Since the 1980s a fundamental change of the social and economic systemin the People´s Republic of China (PRC) and in the Republic of SouthAfrica (SA) has taken place. In the development and transformation process, entrepreneurship plays an important role, and its promotion is one of the most...

Partnering can lead to construction projects being delivered quickly, efficiently and costeffectively. Indeed, research has shown that partnering arrangements can reduce constructiontime and standardisation can lead to efficiency on site. This is achieved by partnering a dedicatedteam of...

Economic transition lowered happiness on average, but did not affect allequally. This paper uses Hungarian survey data to study the impact ofreligion and economic transition on happiness. Religious involvementcontributes positively to individuals’ self-reported well-being.Controlling for...

We provide, for the first time, comparative evidence of the impact of various types of extremeevents – natural disasters, terrorism, and violent conflicts – on the perceptions ofentrepreneurs concerning some key entrepreneurial issues – such as fear of failure instarting a business...

“Entrepreneurs out of necessity” identified by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey area sizeable group across countries. They tend to have low education, run smaller firms, expecttheir firms to grow less, but are likely to stay in the market. This evidence is a challenge forexisting...

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), we analyze whethernecessity entrepreneurs differ from opportunity entrepreneurs in terms of self-employmentduration. Using univariate statistics, we find that opportunity entrepreneurs remain in selfemploymentlonger than necessity...

Die Förderung von Entrepreneurship und eines günstigen Umfelds für die Wirtschaft, insbesondere für Klein- und Mittelunternehmen, ist von entscheidender Bedeutung für das Wirtschaftswachstum, den Strukturwandel und die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in der Europäischen Union.Die Europäische...