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Entrepreneurship and Income Inequality in Southern Ethiopia

Kimhi, Ayal - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009

household income inequality. This implies that encouraging rural entrepreneurship may be favourable for both income growth and …

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Determinants of Business Success: An Examination of Asian-Owned Businesses in the United States

Robb, Alicia M.; Fairlie, Robert W. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2008

Using confidential microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau, we investigate the performance of Asian-owned businesses. Using regression estimates and a special nonlinear decomposition technique, we explore the role that class resources, such as financial capital and human capital, play in...

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TRADITIONAL FARMERS OR MODERN BUSINESSMEN? RELIGIOUS DIFFERENTIATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN A KLEINE GEMEINDE MENNONITE COMMUNITY IN BELIZE

ROESSINGH, CAREL; SCHOONDERWOERD, AMBER - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 10 (2005) 01, pp. 65-77

networks introduce innovations on different levels: from modern or better machines, to religious and social changes. The …

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EMPOWERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH FORESIGHT AND INNOVATION: DEVELOPING A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR EMPOWERMENT IN ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS

O'CONNOR, ALLAN; RAMOS, JOSE M. - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 11 (2006) 03, pp. 207-231

This study explores how education and development in the skills and knowledge of foresight, innovation and enterprise (FI and E) relate to the empowerment of young individuals with respect to creating a new venture. In 2003, three groups of young persons aged between 13 and 18 years participated...

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DOES RURAL LOCATION MATTER? THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A RURAL SETTING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

SHIELDS, JEFFREY F. - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 10 (2005) 01, pp. 49-63

Rural settings in the United States have characteristics that present a unique context for small business, often portrayed as adverse. Studies of rural entrepreneurs and small businesses, however, frequently fail to provide data on the rural context and its potential relationship to small...

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Identity and Entrepreneurship

Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Lüdemann, Elke - CESifo - 2009

We incorporate the concept of social identity into a stylized model of occupational choice and analyze whether an individual’s identity affects his or her decision to become an entrepreneur. We argue that an entrepreneurial identity results from an individual’s socialization. This could be...

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Taxation and Entrepreneurship in a Welfare State

Stenkula, Mikael - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009

Does tax policy affect the rate of self-employment in a modern welfare state? This question is analyzed empirically based on Swedish data for the entire post-war period. Available tax data indicate that payroll taxes have had a negative influence on the unincorporated rate of self-employment,...

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Intersections of Immigrant status and Gender in the Swedish Entrepreneurial Landscape

Hedberg, Charlotta - Linnaeus Center for Integration Studies (SULCIS), … - 2009

brings novel insights into the issue of ethnic entrepreneurship as a means of sustainable inclusion of immigrants into the … gender perspective on ethnic entrepreneurship acknowledges persistent inequalities in the labour market. Analysis of … entrepreneurship within niches such as the health care sector, however, indicates greater complexity in the entrepreneurial landscape …

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The Shadows of the Past - How Implicit Institutions Influence Entrepreneurship

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper investigates the impact of implicit institutions on the decision to become an entrepreneur. Implicit institutions are here defined as mindsets that have developed as the result of norms and traditions and we expect they will have an influence on risk attitudes and opportunity...

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION: DO STUDENT-COMPANIES OFFER SUPERIOR VALUE?

HOUBEN, Ghislain; MERCKEN, Roger - In: EuroEconomica (2008) 2(21), pp. 38-48

An entrepreneurship course for academic students is expected to be a vital stimulus to promote entrepreneurship and the …

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