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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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Exposure to transit migration, public attitudes and entrepreneurship
Ajzenman, Nicolas; Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Guriev, Sergej - 2020
Does exposure to mass migration affect economic behavior, attitudes and beliefs of natives in transit countries? In order to answer this question, we use a unique locality-level panel from the 2010 and 2016 rounds of the Life in Transition Survey and data on the main land routes taken by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012201384
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Digital entrepreneurship research: a concise introduction
Naudé, Wim; Liebregts, Werner - 2020
one could now call digital economies. The COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate the development of the digital economy. In a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012288530
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The decision to become an entrepreneur and the firm size distribution : a unifying framework for policy analysis
Poschke, Markus - 2013
Developing and emerging economies have high entrepreneurship rates and relatively many small firms. There is enormous heterogeneity among these firms and entrepreneurs. This paper presents a simple occupational choice model that captures motives for entrepreneurship at both edges of the size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221558
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Entrepreneurship and the reallocation of African farmers
Naudé, Wim - 2015
African agriculture's importance for sustainable development is well appreciated. Indeed, recent years have seen a … physical resources across occupations and space, and without which agriculture and industrial development, and hence structural … development policies and further research are outlined. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388301
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Cities and entrepreneurs over time : like a horse and carriage?
Naudé, Wim - 2017
co-evolution of entrepreneurship and cities. First, I provide a stylized model of development wherein the rise of cities … cities from earlier to later stages of development. In young cities a challenge for establishing an entrepreneurial ecosystem … more intermediate and later stages of development, cities can become entrepreneurial hotspots and even "global startup …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772223
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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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Small business economics of the Lakota Fund on the Native American Indian reservation
Benson, David A.; Lies, Aaron; Okunade, Albert A.; … - 2009
growth and poverty reduction. Our study tests the effects of the Lakota Fund (LF), a small business development initiative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794055
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Do entrepreneurs really earn less?
Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2014
Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our results show that the median self-employed entrepreneur with employees earns significantly more than the median salaried employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010438895
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Born entrepreneur? : adolescents' personality characteristics and self-employment in adulthood
Viinikainen, Jutta; Heineck, Guido; Böckerman, Petri; … - 2016
Is there an entrepreneurial personality and does it appear early in life? We provide a new answer on this question by using the so-called Type A behavior traits (Aggression, Leadership, Responsibility, and Eagerness-Energy), measured in childhood and adolescence, and examining their relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454428