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Our objective here is to establish the proposition that creative entrepreneurship gives rise to a market order which is … design of the core mechanism that made the Greek diaspora network such a suc-cess was entrepreneurship. …
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The knowledge economy and knowledge society depend on the development of networks of communications in terms of both …, but parallels can be drawn between such changes and the existing analysis of networks, organisations and political … ‘collective action’ from the grass roots level. Networks form a significant complement to the existing media that are also seizing …
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We develop an on-the-job search model in which immigrants search for jobs through formal channels or networks, and the … quality of job offers differs across search methods. The model predicts networks unambiguously lead to a larger share of …
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networks. We test empirically whether young migrants�schooling decisions are affected by the presence of covillagers at … achievements among internal migrants. A simple analytical framework is presented to show how an initial human capital disparity … between migrants and non migrants can translate into persistent skill inequality if origin shapes the composition of social …
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In an open economy with common property resources at the community level, marriage and migratory decisions crucially depend on inheritance rules on the commons. Motivated by the traditional management of the commons in the Italian Alps, we present a model that fits the evolution of property...
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This research exploits the event of immigration to establish that institutions have a persistent effect on culture. It … is argued that immigrants coming from corrupt countries, tend to overtrust the institutions at the host country. This … several reasons. First, it highlights the persistent effect of institutions (at the origin country) on the cultural attitudes …
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Questo paper presenta un questionario e una guida pratica per la misurazione del capitale sociale. Il lavoro vuole costituire un vero e proprio manuale rivolto a ricercatori, studenti e docenti, consulenti di impresa e operatori del terzo settore che per qualsiasi ragione, dalla redazione della...
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concentration of migrants with low parental education, while migrants with high parental education are found to have no impact. The …
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invented anew by transnational networks of migration in a globalized world. There is no evidence for a supposed superiority of …The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in different West African countries in recent years has been met … with growing resistance by established local entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter …
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. The findings of the study suggest that while formal incentives to nurture entrepreneurship must be maintained, policy …-makers should also pay attention to the role of trust cultivated through informal networks. …
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