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Identifying Social Entrepreneurs Servingthe Poor at the BoP
George, Abraham M. - William Davidson Institute <Ann Arbor, Mich.> - 2009
The concept of social entrepreneurship as a characterization of social responsibility forbusiness organizations has … entrepreneurship, and how the BoP is defined.Confusion arises from the absence of generally accepted definitions for both terms … clarify what constitutes social entrepreneurship serving theBOP segment of the population, and how the BoP may be defined to …
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Productive, Unproductive and Destructive Entrepreneurship:A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration
Sauka, Arnis - William Davidson Institute <Ann Arbor, Mich.> - 2008
Drawing on Baumol’s concepts of productive, unproductive and destructiveentrepreneurship and relevant amendments, this thesis aims to contribute to theentrepreneurship literature by developing a conceptual framework which allowsoperationalising the concepts for empirical assessment....
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WHY ARE OPTIMISTIC ENTREPRENEURS SUCCESSFUL?AN APPLICATION OF THE REGULATORY FOCUS THEORY
Aidis, Ruta; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Sauka, Arnis - William Davidson Institute <Ann Arbor, Mich.> - 2008
Does entrepreneurial optimism affect business performance? Using a unique data setbased on repeated survey design, we investigate this relationship empirically. Ourmeasures of ‘optimism’ and ‘realism’ are derived from comparing the turnovergrowth expectations of 133 owners-managers with...
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The Effects of Entrepreneurship Education
Weber, Richard; Graevenitz, Georg von; Harhoff, Dietmar - Universität <München> / Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaft - 2009
Entrepreneurship education ranks highly on policy agendas in Europe and the US, butlittle research is available to … assess its impacts. In this context it is of primary importanceto understand whether entrepreneurship education raises … intentions to be entrepreneurialgenerally or whether it helps students determine how well suited they are for entrepreneurship …
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Überlegungen zu einer entrepreneur-orientierten Ausbildung an gewerblichen Fachschulen : eine Bestandsaufnahme mit Vorschlägen für eine Ergänzung des Curriculums
Hartmann, Falk - Karlsruher Institut für Technologie - 2010
Unabhängig von der politischen Zielrichtung ist aufgrund von gesellschaftlichen undpolitischen Veränderungen zunehmend die Forderung nach einer Erhöhung derGründeraktivitäten in Deutschland erkennbar. Dies wird seit der Mitte der 1990erJahre (vgl. Lilischkis, 2001, S. 78; Braukmann, 2002, S....
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Unternehmerisches Handeln - Thema und Variationen : Präliminarien und materiale Skizze
Loer, Thomas - Karlsruher Institut für Technologie - 2010
Im unternehmerischen Handeln kommen Momente von Handeln überhauptin gesteigerter Weise zum Ausdruck. Entscheidung und Vollzug,Selbstrechtfertigung und Verantwortung, Innovation und Kontinuität alsAspekte von Handeln treten in raffinierter Gestalt und in besondererKonstellation auf. In...
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Financing Entrepreneurship and the Old-Boy Network
Inci, Eren; Parker, Simon C. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
We study entrepreneurs’ start-up financing from banks and local financiers. An informalnetwork, whose membership cannot be observed by outsiders, conveys the good signals itgets about the hidden types of network entrepreneurs to local financiers, which are thenreflected in different loan...
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Who Starts a Business and Who is Self-Employedin Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Rusakova, Alina - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010,the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic …
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Immigration Policy and Entrepreneurship
Mahuteau, Stéphane; Piracha, Matloob; Tani, Massimilano; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
This paper analyses the impact of a change in Australia’s immigration policy, introduced inthe mid-1990s, on migrants’ probability of becoming entrepreneurs. The policy changeconsists of stricter entry requirements and restrictions to welfare entitlements. The resultsindicate that those who...
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Credit Constraints and ProductiveEntrepreneurship in Africa
Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina; Brixiova, Zuzana; Ndikumana, Leonce - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
entrepreneurship andprivate sector employment in Africa.... …
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