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Entrepreneurship, structural change and a global economic crisis
Gries, Thomas; Naudé, Wim - 2010
Building on a Lewis-type model of structural change and entrepreneurship we show how a global economic crisis …-up activities. -- entrepreneurship ; global economic crisis ; structural change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661854
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The political economy of structural transformation in African cities : insights from the Deals and Development framework
Sen, Kunal - 2024
An important stylized fact about African economic development is the phenomenon of urbanization without structural transformation. This paper provides a political economy analysis of the lack of structural transformation in African cities, drawing on the Deals and Development framework. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015053974
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Supporting women entrepreneurs in Tunisia
Drine, Imed; Grach, Mouna - 2010
male and female perceptions of typical entrepreneurship support services, such as government provision of information … suggest that existing support services are inadequate for promoting female entrepreneurship. Accordingly we discuss support … measures specifically designed for women entrepreneurs. -- entrepreneurship ; gender ; women entrepreneurs ; Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008663042
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A model of destructive entrepreneurship
Desai, Sameeksha; Acs, Zoltán J.; Weitzel, Utz - 2010
The current research on entrepreneurship as an economic phenomenon often assumes its desirability as a driver of … unproductive entrepreneurship has been examined, destructive entrepreneurship has been largely ignored. We build from existing … theory and define destructive entrepreneurship as wealth-destroying. We propose three assumptions to develop a model of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661285
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Agricultural and rural transformations in Asian development : past trends and future challenges
Vos, Rob - 2018
Over the past sixty years, most Asian countries have undergone relatively rapid agricultural transformations that helped jumpstart broader economic development. However, the changes have differed markedly in nature and speed across countries of the region. In much of East and Southeast Asia, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894303
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Structural change and the National Initiative for Human Development in Morocco : subnational insights
Akim, Al-mouksit; Sahel, Wissal - 2023
This paper aims to revisit the pace and patterns of structural change in Morocco with a renewed perspective focusing on subnational trends to document the macro patterns. In that perspective, we first build a within-country sectoral longitudinal dataset covering employment and value added (VA)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290677
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New patterns of structural change and effects on inclusive development : a case study of South Africa and Brazil
Greenstein, Joshua - 2015
This study explores the question of structural change and inclusive development in South Africa and Brazil. Using Census data from the two countries, the analysis combines a household level multidimensional indicator of well-being with the applications of growth incidence curves and a sectoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465459
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The expansion of regional supermarket chains
Das Nair, Reena; Chisoro, Shingie - 2015
Over the past two decades, southern African countries have experienced rapid growth in the number and spread of supermarkets. Several factors have been attributed to this growth, including increasing urbanization, increased per capita income, the rise of the middle class, economies of scale and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011385300
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Return migration and entrepreneurship in Cameroon
Tamwo, Sévérin; Gandjon Fankem, Ghislain Stéphane; … - 2022
In this paper, we examine the determinants of the entrepreneurial behaviour of returnees to Cameroon based on original survey data from 2012. Contrary to the existing literature, we focus on the skills received from abroad without omitting the effect of savings. We distinguish between three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013273456
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Finance, gender, and entrepreneurship : India's informal sector firms
Gang, Ira N.; Raj, Rajesh S. N.; Sen, Kunal - 2020
access in promoting entrepreneurship among informal sector firms in India. Our results are robust to alternative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012309064