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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Goedhuys, Micheline - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

these questions and explains the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and development. Policy lessons are drawn …

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Entrepreneurship, Stages of Development, and Industrialization

Acs, Zoltan J.; Wim Naudï¿½ - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

Unlike in the past where industrial policy was either focused on creation and growth of state-owned firms or alternatively consisted merely of broadly functional policies without consideration for firm or entrepreneurial specifics, the requirement now is that future industrial policy ought to be...

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Return migrants : The rise of new entrepreneurs in rural China

Démurger, Sylvie; Xu, Hui - HAL - 2011

This paper analyzes return migrants' occupational choice upon their return to their home village, by using an original rural household survey conducted in Wuwei county (Anhui province, China) in 2008. We apply two complementary approaches : a horizontal comparative analysis of occupational...

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Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in Tunisia

Drine, Imed; Grach, Mouna - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

male and female perceptions of typical entrepreneurship support services, such as government provision of information … suggest that existing support services are inadequate for promoting female entrepreneurship. Accordingly we discuss support …

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Adapting to Climate Change An Integrated Biophysical and Economic Assessment for Mozambique

Arndt, Channing; Strzepeck, Kenneth; Tarp, Finn; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

Mozambique, like many African countries, is already highly susceptible to climate variability and extreme weather events. Climate change threatens to heighten this vulnerability. In order to evaluate potential impacts and adaptation options for Mozambique, we develop an integrated modelling...

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Firm Exit and Armed Conflict in Colombia

Camacho, Andriana; Rodriguez, Catherine - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

This paper uses two unique panel data sets to study the causal effect that armed conflict has over entrepreneurial activity in Colombia. Using a fixed effect estimation methodology at the plant level and controlling for the possible endogeneity of armed conflict through the use of instrumental...

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Entrepreneurship and Rent-Seeking Behavior

Dejardin, Marcus - HAL - 2011

entrepreneurship and rent-seeking behavior. It comprises the introduction of employed concepts, the discussion of the allocation of … entrepreneurs between different types of economic projects, namely between innovative entrepreneurship and rent-seeking, as well as … the explicative factors of the allocation. Interactions between entrepreneurship, rent-seeking and growth are considered …

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Scholars and practitioners once commonly linked .African culture. to a distinctive .African capitalism., at odds with genuine capitalism and the demands of modern business. Yet con...

Taylor, Scott D. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

Scholars and practitioners once commonly linked .African culture. to a distinctive .African capitalism., at odds with genuine capitalism and the demands of modern business. Yet contemporary African business cultures reveal that a capitalist ethos has take

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The Role of Training in Fostering Cluster-Based Micro and Small Enterprises Development

Sonobe, Tetsushi; Otsuka, Keijiro - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

While it has been increasingly recognized that efficient management holds the key to the development of micro and small enterprises in developing countries, we know very little about the managerial capacity of business owners and managers in these countri

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Financial development, entrepreneurship and job satisfaction

Bianchi, Milo - HAL - 2008

This paper shows that utility differences between the self-employed and the employees increase with financial development. This effect is not explained by increased profits but by an increased value of non- monetary benefits, in particular job independence. We interpret these findings by...

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