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transformation, will stagnate. One such endogenous driver is entrepreneurship. In this paper I start with the reappraisal of African … agriculture and focus on the literature on entrepreneurship in Africa's structural transformation. I present a conceptual model to … describe how entrepreneurship reallocates farmers out of agriculture into non-agricultural activities and locations. Recent …
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Support for entrepreneurship is widely seen as a mechanism to facilitate prosperity and peace in a growing number of … post-conflict states. In this paper I critically evaluate this view. I argue that entrepreneurship is a ubiquitous quality … in post-conflict states but not necessarily always for the good. Unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship may …
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We investigate the manifold posed question: To what extent does investment in human and social capital, besides the effect of talent, enhance entrepreneurial performance? We distinguish between three different performance measures: survival, profits, and generated employment. On the basis of the...
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Little empirical evidence provides insight in person-oriented drivers of business survival and success of small business owners. In this paper I perform a duration analysis of business survival amongst young white (selfemployed) small business owners in the U.S. Compulsory exits are...
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In this study, we analyze the characteristics and development of Finnish startups based on firm-level data available in public databases. By startups we refer to young, small, and independent firms holding basic elements for growth. Some 4 000–5 000 of such firms are being established...
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This study analyses the relationship between entrepreneurial dynamics and the level of competitiveness in Latin American countries. Based on a stage of economic development model we demonstrate that Latin American countries under the model followed different paths related to competitiveness....
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Improved governance and lower start-up costs may not be sufficient for encouraging the type of entrepreneurship that …) opportunitymotivated entrepreneurship (as opposed to necessity-motivated entrepreneurship) drives economic growth; (ii) governance and the … start-up costs are not significant determinants of opportunity entrepreneurship; and (iii) better governance leads to higher …
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The European Commission has adopted an Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan as its answer to challenges brought by the … entrepreneurship will contribute towards ending the continent's economic malaise. In this article I argue that these expectations may … be disappointed because (i) entrepreneurship promotion is a last-resort policy, (ii) entrepreneurs are being …
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Entrepreneurship, as re ected in the start-up of new firms, the growth and market exit of existing firms, and the ow of … is a strong possibility that the unintended damage to entrepreneurship, innovation and growth could be persistent. This …
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