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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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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, behaviors, and strategies that are thought to underpin success in business such as motivation, perseverance, and self-confidence? This study conducted two randomized controlled trials...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051923
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Learning to grow from peers : experimental evidence from small retailers in Indonesia
Dalton, Patricio S.; Rüschenpöhler, Julius; Uras, Burak; … - 2019
study develops a handbook that associates specific business practices with performance and provides detailed implementation …-shop assistance on the implementation of the handbook, and a third group is offered both. Eighteen months after the intervention, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059059
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Are women more credit constrained? : experimental evidence on gender and microenterprise returns
De Mel, Suresh (contributor); McKenzie, David J. (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759730
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Who benefits from promoting small and medium scale enterprises? : some empirical evidence from Ethiopia
Rijkers, Bob (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003745106
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Bank involvement with SMEs : beyond relationship lending
Torre, Augusto de la (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003745223
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Bank financing for SMEs around the world drivers, obstacles, business models, and lending practices
Beck, Thorsten (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003780183
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Drivers and obstacles to banking SMEs : the role of competition and the institutional framework
Torre, Augusto de la (contributor);  … - 2008
"This paper studies the factors banks perceive as drivers and obstacles to financing small and medium enterprises (SMEs … business, SMEs have become a strategic segment for most banks in both countries. In particular, banks have begun to target SMEs … due to the significant competition in the corporate and retail sectors. They perceive the SMEs market as highly profitable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003780220
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Market power and the matching of trade credit terms
Fabbri, Daniela (contributor); Klapper, Leora (contributor) - 2008
decisions. The authors use a novel firm-level database of Chinese SMEs with unique information on market power in both output …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771162
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Small businesses in South Africa : who outsources tax compliance work and why?
Coolidge, Jacqueline; Ilic, Domagoj; Kisunko, Gregory - 2009
"The authors use firm-level survey data on 998 small and medium enterprises registered for tax in South Africa regarding tax compliance costs to investigate the use of outsourcing to complete tax compliance tasks. Overall, about 43 percent of the enterprises do all their tax compliance work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003821274