a set of attitudes … therefore may have a better understanding of the entrepreneurs' specific challenges. The study concludes that psychological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051923
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How can micro and small enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa become more productive? : the impacts of experimental basic managerial Training
Mano, Yukichi; Iddrisu, Alhassan; Yoshino, Yutaka; … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009412060
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Psychometrics as a tool to improve screening and access to credit
Arráiz, Irani; Bruhn, Miriam; Stucchi, Rodolfo - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408761
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Monitoring Costs, Credit Constraints and Entrepreneurship
Banerji, Sanjay - 2012
The vast majority of firms in developing economies are micro and small enterprises owned by families whose members also provide the labour to the units. Often, they fail to grow in size even with the relaxation of credit constraints. In this paper, we show that frictions in the labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104968
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Growing markets through business training for female entrepreneurs : a market-level randomized experiment in Kenya
McKenzie, David J.; Puerto, Susana - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632796
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Promoting women's economic empowerment : what works?
Buvinić, Mayra; Furst-Nichols, Rebecca - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440593
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China and the knowledge economy : challenges and opportunities
Zeng, Douglas Zhihua; Wang, Shuilin - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003490991
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Tackling the global profitarchy : gender and the choice of business sector
Goldstein, Markus P.; Gonzalez Martinez, Paula; … - 2019
Sectoral segregation is often used to explain a large part of a well-documented gender earnings gap in business profits. Women tend to sort into different sectors than men, and the sectors dominated by women tend to be less profitable. This paper investigates the horizontal dimension of sectoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051815
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Group-based cognitive behavioral training improves mental health of SME entrepreneurs : experimental evidence from conflict-affected areas of Pakistan
Saraf, Priyam; Rahman, Tasmia; Jamison, Julian C. - 2019
fragility, conflict and violence, entrepreneurs of small and medium-size experience chronic stress and poor mental health on a … small and medium-size enterprise entrepreneurs in conflict-affected parts of Pakistan. Entrepreneurs in the treatment group …, which was conducted with 235 entrepreneurs, found that cognitive behavioral training leads to significant improvements in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051846