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It Takes Two to Tango: Entrepreneurship and Creativity in Troubled Times – Vietnam 2012
Dang Le Nguyen, Vu; Napier, Nancy K.; Vuong, Quan Hoang - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2012
entrepreneurship and creativity in business conducted within a turbulent environment. Our initial hypothesis is that a typical … also examines many previous findings on both entrepreneurship and creativity and suggests a highly possible “organic growth …” of creativity in an entrepreneurial environment and reinforcing value of entrepreneurship when creativity power is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010968964
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Labor Regulations and European Private Equity
Bozkaya, ANT; R. Kerr, William - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2009
European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and labor market expenditures (e.g. unemployment insurance benefits) for providing worker insurance. Employment regulations more directly tax firms making frequent labor adjustments than other labor insurance mechanisms....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008544626
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Surveying technology-based small firms: a perspective from Belgium
ROMAIN, Astrid Romain; van Pottelsberghe de la … - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2003
affecting entrepreneurship and on the financial architecture of the firms. The survey data of 103 TBSFs shows that 82 percent of … development. Several strengths and weaknesses of the Belgian framework conditions for entrepreneurship are identified. The results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558845
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Performance and international investments in microfinance institutions
Mersland, Roy; Urgeghe, Ludovic - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2011
Using data from 319 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in 68 developing countries, we study the degree to which international debt investments are related to the financial and social performances of MFIs. We find that commercial investments are mainly related to financial performance and level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364299
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Microfinance Investment Vehicles and Social Performance: Moving forward with the MACBETH Approach
De Corte, Jean-Marie; Labie, Marc; Urgeghe, Ludovic; … - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2012
In a context where MIVs face several bottlenecks regarding their future role in the microfinance industry, this paper suggests a brand new way of reviewing their commitment to double bottom line returns. We suggest using the MACBETH (Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical Based Evaluation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010570837
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Organizational competencies and innovation performances: the case of large firms in Belgium
Peeters, Carine; van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558905
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Microcredit in Developed Countries: Unexpected Consequences of Loan Ceilings
Szafarz, Ariane; Cozarenco, Anastasia - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2014
In most developed countries, regulators have imposed loan ceilings to subsidized microfinance institutions (MFIs). Micro-entrepreneurs in need of above-ceiling loans are left with the co-financing option, which means securing the aboveceiling share of the loan with a regular bank, and getting a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010791581
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Borrowing and Women’s Empowerment: Does Type of Credit Matter?
Szafarz, Ariane; Agier, Isabelle; Garikipati, Supriya; … - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2013
Poor women have complex financial lives. They borrow from a variety of sources. So far, however, research has focussed only on formal borrowing as a source of women’s empowerment. This study examines whether type of borrowing matters to women. We differentiate between ‘easy loans’ – that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700941
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Business Cooperatives as a social response to unemployment
Ashta, Arvind - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2013
Type of paper :Exploratory, descriptive, case studyObjectives: In the wake of the global crisis, the role of the financial markets is being questioned and new forms of social innovations focusing on stakeholder governance and cooperation are being experimented. This paper looks into one such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721924
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Women’s Access to Credit in France: How Microfinance Institutions Import Disparate Treatment from Banks
Szafarz, Ariane; Cozarenco, Anastasia - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2013
This paper compares the loans granted to male and female entrepreneurs by a French microfinance institution (MFI). The sample period is split in two: before and after the MFI implemented France's regulatory EUR 10,000 loan ceiling. In the first period, the MFI does not co-finance projects with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736404