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Business practices in small firms in developing countries
McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349373
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Small business training to improve management practices in developing countries : reassessing the evidence for "Training Doesn’t Work"
McKenzie, David J. - 2020
Despite the popularity of business training among policy makers, the use of business training has faced increasing skepticism. This is, in part, fueled by the fact that most of the first wave of randomized experiments in developing countries could not detect statistically significant impacts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388660
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The relative richness of the poor? : Natural resources, human capital and economic growth
Bravo Ortega, Claudio; De Gregorio, Jose - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002581987
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Economic modeling of income, different types of capital and natural disasters
Markandya, Anil; Pedroso-Galinato, Suzette - 2009
"This paper provides empirical estimates of the impacts of natural disasters on different forms of capital (with a focus on human and intangible capital and natural capital), and on real gross domestic product per capita. The types of disaster considered are droughts, earthquakes, floods, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003821277
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Management capabilities and performance of firms in the Russian Federation
Grover, Arti; Torre, Iván - 2019
Using the management and operational practices survey in the Russian Federation, this paper finds that an average … Russian manufacturing firm adopts 43 percent of the structured management practices (a score of 0.43), a value that is far …, where a large share of firms adopt few structured management practices and only 3.5 percent of them have a score over 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114122
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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
Mental health, well-being and lasting economic outcomes are intimately connected. However, in geographies marked by fragility, conflict and violence, entrepreneurs of small and medium-size experience chronic stress and poor mental health on a regular basis. This paper describes the incremental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051846
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Technical and marketing support systems for successful small and medium-size enterprises in four countries
Levy, Brian D. - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000902651
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The Republic of Korea's small and medium-size enterprises and their support systems
Kim, Linsu; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000902661
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Improving mental well-being and productivity of small-medium entrepreneurs in fragile, conflict and violence affected areas : can cognitive behavioral therapy trainings help?
Saraf, Priyam; Rahman, Tasmia; Gallardo, Miguel; … - 2018
This literature review summarizes the link between psychological well-being and entrepreneurial outcomes for small and medium-size enterprises in fragile, conflict, and violence-affected contexts. It identifies potentially promising, scalable psychosocial training interventions, based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011875332