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particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the concept of "entrepreneurship" is critically discussed …
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The aim of this study is to provide a microeconomic investigation of the concept of entrepreneurship; in particular, it … discusses the following issues: 1) the alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing "creative destruction … (of the new firm); and 4) the possible scope for an economic policy aimed at maximizing the impact of entrepreneurship on …
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Occupational sector selection is an important determinant of returns for female entrepreneurs. If sectors that are traditionally male owned could provide an opportunity to earn higher returns, then what factors could encourage women to cross over into these sectors or prevent them from doing so?...
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A survey of participants in a large-scale business plan competition experiment, in which winners received an average of US$50,000 each, is used to elicit beliefs about what the outcomes would have been in the alternative treatment status. Participants are asked the percent chance they would be...
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This paper analyzes data on female and male entrepreneurship that were collected by the World Bank Group …'s Entrepreneurship Database. Recognizing the importance of a differentiated approach to entrepreneurship in terms of legal entities, the …. Forty-four of the 143 economies that participated in the Entrepreneurship project provided some sex-disaggregated data for …
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Almost all firms in developing countries have fewer than 10 workers, with the modal firm consisting of just the owner. Are there potential high-growth entrepreneurs with the ability to grow their firms beyond this size? And, if so, can public policy help alleviate the constraints that prevent...
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Previous studies have established a negative relationship between total government spending and entrepreneurship …. By combining macroeconomic government spending data with individual-level entrepreneurship data, the analysis finds a … entrepreneurship while confirming a negative relationship between total government consumption and entrepreneurial activity. The …
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This paper identifies the relative importance of human and physical capital for entrepreneurship. A subset of rural …
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entrepreneurship. In recent decades, efforts have increased to provide the world's poorest with financing and other assistance to … facilitate their entry into entrepreneurship or the growth of their small ventures. These are typically subsistence businesses …
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In economies characterized by low labor demand and high rates of youth unemployment, entrepreneurship training has the … entrepreneurship track that provides business training and personalized coaching to university students in Tunisia. Undergraduates in … standard curriculum. This paper relies on randomized assignment of the entrepreneurship track to identify impacts on labor …
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