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We study the role of formal institutions of contract enforcement in facilitating investments in small and medium firms(MSME). In a framework where established entrepreneurs can enforce contracts informally using their network ties and hierarchical advantage, we argue that an efficient formal...
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We study the importance of information technology (IT) in banking for entrepreneurship. Guided by a parsimonious model …. We present evidence consistent with banks’ IT adoption spurring entrepreneurship through a collateral channel …: entrepreneurship increases by more in IT-exposed counties when house prices rise. Further analysis suggests that IT improves banks …
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This paper investigates whether entrepreneurs with technical education are more innovative in high-tech industries than … economists. The main contribution to the literature is in using the type of education as main explanatory variable for innovation … conducted for entrepreneurs with university degree and practical education. The results suggest that education matters for …
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Human capital obtained through education has been shown to be one of the strongest drivers of entrepreneurship … of time. An implication of our novel finding is that entrepreneurship and higher education policies should be considered …. The value of other input factors, such as (knowledge) capital and labor is likely to be affected by the education level of …
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Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from …) income and of education. Using instrumental variables can provide a way out. However, three questions remain: whether … that the relationship between education and entrepreneurial income is indeed endogenous and that the impact of endogeneity …
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I present a theory on the relationship between educational choice and entrepreneurship in a labour market with … asymmetric information. The model shows that, in a labour market where education is used as a signalling device, an imperfect … relationship between productivity in education and in the labour market can lead to an equilibrium where a fraction of the high …
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Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from …) income and of education. Using instrumental variables can provide a way out. However, three questions remain: whether … that the relationship between education and entrepreneurial income is indeed endogenous and that the impact of endogeneity …
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programmes in entrepreneurship at all levels of education is steadily increasing worldwide. It is often said that … entrepreneurship education is one of the most important development and economic mechanisms. Organizational structure, content … economic development of the environment in which they operate. Entrepreneurship education has a positive influence on the …
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between an entrepreneur’s experience and education and his …/her human capital) suggests that it is through experience and through education that an entrepreneur obtains knowledge. Using … of experience, age, and education of the firm’s primary founder on the perceived importance of (i.e., use of …
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entrepreneurship is one of the elements that could positively contribute to this growth. Among other factors, both entrepreneurship and … relationship between economic growth, knowledge and entrepreneurship within the context of Latin American countries during the … period 2001-2016. For this purpose, the self-employment variable has been used as an empirical proxy of entrepreneurship. In …
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