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Dialectic evolution through the social innovation process: From microcredit to microfinance
Ashta, Arvind; Couchoro, Mawuli; Musa, Abu Saleh - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 3 (2014), pp. 1-23
, through its wide range of innovatively distributed products, can be a key factor to foster entrepreneurship. …
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Griechenland: Ohne den Aufbau eines Innovationssystems wird es nicht gehen
Kritikos, Alexander S. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 81 (2014) 39, pp. 907-914
Griechenland liegt nach wie vor wirtschaftlich am Boden. Nach massiven Senkungen seiner Lohnstückkosten hat das Land mittlerweile kein Kostenproblem mehr. Dennoch ist die griechische Wirtschaft noch nicht angesprungen. Das macht zunächst deutlich: Das Programm der Troika, sich allein auf...
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When the social networks and internet come to the rescue of entrepreneurs: The problematic of crowdfunding in Africa
Omenguélé, René Guy; Mbouolang, Yimpi Cédric - In: The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance (JEF) 24 (2022) 1, pp. 44-66
the crowdfunding market in sub-Saharan Africa by 2025. The objective of this paper is to make an inventory of Crowdfunding … activities in Africa, region with a most restrictive access to bank loan by SMEs, start-ups and young entrepreneurs. It appears … from the economic and socio-cultural realities that Africa is a region with more potential catalyst for crowdfunding …
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Wirtschaftliche Partnerschaftsabkommen (EPAs) der EU mit Afrika: Dominanz der EU Exportinteressen statt Partnerschaft auf Augenhöhe
Kohnert, Dirk - In: ipg-journal: Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft (2014)
Africa and thus creating a win-win situation in a partnership on eye-level. However, many Africans suspect the EU of double … NGOs and civil society groups inside and outside Africa. …
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Philanthropic entrepreneurship: Private donations and knowledge support in Greece
Economidou, Claire - In: SPOUDAI - Journal of Economics and Business 67 (2017) 4, pp. 100-122
The present paper aims to explore the role of philanthropic private donations to knowledge creation in Greek universities and research institutions. Based on survey data and balance sheets of 260 mostly private foundations that finance educational and research activities in Greece, this paper...
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Innovativität als Kriterium bei Venture-Capital-Investitionsentscheidungen
Jell, Florian; Block, Jörn Hendrich; Henkel, Joachim - In: Kredit und Kapital 44 (2011) 4, pp. 509-541
Innovativität als Kriterium bei Venture-Capital-Investitionsentscheidungen Die Innovativität eines Gründungsvorhabens ist ein wichtiges Kriterium für Venture-Capital-Geber bei der Beteiligungsprüfung, jedoch weder konzeptionell noch durch Messungen leicht zu erfassen. Trotz dessen hoher...
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The impact of imitation strategies, managerial and entrepreneurial skills on startups' entrepreneurial innovation
Tsolakidis, Panagiotis; Mylonas, Naoum; Petridou, Eugenia - In: Economies 8 (2020) 4, pp. 1-17
The scope of this paper is to investigate whether imitation strategies adopted by startups are effective in the pursuit of enhanced entrepreneurial innovation. To this end, a literature review was carried out in order to develop a research framework with factors related to imitation predicting...
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The business sector, firm age, and performance: The mediating role of foreign ownership and financial leverage
Mallinguh, Edmund; Wasike, Christopher; Zoltan, Zeman - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 8 (2020) 4, pp. 1-16
The paper explores the business sector and firm age effects on firm performance mediated by foreign ownership levels in domestic firms and financial leverage by examining 146 Medium Enterprises (MEs). The results show that except for ownership, the business sector, firm age, foreign ownership...
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Family ownership: does it matter for funding and success of corporate innovations?
Schäfer, Dorothea; Stephan, Andreas; Mosquera, … - In: Small Business Economics 48 (2017) 4, pp. 931-951
Using the Mannheim innovation panel, we investigate whether family firms have higher financial need and how this affects both innovation input and innovation outcomes such as firm or market novelties, or process innovation. Applying the CDM framework, we find that family firms are more likely to...
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The importance of academic new ventures for sustainable regional development
Vekic, Aleksandar; Đakovi´c, Vladimir; Borocki, Jelena; … - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 22 (2020) 54, pp. 533-550
Establishment of new entrepreneurial ventures have a direct influence on economic growth of the economy and society of every country. It relates especially to unemployment level and net income of the employees. Given these facts, the two aims of the paper are: 1) presentation of the...
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