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Applying a grounded-theory approach to analyzing the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data, we attempt to explain … why New Zealand exhibits only a moderate level of economic development despite its high level of entrepreneurship. By … curvilinear relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development, we develop a better understanding of the …
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The literature indicates that entrepreneurship and economic growth are closely and positively associated. For four … if it were to emulate other countries. We make use of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data set, including nascent … entrepreneurship rates for 45 countries over the 2000-2004 period as well as variables from standardised national statistics. The paper …
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livelihood strategies, as well as on the community’s organisational,leadership and entrepreneurship capacity.An exploratory study …, knowledge and skills; iii) the ineffective community organisation andleadership; iv) a lack of entrepreneurship skills and … of organisational,leadership and entrepreneurship capacities and skills could significantly contribute toattaining …
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focused on micro-entrepreneurship in the Cape Flats area of the Western Cape, specifically on survivalist micro …
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, there is intense interestfrom policy makers and academicians towards entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education ….Many economists and politicians agree that entrepreneurship stimulates the generation of employmentopportunities and wealth creation … Institutions (HEIs) in entrepreneurship educationand development in the context of Saudi Arabian economy. In doing so, the authors …
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's formal context, and franchisee discretion within its operational context, diverse opportunitiesfor entrepreneurship exist …
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This study investigates the impacts of regional characteristics on the early-stage performance of New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs) in catch-up regions where a mature industrial cluster has yet to be formed. It hypothesized that the average NTBF performance in a region is a function of its...
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When Kodak and other Fortune 500 companies closed their plants in Chamblee,Georgia, it devastated the small city's economy. Chamblee began a process of"asset-based community development," but fell short of identifying itscompetitive advantage. The 1990 Census, however, revealed a unique asset -...
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On April 29, 2009, a town hall meeting of women business owners was held in Atlanta at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Student Center. Hosted and facilitated by the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC), this meeting was the seventh in a series of meetings that began in March 2007....
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