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Another Perspective on Gender Specific Access to Credit in Africa

Hansen, Henrik; Rand, John - Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, … - 2011

Using firm level data from eight Sub-Saharan Africa countries we examine credit constraint differentials between male and female manufacturing entrepreneurs. Enterprises owned by female entrepreneurs are less likely to be credit constrained compared to their male counterparts. The magnitude of...

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Experiential learning from entrepreneurial failure

Benson, Alan; Han, Liang - In: International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance 2 (2011) 1, pp. 21-39

This paper examines the phenomenon of 'entrepreneurial failure' from a UK regionally-based qualitative study, being that of explanations for failure provided by entrepreneurial CEOs. This paper contends that there are valuable lessons to be learned, from explanations provided of failure, that...

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Fairness norms and self-interest in venture capital/entrepreneur contracting and performance

Fairchild, Richard - In: International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance 2 (2011) 1, pp. 4-20

We consider the combined impact of agency problems and social fairness norms on venture capital/entrepreneur contracting and performance. Particularly, we develop a behavioural game-theoretic model in which a venture capitalist and an entrepreneur negotiate over their respective equity shares,...

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Integrated method for assessing and planning uncertain technology investments

Claro, Joao; Neufville, Richard De; Mikati, Samir; … - In: International Journal of Engineering Management and … 1 (2010) 1, pp. 3-30

We propose a method for assessment and planning of uncertain technology investments, in the context of corporate venture capital. It addresses three main issues. It is an integrated approach that starts from the technology, and proceeds to exhaustively cover the entire process that precedes...

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Alternative Approaches to the Development of Early Childhood Education in Singapore

Wei, Yong Yik; Chongvilaivan, Aekapol; Yang, Chew Jing - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

learning and examination scores, to an education system that develops students creativity and critical thinking abilities, and … entrepreneurship and, believing that it is important to begin with a good educational foundation, the features of some alternative … Singaporean students, and other countries experiences, in particular those of Finland and the Netherlands. Among other issues …

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Italian Firms in History: Size, Technology and Entrepreneurship

Amatori, Franco; Bugamelli, Matteo; Colli, Andrea - Banca d'Italia - 2011

The economic performance of a country depends, among other things, on the strategies and structures of its firms. In the framework that is designed by institutions and policies and determined by technology and macroeconomic cycles, entrepreneurs decide how to allocate available resources in...

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Entrepreneurship in Pakistan

Haque, Nadeem Ul - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

Entrepreneurship is viewed by economists to be a combination of innovation and risk taking. When such activity thrives … benefit form growth and employment as well as throughopportunities for entrepreneurship. In Pakistan innovation and risk … protection and subsidy polic ies determined winners in the market place, entrepreneurship has been diverted to seeking government …

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START-UP FINANCING SOURCES: DOES GENDER MATTER? SOME EVIDENCE FOR EU AND ROMANIA

Alina, Badulescu - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2011) special, pp. 207-213

Although financial resources are very important in SMEs in general, and for start-ups in particular, many entrepreneurs face numerous restrictions in finding sources for start-up financing. The present article aims to investigate the similarities or differences in start-up financing sources due...

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Public Policy Frameworks

Audretsch, David B.; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011

thinking about the economy in general and the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in particular, not only shape how … innovation and entrepreneurial activity are valued, but also the overall policy debate concerning innovation and entrepreneurship …

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Valuing an Entrepreneurial Enterprise

Audretsch, David B.; Link, Albert N. - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011

This paper focuses on valuation issues and methods that are related to a closely-held entrepreneurial enterprise. This focus is motivated by the fact that the number of small closely held business start-ups, which we refer to broadly by the term entrepreneurial enterprises, continues to grow...

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