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Preferences and skills of Indian public sector teachers 2u<

Fagernäs, Sonja; Pelkonen, Panu - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-31

With a sample of 700 future public sector primary teachers in India, a Discrete Choice Experiment is used to measure job preferences, particularly regarding location. General skills are also tested. Urban origin teachers and women are more averse to remote locations than rural origin teachers...

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The Economic, Social and Administrative Pharmacy (ESAP) Discipline in US schools and colleges of pharmacy

Alkhateeb, Fadi M.; Latif, David A.; Adkins, Rachel - In: International journal of management, economics and … 2 (2013) 3, pp. 187-204

Schools and colleges of pharmacy in the United States have struggled over the past several decades with identifying a consistent title for the broad body of knowledge related to the social, economic, behavioral, and administrative aspects of pharmacy. This paper examines the educational...

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International education and economic growth

Bergerhoff, Jan; Borghans, Lex; Seegers, Philipp K.; … - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-13

In recent years international student mobility increased. While net hosting countries are in a better position to win highly educated students for their labour force, they face the additional cost of providing the education. In much of continental Europe these costs are not levied on students,...

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Patent as a motivation of starting a new entrepreneurial activity of high potential

Goniadis, Iraklis; Goniadis, Yannis - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 97-108

advancement of entrepreneurship in Greece, 3) the biggest proportion of the patent holders remained inactive, without any … exploitation of their patent, alleging several reasons for that. -- entrepreneurship ; patent rights ; and innovation …

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Factores determinantes de la utilización de las spin-offs como mecanismo de transferencia de conocimiento en las universidades

Beraza Garmendia, J. M.; Rodríguez Castellanos, Arturo - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 16 (2010) 2, pp. 115-135

Although traditionally the roads used for the transfer of the knowledge generated in the universities have been the publication of the investigation results in scientific magazines and the contracts with the companies, in the last times he/she is expanding the use of other two mechanisms: the...

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Los programas de apoyo a la creación de spin-offs en las universidades Epañolas : una comparación internacional

Beraza Garmendia, José Maria; Rodríguez Castellanos, … - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 17 (2011) 2, pp. 89-117

the activities of development of the entrepreneurship culture and in the search and detection of ideas, as well as the … borrowed support, it is limited. -- university entrepreneurship ; technology transfer ; academic spin-offs …

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La influencia del proceso de migración en la percepción del riesgo de crear una empresa

Bolívar Cruz, Alicia; Hormiga, Esther - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 18 (2012) 1, pp. 69-85

business. In order to empirically validate the hypotheses formulated, this research uses data from the Global Entrepreneurship … and policies to foster entrepreneurship in this group. -- risk perception ; migration process ; business creation … ; entrepreneurship ; GEM …

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The valuation implications of sales growth in start-up ventures

Gavious, Ilanit; Schwartz, Dafna - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 13 (2008) 2, pp. 1-24

We examine whether and how investors' reliance on financial information is affected by the rate of sales growth of a start-up venture. We find that investors discern between firms by the extent to which their products are adopted by the market. For firms that failed to increase their sales since...

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The coupling between entrepreneurship and public policy : tight in developed countries but loose in development countries

Schøtt, Thomas; Wickstrøm Jensen, Kent - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 2, pp. 195-214

In this paper we compare the coupling between entrepreneurship policy and entrepreneurship activity in developed and …) are more beneficial on paper than on actual activity. Following this perspective, the coupling between entrepreneurship … policy and entrepreneurship activity is hypothesized to be lower for developing countries than for developed countries. Using …

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Dice thrown from the beginning? : an empirical investigation of determinants of firm level growth expectations

Terjesen, Siri; Szerb, Lászlo - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 2, pp. 153-178

growth. We examine individual (entrepreneur) firm and national environment factors associated with the growth expectations of … nascent, baby and established firms. Using 25,384 data points from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)'s survey of … entrepreneurial activity in 35 countries, we find male gender, personal acquaintance with an entrepreneur, innovative product …

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