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Transitioning from Solo Self-Employed to Microbusiness Employer : Local Economic Environment or Owner Characteristics?
Henley, Andrew - 2019
Only a minority of micro-businesses create jobs for others. This paper addresses whether personal characteristics and resources of the microbusiness owner or the local external economic environment are drivers of job creation. In the UK context of significant growth in self-employment but a...
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Businessman or Host? Individual Differences between Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners in the Hospitality Industry
Wagener, Stephanie L. - 2013
revealed that several individual characteristics discriminated between entrepreneurs and small business owners. Entrepreneurs …
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SME and entrepreneurship policy frameworks across OECD countries : An OECD Strategy for SMEs and Entrepreneurship
OECD - 2021
All OECD countries have put in place policies that support SMEs and entrepreneurs. These policies differ considerably …
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The Effects of COVID-19 on U.S. Small Businesses : Evidence from Owners, Managers, and Employees
Alekseev, Georgij; Amer, Safaa; Gopal, Manasa; Kuchler, … - 2021
We analyze a large-scale survey of owners, managers, and employees of small businesses in the United States to understand the effects of the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic on those businesses. The survey was fielded in late April 2020 among Facebook business page administrators, frequent...
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The effects of COVID-19 on U.S. small businesses: evidence from owners, managers, and employees
Alekseev, Georgij; Amer, Safaa; Gopal, Manasa; Kuchler, … - 2020
We analyze a large-scale survey of owners, managers, and employees of small businesses in the United States to understand the effects of the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic on those businesses. The survey was fielded in late April 2020 among Facebook business page administrators, frequent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012291877
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Enhancing women's engagement in entrepreneurial business activities
Ristovska, Natasha; Blazheska, Daliborka - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 11 (2020) 2, pp. 213-230
number of 50 women entrepreneurs in order to identify the most important factors for ehancing the development of women …
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International entrepreneurship : linking entrepreneurial motivation, orientation and network relationship
Sekliuckiene, Jurgita - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 17 (2015) 38, pp. 327-341
The paper analyses the importance of collaboration and networks in international entrepreneurship by distinguishing entrepreneurial small and medium firms (SMEs). SMEs, which characterized by fast internationalisation of their activity from the very beginning of the establishment despite limited...
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Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (PEC) among Entrepreneurs in Retail Business Sector in Malappuram District
P, Raseem Abdul Khader - 2022
possess. Some researchers have suggested that an understanding of competencies that are exercised by the entrepreneurs leading … research into the entrepreneurial competencies possessed by entrepreneurs in retail sector in Malappuram district which lead to … the growth of their business. A questionnaire-based survey of entrepreneurs was conducted. The questionnaire contains a …
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The internal mechanisms of entrepreneurs' social capital : a multi-network analysis
Hernández-Carrión, Carlos; Camarero Izquierdo, Carmen; … - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 23 (2020) 1, pp. 1-19
-scale local entrepreneurs help improve their scarce resource endowments. Adopting a mechanistic and functioning oriented view of … individually explores both the personal and professional networks of 958 Spanish entrepreneurs. Findings reveal how the two …
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Miltä startupit näyttävät tilastojen valossa?
Kotiranta, Annu; Pajarinen, Mika; Rouvinen, Petri - 2016
In this study, we analyze the characteristics and development of Finnish startups based on firm-level data available in public databases. By startups we refer to young, small, and independent firms holding basic elements for growth. Some 4 000–5 000 of such firms are being established...
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