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We propose two new concepts, of non-state sovereign entrepreneurs and the non-territorial sovereign organizations they form, and relate them to issues pertaining to state sovereignty, governance failures, and violent social conflict over the appropriation of the powers that accrue to states in...
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effect of the conflict on entrepreneurship is very small. The results on the control variables suggest that (i) the … generation of entrepreneurship has seen conflict and instability for a whole life,( ii) a small business is a mean of surviving …
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This policy brief provides some fresh perspectives on the relationship between entrepreneurship and development, and …”, which aimed to understand whether and how entrepreneurship matters for development, how it could derail development, how … entrepreneurs function in high growth as well as in conflict environments, and how female entrepreneurship differs across countries …
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The current research on entrepreneurship as an economic phenomenon often assumes its desirability as a driver of … unproductive entrepreneurship has been examined, destructive entrepreneurship has been largely ignored. We build from existing … theory and define destructive entrepreneurship as wealth-destroying. We propose three assumptions to develop a model of …
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In the run.up to the Group of 20 (G.20) Summit that was held in London on 2 April 2009, many institutions (including governments, development organizations, NGOs and academics) identified issues and made recommendations for consideration. In this article I examine a selection of these...
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African economies have been shaken by the global economic downturn which followed the US-centered financial crisis of 2008. Africa.s growth rate for 2009 and 2010 has recently been revised substantially downwards by international financial institutions. For instance the IMF has revised Africa.s...
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Improved governance and lower start-up costs may not be sufficient for encouraging the type of entrepreneurship that …
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Support for entrepreneurship is widely seen as a mechanism to facilitate prosperity and peace in a growing number of … post-conflict states. In this paper I critically evaluate this view. I argue that entrepreneurship is a ubiquitous quality … in post-conflict states but not necessarily always for the good. Unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship may …
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What is the role of entrepreneurship in economic development? At a minimum the answer should be able to explain the … economic development lacks a ?general theory? of entrepreneurship, which could encompass a variety of development experiences …, much progress has been made in extending the understanding of entrepreneurship in the process of development. This paper …
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