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Fostering a Creative Economy to Drive Korean Growth
Jones, Randall S.; Kim, Myungkyoo - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
-and-acquisition market and foster entrepreneurship. A creative economy also depends on making SMEs, which account for 87% of employment, more … government funding programmes, which discourage the expansion of SMEs. The growth of small firms also depends on resolving labour …
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Hierarchies, the small firm effect, and entrepreneurship : evidence from Swedish microdata
Tåg, Joacim; Åstebro, Thomas; Thompson, Peter - 2013
We explore whether the tendency for smaller firms to have fewer hierarchical layers explains the well-documented inverse correlation between firm size and the rate at which employees become business owners. Our analysis is based on a Swedish matched employer-employee dataset. Conditional on firm...
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Firm size and innovation in the service sector
Audretsch, David B.; Hafenstein, Marian; Kritikos, Alexander - 2018
A rich literature links knowledge inputs with innovative outputs. However, most of what is known is restricted to manufacturing. This paper analyzes whether the three aspects involving innovative activity - R&D; innovative output; and productivity - hold for knowledge intensive services....
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Firm age and job creation in the US
Hyatt, Henry R. - In: IZA World of Labor (2022)
Entrepreneurship is essential for a healthy labor market. Recent evidence shows that young businesses (at most ten years old) have, on average, accounted for all of US employment growth over the past few decades. New businesses are especially important for youth employment. However, these...
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Financial strategies for long-term success in women-owned small businesses
Dyer, Melissa Renee - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 23 (2021) 1, pp. 1-16
Failure of small businesses many times is because of poor implementation of long-term financial strategies. Women small business owners face many challenges in financing their small businesses because they may not have a financial plan. Interviews with 11 women small business owners in Cleveland...
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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
Women have a great influence in all spheres of the society that is continuously growing nowadays, with their significant professional achievements even in certain sectors that were reserved for men. The development of women entrepreneurship varies in different parts of the world depending on the...
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A multi-case study of entrepreneurial competencies in microenterprises
Yeh, Tzu-Jiun; Chang, Hung-Jung - In: International journal of management, economics and … 7 (2018) 4, pp. 321-346
Building on a theoretical framework of integrated entrepreneurial competencies with substantial literature supported by Baron and Ensley (2006), Bartlett and Ghoshal (1997), Karra, Nelson and Tracey (2008), Man, Lau and Chan (2002), and McGregor et al. (2000), this study conceptually interpreted...
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Promoting the Financing of SMEs and Start-ups in Korea
Jones, Randall S.; Kim, Myungkyoo - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
depends on making SMEs, which account for 87% of employment, more dynamic. The productivity gap between large firms and SMEs … SMEs.<P>Promouvoir le financement des PME et des jeunes entreprises en Corée<BR>Le gouvernement coréen a érigé en priorité …
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State-based conflict and entrepreneurship : empirical evidence
Naudé, Wim; Amorós, Ernesto; Brück, Tilman - 2023
This paper investigates the relationship between state-based conflict and entrepreneurship. From a survey of the existing literature, we formulate two hypotheses: (1) state-based conflict has a negative association with productive and opportunity-motivated forms of entrepreneurship, and (2) a...
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Innovation types at SMEs and external influencing factors
Walicka, Monika - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 10 (2014) 3, pp. 73-81
small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in Poland were subjected to a survey. The data collected revealed the innovation … types of SMEs in Poland and external financial factors influencing innovation the most. The results show external factors … system, time necessary to comply with regulations, and crisis and instability are very important for SMEs. According to the …
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