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Rural entrepreneurship and Innovation : some successful women's initiatives
Pato, Lúcia - 2015
Although rural entrepreneurship is an emergent field of study and has emerged as one of the most noticeable ways to … farmers and rural entrepreneurs as a whole and little research emphasises women's entrepreneurship, particularly in Portugal …, therefore, is to explore women's entrepreneurship in rural communities of Montemuro region, raise awareness of the role that …
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Rural Women Entrepreneurs : A Case Study for Cottage Industries of Dang District
Jariwala, Vijay - 2017
Women entrepreneurs have proved to be equi-potential with their men counterparts in business expertise and are emerging as smart and dynamic entrepreneurs. A strong desire to do something positive is an inbuilt quality of entrepreneurial women, who is capable of contributing values in both...
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Financial Development, Entrepreneurship, and Job Satisfaction
Bianchi, Milo - 2011
This paper shows that utility differences between the self-employed and employees increase with financial development. This effect is not explained by increased profits but by an increased value of non-monetary benefits, in particular job independence. We interpret these findings by building a...
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Exploring women entrepreneurship prospects, challenges, and barriers in Pakistan
Umar, Muhammad; Ali, Syed Ahmad; Sial, Maqbool H. - In: International journal of e-entrepreneurship and … 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-17
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Entrepreneurship in India : the question of occupational transition
Monsen, Erik; Mahagaonkar, Prashanth; Dienes, Christian - 2010
Occupational transition from salaried to self-employment is an important issue in developed economies, but is even more critical in emerging economies, as individuals' occupational choices can drive economic development. Using data on 3637 individuals from India, we examine the effect of...
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Rural Non-Farm Micro-Entrepreneurship or Not : Gender Issue in Decision Making
Hazarika, Bhabesh - 2015
income opportunities for female and thus female entrepreneurship. Despite an increase in the female entrepreneurship in … individuals' entry into rural non-farm micro-entrepreneurship focusing on gender issue. Based on primary data collected in Assam … micro-entrepreneurship development. The influence of educational attainment is not found significant for female …
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Self-Employment Profits : The Case of India
Neog, Bhaskar - 2018
The present paper contributes to the limited literature on the factors affecting firm performance in the developing country context of India. The study uses the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS) panel data for the years 2005-06 and 2011-12. The study employs Ordinary Least Squares (OLS)...
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Role of Women in SSIs – A Look into Small Scale Sector of Gujarat
Jariwala, Vijay - 2020
Women entrepreneurs have proved equally to their men counterparts in business activities and are emerging as vibrant and smart entrepreneurs. The study reveals the status and disparities prevailing among the women entrepreneurs of India and Gujarat in SSIs. It further provides the dismal picture...
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Highway to Success: The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Indian Manufacturing
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William; Goswami, Grover - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2012
We investigate the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the Indian organized manufacturing sector using enterprise data. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. We use a difference-in-difference estimation strategy to compare non-nodal...
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Highway to Success : The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Indian Manufacturing
Ghani, Syed Ejaz; Goswami, Arti Grover; Kerr, William - 2012
We investigate the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the Indian organized manufacturing sector using enterprise data. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. We use a difference-in-difference estimation strategy to compare non-nodal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014039865