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The Impact of Personal Characteristics and the Regional Milieu on the Transition from Unemployment to Self-employment: Empirical Evidence for Germany / Zur Bedeutung von individuel...

Wagner, Joachim - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 223 (2003) 2, pp. 204-222

Summary The focus of this paper is on the choice of the unemployed between becoming an entrepreneur or not. It contributes to the literature by empirically investigating the impact of personal characteristics and attitudes, and of the regional “entrepreneurial milieu”, on the individual...

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Selbständigkeit in Europa 1991–2003: Empirische Evidenz mit Länderdaten / Self-Employment in 15 European Countries 1991–2003

Göggel, Kathrin; Gräb, Johannes; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 227 (2007) 2, pp. 153-167

Summary The number of self-employed workers in Europe has been in decline since the 1990s. At the same time unemployment has decreased and GDP per capita increased. In this study we analyse macroeconomic causes of these trends for the EU 15. We use data from the European Labour Force Survey for...

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Ştiinţa managementului conform perspectivei lui Frederick W. Taylor: între teorie şi practică

Radu-Cristian, Muşetescu - In: Revista OEconomica (2012) 04

“The Principles of Scientific Management” by Frederick Taylor is among the first attempts to set up a coherent set of principles and rules in the practice of management. While Taylor seems to have gone too far by claiming that the status of his statements is scientific, we argue that he made...

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Creating a conducive policy environment for employment creation in small enterprises in Viet Nam

Phạm, Thị Thu Hang - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002

Examines the economic significance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Viet Nam and assesses the policy and legal environment for MSEs in seven key areas: specific MSE policies; business laws and regulations; taxation; labour policy; trade; finance, credit and bankruptcy polices; and...

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Creating a conducive policy environment for employment creation in SMMEs in South Africa

Mollentz, Jennifer - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002

Examines the role of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in employment and the economy in South Africa and assesses the impact of the policy and legislative environment on these enterprises. Focuses on the number and quality of jobs being created in the sector.

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Jobs, gender and small enterprises in Africa and Asia : lessons drawn from Bangladesh, the Philippines, Tunisia and Zimbabwe

Nichols Marcucci, Pamela - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2001

Provides an overview of the situation of women micro and small entrepreneurs against a back drop of the four countries' economic conditions and the gender based socio-cultural, legal and political systems in place in these countries.

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THE EVALUATION OF THE WAYS AND METHODS AS EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY RESULT OF THE CONSTRUCTIVE ENTREPRENEUR

EFROS, Stela; BURLACU, Natalia - In: ECONOMY AND SOCIOLOGY: Theoretical and Scientifical Journal (2013) 3, pp. 121-131

management of entrepreneurship lies in increasing labor income entrepreneurs. The efficient ways are directed towards: skills …

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Entrepreneurship, Economic Conditions, and the Great Recession

Fairlie, Robert W. - CESifo - 2013

opportunities in the wage/salary sector leaving the net effect on entrepreneurship ambiguous. The most up-to-date microdata … entrepreneurship at the individual level to shed light on this question. Regression estimates indicate that local labor market … conditions are a major determinant of entrepreneurship. Higher local unemployment rates are found to increase the probability …

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PROSPECTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO THE CHALLENGE OF JOB CREATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

MAHADEA, DARMA - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 17 (2012) 04, pp. 1250020-1

Entrepreneurship is critical to job creation and economic growth. Unemployment in South Africa is presently at about 25 … challenge. Entrepreneurship, through the creation of new ventures and expansion of business firms, can make a difference to … the entrepreneurial environmental conditions in South Africa and then examines how entrepreneurship can make a difference …

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The Effect of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture on Economic Development - Evidence for Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this … measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship … a regional culture of entrepreneurship is an important resource for regional growth. …

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