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Entrepreneurship and Cities: Evidence from the Post-communist World

Belitski, Maksim; Korosteleva, Julia - 2011

This paper investigates the variation in entrepreneurship across cities of the Commonwealth of Independent States … suggest that banking reform facilitates entrepreneurship, whereas the size of the state discourages it. Our results confirm a … U-shaped relationship between per-capita income and entrepreneurship. We also find that cities with higher concentration …

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The Value of Human and Social Capital Investments for the Business Performance of Start-ups

Bosma, Niels; van Praag, Mirjam; Thurik, Roy; de Wit, Gerrit - 2002

We investigate the manifold posed question: To what extent does investment in human and social capital, besides the effect of talent, enhance entrepreneurial performance? We distinguish between three different performance measures: survival, profits, and generated employment. On the basis of the...

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Why don't we see more Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Lithuania?

Aidis, Ruta - 2002

This paper identifies the specific external barriers to SME development in Lithuania. An analysis of 332 SME owners reveals that formal barriers (taxes, frequent changes to and ambiguity of tax policies) and environmental barriers (low purchasing power, lack of funds for business investment)...

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Business Survival and Success of Young Small Business Owners

van Praag, C. Mirjam - 2003

Little empirical evidence provides insight in person-oriented drivers of business survival and success of small business owners. In this paper I perform a duration analysis of business survival amongst young white (selfemployed) small business owners in the U.S. Compulsory exits are...

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Risk Attitudes and Profits among Small Enterprises in Nigeria

Lammers, Judith; Willebrands, Daan; Hartog, Joop - 2010

This paper analyses the effect of risk attitudes of firm owners on profits among micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Lagos, Nigeria. Higher risk perceptions are shown to have a significant positive effect on profits, whereas risk propensity has a negative or no effect. Education, age, being...

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