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Determinants of profitability of Polish rural micro-enterprises

Janda, Karel; Strielkowski, Wadim; Rausser, Gordon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Rural micro-enterprises are an important factor in sustainable rural development in post-transitional Eastern Europe. This paper deals with determining the key factors influencing profitability in rural micro-enterprises in Poland. The research design was based on a questionnaire survey of 300...

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Non-Farm Entrepreneurship in Rural Africa: Patterns and Determinants

Nagler, Paula; Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We are the first to provide a comparative empirical analysis of non-farm entrepreneurship in rural Africa, using the … variables show consistency across the sample, we also find much heterogeneity, suggesting that rural entrepreneurship is also a … identified as a priority for African countries, rural entrepreneurship continues to fulfill mainly a risk-diversifying role. This …

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Non-Farm Enterprise Productivity and Spatial Autocorrelation in Rural Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria

Owoo, Nkechi S.; Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The productivity of non-farm enterprises in rural Africa may be associated with the productivity of other spatially proximate farm and non-farm enterprises. To test for the presence and significance of such spatial autocorrelation we use data from the geo-referenced 2011 Ethiopian Rural...

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Impact of the National Economy restructuring on the Rural Development

Costin, Lenuța - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The study is intended as a brief foray into the issue of economic restructuring effect of the matrix on rural development and failed to show that it is favorable to human primary role in human resource of entrepreneurial role assumed, being the main driver of competitive advantage of Romania. In...

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Labor Productivity in Rural African Enterprises: Empirical Evidence from the LSMS-ISA

Nagler, Paula; Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Although non-farm enterprises are ubiquitous in rural Sub-Saharan Africa, little is yet known about their productivity. In this paper we contribute to filling this gap by providing estimates of labor productivity in enterprises for Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda. Using the World Bank's...

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Young Entrepreneurs in Rural Africa: Prevalence, Determinants, Productivity

Nagler, Paula; Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

understanding of rural non-farm entrepreneurship, particularly with regard to the role of young adults in this sector. This paper …

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Internet Kiosks in Rural India: What Influences Success?

Kendall, Jake; Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

In this paper we investigate an example of a very widely applied model for the delivery of IT services to rural and poor populations. The model is one where limited intervention to support infrastructure and coordinate resources is combined with market-based delivery of IT services to the end...

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