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Using the rich micro data set of the World Bank Investment Climate Survey, this paper examines the determinants of productivity among manufacturing firms in the context of a least developed country, Tanzania. In particular it seeks to evaluate the importance of technological variables - such as...
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Using the rich micro data set of the World Bank Investment Climate Survey, this paper examines the determinants of productivity among manufacturing firms in the context of a least developed country, Tanzania. In particular it seeks to evaluate the importance of technological variables - such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150762
entrepreneurship across countries. We find the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development to be mildly S-shaped not … illustrating a U-shaped or L-shaped relationship to more complex measures, which are positively related to economic development …. Implications for public policy suggest that institutions need to be strengthened before entrepreneurial resource can be deployed to …
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; it is the ability of the state to set up institutions that reflect a harmony between knowledge and physical …Plenary 1: Redefining development goals: Science, Technology and Innovation, sustainable growth, improvement of income …
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innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … robust even after controlling for the effect of institutions and other factors. We also provide evidence of a two-way causal … effect between culture and institutions. …
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entrepreneurship across countries. We find the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development to be mildly S-shaped not … illustrating a U-shaped or L-shaped relationship to more complex measures, which are positively related to economic development …. Implications for public policy suggest that institutions need to be strengthened before entrepreneurial resource can be deployed to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032006
Entrepreneurship plays a pivotal role for institutional change and economic development in transition and developing … economies. Formal and informal institutions in such countries are often sub-par, but rather than being constrained by them …, entrepreneurship can often affect institutions and contribute to their evolution. We highlight three entrepreneurial responses to the …
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Entrepreneurship plays a pivotal role for institutional change and economic development in transition and developing … economies. Formal and informal institutions in such countries are often sub-par, but rather than being constrained by them …, entrepreneurship can often affect institutions and contribute to their evolution. We highlight three entrepreneurial responses to the …
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The World Bank is uniquely positioned to identify and disseminate innovative development practices. Based on his thirty … Bank focusing on dominant development paradigms, client and stakeholder relationships and the organization's operational …
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