Face-to-face interactions are a crucial part of services. However, research that investigates the dynamics of service encounters is still rare. In this study we used a theoretical framework that aligned the concept of interpersonal complementarity with Mehrabian and Russell’s (1974)...

SWD-Schlagwörter: Entrepreneurship, Training Entwicklungsländer, Kapitalbedarf, Unternehmensgründung. - Freie Schlagwörter (Englisch): entrepreneurship, training, developing countries, capital requirements, business creation

SWD-Schlagwörter: Entrepreneurship, Training, Entwicklungsländer, Perspektive, Psychologie. - Freie Schlagwörter (Englisch): Entrepreneurship, trainings, developing countries, psychological perspective

A randomized control trial with 945 entrepreneurs in Jamaica shows positive shortterm impacts of soft-skills training on business outcomes. The effects are concentrated among men, and disappear twelve months after the training. We argue that the main channel is increased adoption of recommended...

Most women farmers in developing countries engage in subsistence agriculture. Previous research highlights a variety of barriers hindering women’s ability to participate in the production and marketing of cash crops, which though riskier can be much more profitable. A study by the World...