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This paper provides an overview of the state of the art of the intersection of development economics and entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights from the intersection of entrepreneurship and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774302
The instability and informality that characterize hybrid political orders and its effects on entrepreneurs remains largely unexplored in the scholarly literatures. In this paper we provide initial findings from the case of entrepreneurs' access to electricity in Lebanon. Using quantitative and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224596
This paper provides an overview of the state of the art of the intersection of development economics and entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights from the intersection of entrepreneurship and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013077338
possible, and moreover that the contribution of manufacturing in Africa has been underestimated. As far as the future is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122074
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is impacting on the industrialization options for Africa inter alia through … paper I set out the case for why Africa should industrialize. I then explore the opportunities and threats the 4IR pose for … Africa. Threats include job-losses and the re-shoring of manufacturing to advanced economies. Among the opportunities are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011694809
In this paper I argue that the manufacturing sector still has an important role to play in Africa's development … Africa; (iii) describe the resurgence of technological start-up entrepreneurship in Africa and (iv) call for policy support …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949049
estimators and applying a battery of robustness checks. Industrialization in Africa is driven by historical legacies such as … and adoption of digital technologies are found to have an ambiguous relationship with industrialisation in Africa. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014351490
possible, and moreover that the contribution of manufacturing in Africa has been underestimated. As far as the future is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861275
In this paper I argue that the manufacturing sector still has an important role to play in Africa's development … Africa; (iii) describe the resurgence of technological start-up entrepreneurship in Africa and (iv) call for policy support …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906527
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is impacting on the industrialization options for Africa inter alia through … paper I set out the case for why Africa should industrialize. I then explore the opportunities and threats the 4IR pose for … Africa. Threats include job-losses and the re-shoring of manufacturing to advanced economies. Among the opportunities are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012952621