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both high aspiration and low aspiration entrepreneurship. We also find that women benefit more from the larger informal …This paper compares the impact of institutions on individual decisions to become entrepreneurs in the form of new … hypotheses; that women are less likely to undertake entrepreneurial activity in countries where the rule of law is weaker; where …
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This paper constructs a Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEINDEX) that captures the contextual feature of … entrepreneurship across countries. We find the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development to be mildly S-shaped not … U-shaped or L-shaped. Our findings suggest moving away from simple measures of entrepreneurship across countries …
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from the fashion industry will be presented. Their founders have dedicated themselves to the idea of the circular economy … challenges as entrepreneurs. The discussion of the relatively new Conscious Business Movement enriches the scientific debate … about respective start-ups and entrepreneurship. As a conclusion those aspects being a key driver for success will be …
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Women start fewer businesses than men. The start-up rate among women in Germany falls short of males' start-up rate by …, entrepreneurship-related attitudes, and general personality traits of both business starters and non-starters. Estimating binary choice … favor of higher start-up rates among women, while the distribution of personality traits is less favorable for business …
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Using confidential microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau, we investigate the performance of female-owned businesses making comparisons to male-owned businesses. Using regression estimates and a decomposition technique, we explore the role that human capital, especially through prior work...
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substantial differences in the role of self-employment among low-skilled workers across gender and nativity - women and immigrants … substantially more financially rewarding option for most women. These findings raise the question of why low-skilled women enter … options and limited labor market opportunities in the wage/salary sector as motivating native born women to enter self …
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internationalization process. We contribute to this research stream by establishing theoretical links with the emerging open innovation … with regard to the effect of open innovation strategies on internationalization performance. Our results show that both the …
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The goal of this study is to examine whether women in the highest levels of firms' management ranks help reduce … barriers to women's advancement in the workplace. Using a panel of over 20,000 private-sector firms across all industries and … states during 1990-2003 from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, we explore the influence of women in top …
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The goal of this study is to examine whether women in the highest levels of management ranks of firms help reduce … barriers to advancement in the workplace faced by women. Using a panel of over 20,000 private-sector firms across all … industries and states during 1990-2003 from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, we explore the influence of women …
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This paper is focused on creativity in the fashion design in Slovakia. The fashion design in Bratislava region was … activities between Slovak fashion designers. In the paper will be presented results from research carried out between Slovak … fashion designers located in Bratislava region. The empirical work that provides the basis for this case study used a case …
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