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Shared Societies: The Economic Case
McCarthy, Clem; Naudé, Wim - Maastricht School of Management (MSM) - 2012
The Club de Madrid and the Maastricht School of Management wanted to respond to the challenge of encouraging new thinking on the link between economic performance and social conditions. We invited a range of thinkers and writers from intergovernmental bodies, policy think tanks, academia and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010925456
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Migration, Entrepreneurship and Development: A Critical Review
Naudé, Wim; Siegel, Melissa; Marchand, Katrin - 2015
We provide an assessment of the state of scholarly and policy debates on migrant entrepreneurs in development. They are … often described as super-entrepreneurs who contribute to development through (i) being more entrepreneurial than natives … general development contribution of migration over and above its contribution through entrepreneurship. The implication is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307496
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Migration, entrepreneurship and development: Critical questions
Naudé, Wim; Siegel, Melissa; Marchand, Katrin - In: IZA Journal of Migration 6 (2017) 5, pp. 1-16
entrepreneurship in the process of economic development. In doing so, we show that the standard policy response to migrants and migrant … the answers, (iv) Does migration matter for development? We conclude that one must avoid seeing migrants as super … development in both sending and receiving countries, not least through reducing the shares of migrants that are reluctant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725536
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Migration, entrepreneurship and development : critical questions
Naudé, Wim; Siegel, Melissa; Marchand, Katrin - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 6 (2016) 5, pp. 1-16
entrepreneurship in the process of economic development. In doing so, we show that the standard policy response to migrants and migrant … the answers, (iv) Does migration matter for development? We conclude that one must avoid seeing migrants as super … development in both sending and receiving countries, not least through reducing the shares of migrants that are reluctant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011619426
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Migration, entrepreneurship and development : a critical review
Naudé, Wim; Siegel, Melissa; Marchand, Katrin - 2015
We provide an assessment of the state of scholarly and policy debates on migrant entrepreneurs in development. They are … often described as super-entrepreneurs who contribute to development through (i) being more entrepreneurial than natives … general development contribution of migration over and above its contribution through entrepreneurship. The implication is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309009
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‘Surfeiting, The Appetite May Sicken’: Entrepreneurship and the Happiness of Nations
Naudé, Wim; Amorós, José Ernesto; Cristi, Oscar - Maastricht School of Management (MSM) - 2011
We know that entrepreneurs – at least those driven by opportunities – can contribute to economic growth, productivity improvements and competitiveness in national economies.. But do they contribute to happiness on the country level? In other words, does the happiness of nations depend on its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009397066
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New Challanges for Industrial Policy
Naudé, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
This paper calls for a fresh look at industrial policies in the light of recent trends and developments in the global economy. In particular, five new challenges and their implications for industrial policies are discussed. These have been neglected in the debate on industrial policy and include...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671377
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Industrial Policy Old and New Issues
Naudé, Wim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
The debate on industrial policy (IP) has been characterized by a number of contractions over the concept of industrial policy, its merits, contents and application. The purpose of this exploratory paper is to review the debate on IP. Outlining the concept and instruments of industrial policy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671386
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Peace, Prosperity, and Pro-Growth Entrepreneurship
Naudé, Wim - eSocialSciences - 2010
Support for entrepreneurship is widely seen as a mechanism to facilitate prosperity and peace in a growing number of post-conflict states. In this paper they critically evaluate this view. They argue that entrepreneurship is a ubiquitous quality in post-conflict states but not necessarily always...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677808
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The importance of manufacturing in economic development: Past, present and future perspectives
Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
-productivity activities in manufacturing assume an important role remains a defining feature of economic development. The challenges to attain … countries requires a type of manufacturing sector development that can deliver high-quality employment, that is aligned with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856306