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Productive and cognitive innovation strategy:African framework design
Nwaobi, Godwin C - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
industrial sites in Africa. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876897
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What is the Effect of the Current Financial Crisis on Venture Capital Financing? Empirical Evidence from US Internet Start-ups
Block, Joern; Sandner, Philipp - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Employing a large dataset regarding venture capital investments in US Internet firms, we analyze the effect of the current financial crisis on the venture capital market. Using regression analysis, we find that the financial crisis led to a 20% decrease in the average amount of funds raised per...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836075
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The Culture of Entrepreneurship
Chakraborty, Shankha; Thompson, Jon; Yehoue, Etienne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We study the cultural process through which a society inculcates an entrepreneurial spirit. People work for a guaranteed wage or operate a firm whose return depends on business expertise. The latter is culturally acquired, within the family or outside, and people may choose an occupation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108809
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Entrepreneurship Spillover and the determinants of Key Sectors for new business creation: An inter-sectorial approach
Massón-Guerra, José Luis; Vendrell-Ferrero, Ferran - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Whereas the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship focuses on the diffusion of innovative output and knowledge … entrepreneurship dissemination or entrepreneurship spillover among sectors. From an adaptation of the model of input-output matrix … (Leontief, 1936; Dietzenbacher and Los, 2002) we develop a methodology that allows calculating the concept of entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787197
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The Multipliers and Key Sectors of Entrepreneurship Spillover: An input-output approach
Massón-Guerra, José Luis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The Entrepreneurship Spillover evaluates the systemic effect of creating enterprises in different sectors and … industries from a new firm created in a given sector. One way to estimate these Entrepreneurship Spillovers is doing an … are: (a) to develop a methodology that allows calculating the concept of entrepreneurship spillover; (b) to identify the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790228
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Regional integration communities in Africa
Marinov, Eduard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Currently there are 15 regional integration communities in Africa and 7 of them are officially recognized as the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114410
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Crowdfunding: disintermediated investment banking
Rubinton, Brian J - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper introduces crowdfunding as a concept and model for the evolution of investment banking. Crowdfunding, an application of crowdsourcing, is defined as one party’s attempt to finance a project by offering three types of investment opportunities to potential investors. The investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147586
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The Economics of Climate Change and Science of Global Warming Debate:African Perspectives
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
general equilibrium model, this paper argues that climate change will negatively affect agricultural productivity in Africa … opportunity for African economies. As latecomers, Africa has indeed an opportunity to be at the forefront of the green revolution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259199
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Economic Implications of Business Dynamics for KE-Associated Economic Growth and Inclusive Development in African Countries
Asongu, Simplice; Amavilah, Voxi; Andrés, Antonio R. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper develops an empirically-relevant framework (a) to examine whether or not the African business environment hinders or promotes the knowledge economy (KE), (b) to determine how the KE which emerges from such an environment affects economic growth, and (c) how growth in turn relates to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011264820
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Global e-commerce and african participation:a critical assessment
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
paper assessed the dynamics of e-commerce in Africa so that a new insight may be shed on the ways in which e-commerce is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107828