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This case study focuses on the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in India due to lack of social support and stiff competition. It highlights the example of one real and recent Indian women entrepreneur, Megha Sharma was the founder and CEO of a company called "The Saffron Touch," who faced...
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the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Adult Population Survey (APS) data for 2009, 2010, and 2012 for a number of … reduce the predicted probability of entrepreneurship consistently over time. The only variable that consistently predicts fof … importance of reducing the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Particularly, in order to encourage more females to be entrepreneurs …
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entrepreneurship gap. Using Oaxaca-type decomposition and its extensions on choice of weighting matrix for non-linear probability … entrepreneurship can be traced back to females owning smaller endowments than males. Empirical results also show differences in return …
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We study gender and race in high-impact entrepreneurship using a tightly controlled randomized field experiment. We …
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To cumulate and reconcile conflicting results in the research on gender and entrepreneurship, we meta-analyze 97 …
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I contribute to the literature on institutions, gender, and entrepreneurship by showing that macro-level institutional … suggest that non-competes contribute to a disproportionate “chilling effect” on entrepreneurship among women. First, women …
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The entrepreneurship growth is being recognized as a serviceable means of tackling Jammu and Kashmir’s [J … micro business which calls for an immediate attention by the government towards promotion of women in entrepreneurship …
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This paper investigated the association between life-cycle factors and entrepreneurship. We provided a comprehensive … found that marriage was positively associated with the likelihood of entrepreneurship, and the association existed only … particular, previous hospitalization experience and high medical expenses were negatively associated with entrepreneurship, while …
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In this paper, we examine whether the existing stock of migrant firms induces more new firms of the same co-ethnic group in the same sector and province. We do so by analyzing the number of new firms created each year by country of origin, sector, and province, drawing on administrative data of...
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religiousness and entrepreneurship from the 2017 World Value Survey Middle East Regional Module (Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon …). In general, religiousness decreases both entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial spirit. Yet, the impact differs across the … attitudes: strong beliefs and feelings towards religion lead to a more positive attitude towards entrepreneurship – but it does …
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