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Does social capital create trust? : evidence from a community of entrepreneurs

Sabatini, Fabio - 2009

institutions), in a community of entrepreneurs located in the Italian industrial district of the Tuscia. Our results suggest that … the main factors fostering the diffusion of social trust among entrepreneurs are the perception that the local community …

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The impact of soft-skills training for entrepreneurs in Jamaica

Ubfal, Diego; Arraiz, Irani; Beuermann, Diether W.; … - 2020

A randomized controlled trial with 945 entrepreneurs in Jamaica shows positive short-term impacts of soft …

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The effectiveness of management training programs : a meta-analytic review

Busso, Matias; Park, Kyunglin; Irazoque, Nicolás - 2023

entrepreneurs and managers in specifically targeted sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, or services was more likely to …

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Diversity in entrepreneurship : ethnic and female roles in urban economic life

Baycan Levent, Tüzin; Masurel, Enno; Nijkamp, Peter - 2003

focus of the research is on the attitude and behaviour of Turkish female entrepreneurs in Amsterdam. The main fascinating … question is: Are ethnic female entrepreneurs special ethnic entrepreneurs or special female entrepreneurs? This paper provides … entrepreneurs in Amsterdam show that the ethnic female profile is a special female profile and that Turkish female entrepreneurs are …

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The benefits of adult learning : work-related training, social capital, and earnings

Ruhose, Jens; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Weilage, Insa - 2019

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Policy uncertainty and foreign direct investment : evidence from the China-Japan island dispute

Chen, Cheng; Senga, Tatsuro; Sun, Chang; Zhang, Hongyong - 2016

Can a temporary negative shock generate long-lasting effects on economic activities? To show causal evidence, we utilize data from Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs) and explore the economic impact of the unexpected escalation of an island dispute between China and Japan in 2012. Our...

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Impact of American investment in India

Ray, Saon; Miglani, Smita; Malik, Neha - 2015

The United States is India's largest trade and investment partner and is engaged with India at various levels of economic cooperation. This paper studies the direct and indirect impact of US FDI inflows in India and identifies the challenges faced by US investors. The paper is based on secondary...

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Economic sentiment indicators and foreign direct investment : empirical evidence from European Union countries

Cieślik, Andrzej; Ghodsi, Mahdi - 2021

This paper studies the role of business sentiment in the decisions of multinational enterprises (MNEs) to undertake foreign direct investment (FDI) across European Union (EU) member states. Based on the knowledge-capital model, the study employs the Pseudo Poisson Maximum Likelihood (PPML)...

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Trust and growth

Dincer, Oguzhan (contributor); Uslaner, Eric (contributor) - 2007

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Middle-class entrepreneurship and the effect of social capital

Ordeñana, Xavier; Arteaga, Elizabeth - 2012

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