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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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967276
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The New Alternative Women’s Entrepreneurship Education: e-Learning and Virtual Universities
Markovic, Mirjana Radovic; Nelson-Porter, Brenda; … - In: Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education (2009), pp. 1-12
Having in mind that due to fast changes in techniques and technology especially in the last decade of 20th century, new kinds of business and jobs emerged, the need for new knowledge became very clear. Accordingly, everywhere in the world the existing education system is being redefined, and...
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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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APPLYING A METACOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE INFLUENCE OF METACOGNITIVE DIMENSIONS ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS
URBAN, BORIS - In: Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC) 20 (2012) 02, pp. 203-225
This paper contributes to research on metacognitions which focuses on cognitive processes that enable entrepreneurs to create new ventures and to think beyond existing knowledge structures to become adaptable in an entrepreneurial context. Two streams of research, entrepreneurial intentions and...
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