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The study aimed at identifying factors limiting the Tietê and Paraná valleys economic growth. Specifically, it analyzed the importance of the capital stocks for economic growth of these and the other counties in São Paulo State. Nine factors were generated by Principal Components Method to...
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In this dissertation, I develop a definition and regional measure of entrepreneurship that will aid entrepreneurship … research and economic development policy. My new indicators represent an improvement over current measures of entrepreneurship … represent a significant contribution to the literature and can stimulate discussion among entrepreneurship scholars about how we …
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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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The purpose of this paper is to describe Fundacion Maquipucuna's community-based entrepreneurship activities. Fundacion … engagement projects. This paper integrates the social and community-based entrepreneurship literature to discuss how Fundacion …
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This paper analyses potential mechanism of regional knowledge transfer in region with poorly developed innovation infrastructure (the Autonomous Territorial Unit Gagauzia, Republic of Moldova) through interactions between regional major players of the Regional Innovation System - the educational...
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Between 1999 and 2007, a series of infrastructure improvements were completed at the Port of Brunswick, Georgia, in order to increase cargo capacity at the port. This paper looks at the port for indications of economic development generated through this infrastructure investment. Infrastructure...
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The article deals with problems of economic development and regional disparities in the Czech Republic and changes of the disparities from 1995 to 2005 among Czech regions.
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In the current conditions of development and sustainable growth, due to its specificity, tourism represents a regional economic engine and a factor of cultural and social cohesion. A component of this industry, more current and more dynamic, is event tourism, which has recently become a very...
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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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