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Who's Afraid of Women's Football? Gender Inequality and Football Success
Prinz, Aloys - 2018
In this paper, we study the applicability of success in women's football as an indicator for female empowerment. Since … football was for a long time a male-dominated sport, women's success in this sport may be a suitable empowerment measure. As a … proxy variable for success, we employ the world ranking of women football teams. Applying Dijkstra's requirements for …
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Historical prevalence of infectious diseases and gender equality in 122 countries
Messono, Omang Ombolo; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022
This study examines the effects of the historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary gender equality. Previous studies reveal the persistence of the effects of historical diseases on innovation, through the channel of culture. Drawing on the Parasite-Stress Theory, we propose a...
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Entrepreneurial recovery from COVID-19: decentralization, democratization, demand, distribution, and demography
Naudé, Wim - 2020
Entrepreneurship, as reflected in the start-up of new firms, the growth and market exit of existing firms, and the ow of venture capital, has been severely curtailed by the lockdown and social distancing measures taken by governments around the world in the fight against COVID-19. This paper,...
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Entrepreneurial recovery from COVID-19 : decentralization, democratization, demand, distribution, and demography
Naudé, Wim - 2020
Entrepreneurship, as reflected in the start-up of new firms, the growth and market exit of existing firms, and the flow of venture capital, has been severely curtailed by the lockdown and social distancing measures taken by governments around the world in the fight against COVID-19. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262279
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The mask of the red death : leadership, hubris, and the Covid-19 crisis
Villanueva, Jaume; Sapienza, Harry J. - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 24 (2021) 3, pp. 258-265
Throughout history, societies have been beset by disasters that took them by surprise, often with widespread and devastating consequences. When crops, animals, or people began dying with unusual frequency, especially when the causes were not observable, people often failed to respond, responded...
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The global entrepreneurship index (GEINDEX)
Ács, Zoltán J.; Szerb, László - 2009
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 …
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Out with the sleaze, in with the ease: Insufficient for entrepreneurial development?
Naudé, Wim - 2009
Improved governance and lower start-up costs may not be sufficient for encouraging the type of entrepreneurship that matters for economic growth. Using panel data on 60 countries spanning the period 2003-07 this paper establishes that (i) opportunitymotivated entrepreneurship (as opposed to...
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Industrialization under medieval conditions? : global development after COVID-19
Naudé, Wim - 2020
Industrialization is vital for inclusive and sustainable global development. The two engines of industrialization …
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Industrialization under medieval conditions? : global development after COVID-19
Naudé, Wim - 2020
Industrialization is vital for inclusive and sustainable global development. The two engines of industrialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012308038
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Female Entrepreneurs, Digital Tools, and Work-Life Balance : Evidence from Small Businesses around the World
Lyons, Elizabeth; Zhang, Laurina - 2023
that women may face higher costs of adopting and using digital tools. Thus, it is unclear to what extent female … likely to use digital tools for internal firm management (e.g., finance). However, women who face higher levels of non … tool use than their male counterparts. We find this relationship is primarily driven by women who start firms in countries …
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