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De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2012

We conduct a randomized experiment in Sri Lanka to measure the impact of the most commonly used business training course in developing countries, the Start-and-Improve Your Business (SIYB) program. In contrast to existing business training evaluations which are restricted to microfinance...

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Entrepreneurial progress : climbing the entrepreneurial ladder in Europe and the US

Zwan, Peter van der; Verheul, Ingrid; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 2010 - Version: March 2010

through these stages. Data are used from the 2007 “Flash Eurobarometer Survey on Entrepreneurship”, covering 27 European …

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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises

Mel, Suresh de; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2009

and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have …

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How does firm survival differ between business takeovers and new venture start-ups?

Xi, Guoqian; Block, Jörn; Lasch, Frank C.; Robert, Frank; … - 2017

Focusing on entrepreneurship entry modes, we investigate two research questions regarding firm survival: how does the … groups, highlighting the distinction between the two forms of entrepreneurship. …

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Industry dynamics and entrepreneurship : an equilibrium model

Fok, Dennis; Stel, Adriaan J. van; Burke, Andrew; … - 2010 - This version: October 2010

of disequilibrium and patterns of adjustment. Using a rich data set of the retail industry, we construct a dynamic …

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What are we learning from business training and entrepreneurship evaluations around the developing world?

McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2012

Business training programs are a popular policy option to try to improve the performance of enterprises around the world. The last few years have seen rapid growth in the number of evaluations of these programs in developing countries. We undertake a critical review of these studies with the...

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Unraveling the shift to the entrepreneurial economy

Audretsch, David B.; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2011 - Current version: April 2011

economy. In particular, the empirical evidence provides consistent support that (1) the role of entrepreneurship has … may be that the current approach to entrepreneurship policy is misguided. The priority should not be on entrepreneurship …

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The value of human and social capital investments for the business performance of start-ups

Bosma, Niels; Praag, Mirjam van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 2002

, profits, and generated employment. On the basis of the empirical analysis of a rich Dutch longitudinal data set of firm …

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Entrepreneurial progress : climbing the entrepreneurial ladder in Europe and The US

Zwan, Peter van der; Verheul, Ingrid; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 2009

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Handbook of research on entrepreneurship policy

Audretsch, David B. (contributor); Grilo, Isabel (contributor) - 2007

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