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Entrepreneurial becoming : an educational pathway out of poverty

Tonelli, Marcello; Dalglish, Carol L. - 2011

This paper reports a longitudinal analysis of 20 necessity driven micro-entrepreneurs operating in Beira, Central Mozambique, who received funding and training from the same NGO to establish or grow their business activities and reports the development of these entrepreneurs in terms of their...

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A cross-cultural study of motivational factors and values influencing purchase of organic food in Germany and Mexico.

Juarez Hernandez, Maria Isabel - 2013

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THE MOTIVATING FACTORS FOR ENTERING INTO FOREIGN MARKETS-THE CASE OF REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

ZEKIRI, Jusuf - 2016

The purpose of this study is to analyze the most important motives that make companies consider while operating out of …, the goal of this research is to analyze the motives and factors of foreign companies that have already entered Macedonia … in any mode of entry by finding out the factors and motives that influenced their decision making while choosing the …

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CREC7‘s infrastructural investment in the DRC : an in-depth study of the motives for Chinese outward FDI

Van Der Lugt, Sanne - 2011

the study of the motives of Chinese overseas investors and, secondly, to contribute to the adjustment of general FDI … theory in such a way that it becomes more suited to the study of the motives of investors from any country of origin. FDI … from a non-Anglo-Saxon context. Furthermore, the study of the motives of foreign investors is of importance to policy …

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Families, Human Capital, and Small Business: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey

Fairlie, Robert W.; Robb, Alicia - 2003

Using data from the confidential and restricted-access Characteristics of Business Owners (CBO) Survey, we provide some suggestive evidence on the causes of intergenerational links in business ownership and the related issue of how having a family business background affects small business...

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Risk preference and employment contract type

Farrell, Lisa; Brown, Sarah; Harris, Mark N.; Sessions, … - 2006

We explore the possibility that a systematic relationship exists between employment within a particular type of contract and risk preference. We exploit a set of proxies for risk preference, whereby some of the proxies capture risk loving behaviour (expenditure on gambling, smoking and alcohol)...

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Three Essays on Firm Behavior and Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslav Republics.

Koman, Matjaz - 2009

This dissertation shows how the transformation of social ownership to private ownership affected the behavior of firms and entrepreneurship in selected former Yugoslav countries. The goal was to determine whether firms’ objective remains the maximization of income per worker and, on the other...

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Schooling, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Performance

Praag, C.M. van; Parker, S.C. - 2004

To what extent is the performance of a small business venture, once started, affected by capital constraints at the time of inception and by the business founder's investment in human capital? We attempt to answer this question taking into account the potential endogeneity of human and financial...

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Education and Entrepreneurship in Industrialized Countries: A Meta-analysis

Sluis, J. vander; Praag, C.M. van; Vijverberg, W. - 2004

This paper provides a meta-analytical review of empirical studies into the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and performance. We first describe the main effects found in the current entrepreneurship literature. We then explain the variance in results across the hundreds of...

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Three Essays on Self-Employment Transitions, Organizational Capital, and Firm Formation

Deli, Fatma - 2011

This dissertation explores how economic, organizational, and personal factors affect self-employment transitions, occupational decisions, and firm formation activities of individuals at different positions in the skill distribution. The first essay of my dissertation studies how local...

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