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An Analysis of the Role of Self-Employment in the Economic Development of the Rural Northeastern United States
Bashir, Saima; Gebremedhin, Tesfa; Fletcher, Jerald - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2011
still suffering from high poverty and unemployment rates. Self-employment, a measure of entrepreneurship, indicates an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929345
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An Analysis of the Role of Self-Employment in the Economic Development of the Rural Northeastern United States
Bashir, Saima; Gebremedhin, Tesfa; Fletcher, Jerald - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2011
still suffering from high poverty and unemployment rates. Self-employment, a measure of entrepreneurship, indicates an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010778455
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A County-Level Assessment of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth in Appalachia Using Simultaneous Equations
Mojica, Maribel; Gebremedhin, Tesfa; Schaeffer, Peter - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2009
This study provides evidence of the contribution of entrepreneurship to economic development in Appalachia. Using data … entrepreneurship on economic growth and development. We present an expanded Carlino-Mills growth model using changes in population … entrepreneurship’s contributions to economic growth, and its potential as a development strategy for a region, such as Appalachia, that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929283
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Methodological Challenges and Institutional Barriers in the Use of Experimental Method for the Evaluation of Business Incubators: Lessons from the US, EU, and China
Yu, Junbo; Nikjamp, Peter Nijkamp - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2010
Despite their worldwide adoption by policy makers as the Holy Grail for entrepreneurship and business development, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929294
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Geography of Business Incubator Formation in the United States
Yu, Junbo; Middleton, Mark; Jackson, Randall - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2010
The geography of business incubators has seldom been examined against the public aspirations and beliefs that incubators should either inhabit economically distressed areas to alleviate unemployment and poverty (in the case of empowerment business incubators) or proliferate in technologically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929334
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An Empirical Analysis of the Link between Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth in West Virginia
Mojica, Maribel; Gebremedhin, Tesfa; Schaeffer, Peter - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2009
Entrepreneurship variables constructed from county-level proprietorship and firm birth data were included in an … endogenous growth model to determine the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth in West Virginia. The …. However, none of the entrepreneurship variables used in the study is statistically significant in determining per capita …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929337
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The Role of Institutions of Private Property Rights and Money in Entreprenurial Discovery
Stalebrink, Odd; Sacco, John; Bushee, Gerald - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2007
This paper examines the influence of private property rights and monies on entrepreneurial discovery. A framework is presented and tested, which views these two institutions as key determinants of entrepreneurial discovery. Using several measures as proxies for their influence, two variables,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929342
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An Empirical Analysis of the Link between Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth in West Virginia
Mojica, Maribel; Gebremedhin, Tesfa; Schaeffer, Peter - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2009
Entrepreneurship variables constructed from county-level proprietorship and firm birth data were included in an … endogenous growth model to determine the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth in West Virginia. The …. However, none of the entrepreneurship variables used in the study is statistically significant in determining per capita …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010778450
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Methodological Challenges and Institutional Barriers in the Use of Experimental Method for the Evaluation of Business Incubators: Lessons from the US, EU, and China
Yu, Junbo; Nikjamp, Peter Nijkamp - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2010
Despite their worldwide adoption by policy makers as the Holy Grail for entrepreneurship and business development, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010778460
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Geography of Business Incubator Formation in the United States
Yu, Junbo; Middleton, Mark; Jackson, Randall - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2010
The geography of business incubators has seldom been examined against the public aspirations and beliefs that incubators should either inhabit economically distressed areas to alleviate unemployment and poverty (in the case of empowerment business incubators) or proliferate in technologically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010778477