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Determinants of entrepreneurial propensity of Nigerian undergraduates: an empirical assessment
Siyanbola, Willie O.; Afolabi, Oladele O.; Jesuleye, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
understand the dynamics of entrepreneurship among Nigerian youth. … appropriate policies on entrepreneurship within tertiary institutions. The sample for the study consisted of 7,560 students from a … first of its magnitude in Nigeria and provides baseline information for researchers and policy makers who need to better …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401316
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Government Policy Ecosystem for Entrepreneurship Development in MSEs Sector
Bhat, Shabir A; Khan, Riyaz A - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Government Policy Ecosystem is central to the entrepreneurship development in any economy and generally includes … Policy ecosystem impacts the rate of entrepreneurship; the first is through its impact on the quantity and quality of inputs … ‘Government Policy Ecosystem’ existing in the Jammu & Kashmir State towards the overall entrepreneurship development in the Micro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107503
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Local Entrepreneurship in Vietnam’s Rural Transformation. A Case Study from the Mekong Delta
Benedikter, Simon; Waibel, Gabi; Birtel, Serge; Bui, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
‐collectivization and the return to householdbased rural production reduced poverty and increased growth, entrepreneurship development in … entrepreneurship development, enterprise characteristics, and the social profiles of business owners are presented. Beyond that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257885
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Determinantes do desempenho académico nos cursos de contabilidade
Caiado, Jorge; Madeira, Paulo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
Several authors have been investigating which factors influence academic performance in undergraduate business and accounting courses. However, most of these studies are not conclusive and some results are contradictory. This study aims to determine which demographic (age, sex, professional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835759
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What shapes eHealth literacy of an individual?
Xesfingi, Sofia; Vozikis, Athanasios - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper studies the ability of an individual in searching, analyzing and processing information from the Internet in order to address or solve health related issues, the so-called eHealth literacy and the factors that shape it. Understanding what influences eHealth in a country is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107721
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Health behaviors and education in Turkey
Tansel, Aysit; Karaoglan, Deniz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This is the first study which provides empirical analysis of the variation in health behaviors for adult men and women in Turkey which is a developing country. The health behaviors considered are smoking, drinking, fruit and vegetable consumption, exercise and body mass index (BMI). We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111859
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A study on the socio-economic determinants of suicide: Evidence from 13 European OECD countries
Okada, Keisuke; Samreth, Sovannroeun - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper examines the factors affecting suicide in 13 European OECD countries from a socio-economic perspective. We use the autoregressive distributed lag approach to cointegration as the estimation methodology. Our results reveal that an increasing impact of divorce rates and a decreasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855543
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La demografia in Europa e in Us. Uno sguardo alle proiezioni a medio-lungo termine
SALERNO, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The demographic database of Eurostat and of Us Census of Bureau are explored and the main facts are extracted and described. This paper is completely self-standing but is also part of a more general analysis dedicated to the functioning and sustainability of pay-as-you-go to finance the welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110362
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Pensionamento flessibile e (ri)equilibrio tra generazioni
Salerno, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The paper proposes a method to speed up the transition toward the notional contributions pension system in Italy. It seems the most appropriate manner to combine and pursue employment and financial sustainability goals. The method computes percentages for abating the old retributive pensions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112697
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Unemployment among educated youth: implications for India’s demographic dividend
Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
-employment situation utlising the relatively larger share of youth or working age persons in total population. However, the outcome depends … on the contribution of youth to national product. India at present suffers from remarkably high educated unemployment and … questions are also raised about the employability of the youth because of their inadequate education, training, and market ready …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259645