In 2001, 7% of all adults in Canada were actively engaged in starting a business. In this respect, Canada ranked 14th of the 29 countries participating in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research project in 2001. Three investigation methods are used in the GEM studies: an adult...

<title>Abstract</title> This study examines the criteria by which entrepreneurs choose their venture capital investors, using data from 59 entrepreneurs evaluating the relative importance of seven selection criteria. We divided our sample into three approximately equal subsamples, according to the degree of...

It is now more than ten years since the dismantling of the USSR began, not only in terms of the reasserted independence of the member states, but also in terms of the end of the centralised Soviet command economy. The experiences of a myriad of investors, public and private, who have lost funds...

In the American economy practically no penalty for fluctuations in placing orders is incurred by the ordering company, even though such fluctuations are costly to manufacturers and to the economy as a whole. In particular, dynamic pricing by suppliers, which would communicate information on...