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UNLOCKING PRODUCTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP INAFRICA’S LEAST DEVELOPEDCOUNTRIES

Brixiová, Zuzana - William Davidson Institute <Ann Arbor, Mich.> - 2010

economies, development of productive entrepreneurship cannot be left tomarkets alone. The policy analysis suggests that the …

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Gates, hubs and urban primacyin Sub-Saharan Africa

Pholo Bala, Alain - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics … - 2009

We investigate the impact of changes in international trade and domestic transport costs on the internalgeography of a … partial agglomeration in the hinterland even in case of trade integration. Thereforedepending on the level of transportation …

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Agricultural Import Surges in Developing Countries: Exogenous Factors in their Emergence

Nolte, Stephan; Grethe, Harald - Universität <Berlin, Humboldt-Universität> / … - 2005

quantity or value of imports suddenly exceeds a "normal" level. This somewhat loose concept leaves questions as to how … symmetric surges (a fall after an increase in imports or vice versa), and asymmetric surges (an increase in imports which … remains at a similar level thereafter). It also leaves open the question of whether imports are the right reference, or if …

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Theoretical Impediments to Understanding B2B Electronic Commerce

Reimers, Kai; Li, Mingzhi - Technische Hochschule <Aachen> / Lehr- und … - 2002

This paper proposes that the lack of a theoretical framework able to address policyissues on the firm as well as the industry level in an integrated manner contributes toa failure of developing effective e-commerce policies. Specifically, theoreticalapproaches fall into the two broad categories...

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The Geography and Determinantsof Entrepreneurship

Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2008

Entrepreneurship literature (Parker 2004) has rarely considered spatial locationas a micro-determinant of occupational choice, although there are compellingreasons to posit that spatial location influences economic behavior. Using Bayesiansemiparametric methodologies and geoadditive techniques,...

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The Growth and Decline of Small firmsIn Developing Countries

Coad, Alexander; Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2008

negative impact on firm growthin the majority of specifications. The decision to export is a double-edged sword –if successful …

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For whose benefit? Benefit-sharing within Contractual ABSAgreementsfrom an Economic Perspective– the Example of Pharmaceutical Bioprospection

Buchs, Ann Kathrin; Jasper, Jörg - Universität <Göttingen> / Department für … - 2007

The extinction of genetic resources as a consequence of land development, especially in ‘biodiversity hot spots …

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Integration des Instrumentes Environment-oriented Cost Management in die Controllingprozesse von Unternehmen in Entwicklungsländern

Wollmann, Ralph - 2001

Vor dem Hintergrund des oft vernachlässigten industriellen Umweltschutzes in Entwicklungsländern entwickelt das Pilotvorhaben zur Unterstützung umweltorientierter Unternehmensführung in Entwicklungsländern (P3U) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) das Instrument...

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Integration des Instrumentes Environment-oriented Cost Mangement in die Controllingprozesse von Unternehmen in Entwicklungsländern

Günther, Edeltraud; Thomas, Paola; Wollmann, Ralph - Lehrstuhl für Betriebliche Umweltökonomie <Dresden> - 2001

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Cyclical Movements in Unemployment and Informality in Developing Countries

Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William F. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

This paper analyzes the cyclical properties of worker flows in Brazil and Mexico, two important developing countries with large unregulated or "informal" sectors. It generates three stylized facts that are critical to the accurate modeling of the sector and which suggest the need to rethink the...

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