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-minority entrepreneurship in the UK. It is a subject that is marked by increasingtheoretical sophistication and activity on the part of policy …
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that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy in comparison to non-entrepreneurs? We study the relative … contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy based on four measures that have most widely been studied empirically. Hence, we …
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This paper investigates whether the presence of ambitious entrepreneurs is a more important determinant of national … economic growth than entrepreneurial activity in general. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor to test the … extent to which high growth ambitions of entrepreneurs affect GDP growth for a sample of 36 countries. Our results suggest …
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This study utilizes a human capital framework to explore whether business ownership experience is associated with the number of business opportunities identified, the number of identified opportunities that are pursued, and the nature of those opportunities...
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entrepreneurs? According to the logic of economic models of firm dynamics there is no reason to re-enter into entrepreneurship …Why should individuals that have exited their firm consider re-entering into entrepreneurship, i.e. become renascent …
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This paper investigates the impact of changes in the number of business owners on three measures of economic performance, viz. employment growth, GDP growth and labor productivity growth. Particular attention is devoted to the lag structure...
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Entrepreneurs out of necessity” identified by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey area sizeable group across …
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We study the role of ethnic networks in migrants` job search and the quality of jobs they find in the first years of settlement. We find that there are initial downward movements along the occupational ladder, followed by improvements...
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This paper draws on the policy transfer literature to examine a UK-based initiative topromote supplier diversity and provides insights to three areas neglected in currentresearch. Namely: the dynamics of non-governmental policy transfer; the factors thatmediate policy transfer in different...
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This article has its origins in research indicating the promise supplier diversityprogrammes hold in empowering ethnic minority enterprises to achieve breakout tomainstream markets and business growth. From a realist evaluation perspective itreports on the first phase of SDEM (Supplier...
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