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Can Charter Schools Improve Financial and Economic Education? The Case of Milwaukee Urban League Academy of Business and Economics
Schug, Mark C.; Hagedorn, Eric - In: Journal of Private Enterprise 20 (2004) Fall 2004, pp. 100-111
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010787722
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The Role of Development Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Entrerprises in Managing Structural Changes
Beraha, Isidora; Stankovic, Ivana - In: Managing Structural Changes - Trends and Requirements
economic growth and development. Entrepreneurship is associated with job creation, innovation, welfare distribution, poverty … of entrepreneurship and its contribution to economic development of Serbia over the 2006-2010 period of time by using the … data. The methodology assesses the development of entrepreneurship through SMEE sector development and new firm formation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969096
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The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka
de Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The majority of firms in most developing countries are informal. We conducted a field experiment in Sri Lanka which provided incentives for informal firms to formalize. Offering only information about the registration process and reimbursement for direct registration costs had no impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279344
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Knowledge-based entrepreneurship in Hungary
Szalavetz, Andrea - In: Romanian Economic Business Review 2 (2007) 4, pp. 64-74
According to rich and growing empirical literature, one of the main deficiencies of Hungarian smes is their low growth potential. Survey results underline the strong influence of cultural factors including behavioral features rooted in the socialist era among the main explanatory factors of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005198775
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Show Me the Money; Access to Finance for Small Borrowers in Canada
Klyuev, Vladimir - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper examines access to business finance by Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to housing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769089
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Starting and sustaining small enterprises in the Kingdom of Bahrain: investors' needs, available incentives, and obstacles
Almossawi, Mohammed - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 1 (2005) 2, pp. 169-186
Small enterprises play an important role in the development of the economy in the Kingdom of Bahrain; therefore motivating them is one of the economic priorities of Bahrain. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the development needs of small enterprises and asses the adequacy of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005753563
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Starting and sustaining small enterprises in the Kingdom of Bahrain: investors' needs, available incentives, and obstacles
Almossawi, Mohammed - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 1 (2005) 2, pp. 169-186
Small enterprises play an important role in the development of the economy in the Kingdom of Bahrain; therefore motivating them is one of the economic priorities of Bahrain. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the development needs of small enterprises and asses the adequacy of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008580337
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Firms' dynamics and the shadow economy in the wood industry in Slovenia
Kocjancic, Joze; Bojnec, Stefan - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 2 (2010) 2, pp. 194-209
acceptable assurance and costs, informal education schemes to provide basic business knowledge and good entrepreneurial practices. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008755401
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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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966516
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Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Theory, Evidence and Policy
Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights … from the intersection of entrepreneurship and development studies; (ii) the empirical evidence on the relationship between … entrepreneurship and development; and (iii) fresh insights for entrepreneurship policy for development that emerges from recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884187