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Entrepreneurship and economic development : theory, evidence and policy
Naudé, Wim - 2013
This paper provides an overview of the state of the art of the intersection of development economics and … entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights … from the intersection of entrepreneurship and development studies; (ii) the empirical evidence on the relationship between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774302
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Entrepreneurship in advanced and developing countries : a microeconomic perspective
Vivarelli, Marco - 2012
characterizing entrepreneurship in developing countries. -- entrepreneurship ; new firm ; innovation ; development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009536406
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Drivers of entrepreneurship and post-entry performance of newborn firms in developing countries
Quatraro, Francesco; Vivarelli, Marco - 2013
The aim of this paper is to provide an updated survey of the "state of the art" in entrepreneurial studies, with a particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the same concept of "entrepreneurship" will be critically discussed, then moving to the institutional, macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009754698
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By choice and by necessity : entrepreneurship and self-employment in the developing world
Margolis, David N. - 2014
the developing world tends to be low productivity employment, and as countries move up the development path, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010370089
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Industrialization under medieval conditions? : global development after COVID-19
Naudé, Wim - 2020
Industrialization is vital for inclusive and sustainable global development. The two engines of industrialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306216
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Microentrepreneurship in developing countries
Jayachandran, Seema - 2020
This article reviews the recent literature in economics on small-scale entrepreneurship ("microentrepreneurship") in low-income countries. Major themes in the literature include the determinants and consequences of joining the formal sector; the impacts of access to credit and other financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012164765
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Paradox lost?
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2016
Or Paradox Regained? The answer is Paradox Regained. New data confirm that for countries worldwide long-term trends in happiness and real GDP per capita are not significantly positively related. The principal reason that Paradox critics reach a different conclusion, aside from problems of data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450390
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Entrepreneurship, institutions and skills in low-income countries
Brixiova, Zuzana; Égert, Balázs - 2017
This paper develops a model of costly firm creation in an economy with weak institutions, costly business environment as well as skill gaps where one of the equilibrium outcomes is a low-productivity trap. The paper tests the implications of the model using a cross-sectional dataset including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641557
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What are we learning from business training and entrepreneurship evaluations around the developing world?
McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2012
little evidence to guide the development of the provision of training at market prices. We conclude by summarizing some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629709
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Making aid work : governance and decentralization
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2014
Donor aid organizations (DAOs) are multi-layered and multi-dimensional bureaucracies with many departments trying to find solutions to problems for countries, investing staff resources and effort into having an effect. A department may come into conflict with other departments because of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440614