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Innovative Firms or Innovative Owners? Determinants of Innovation in Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises

De Mel, Suresh - 2015

Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation...

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Innovation and Smes Patent Propensity in Korea

Han, Junghee - 2015

This paper analyzes the patent propensity as an outcome of innovative activities of regional SMEs. To achieve the aims … firms designated as innovative SMEs by the government are not performing differently than general firms. Only the CEO … considered to actively promote SMEs innovativeness …

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Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment and Business Data : An Introduction to Several Large, Nationally-Representative Datasets

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2010

Only a few large, nationally-representative datasets include information on both the owner and the business. We briefly describe several of the most respected and up-to-date sources of data on entrepreneurs, the self-employed, and small businesses. More information including estimates of recent...

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The Impact of Covid-19 on Small Business Owners : Evidence of Early-Stage Losses from the April 2020 Current Population Survey

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2020

Social distancing restrictions and demand shifts from COVID-19 are expected to shutter many small businesses, but there is very little early evidence on impacts. This paper provides the first analysis of impacts of the pandemic on the number of active small businesses in the United States using...

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Finance, Gender, and Entrepreneurship : India's Informal Sector Firms

Gang, Ira N.; Khangembam, Indira; Sen, Kunal - 2021

access in promoting entrepreneurship among informal sector firms in India. Our results are robust to alternative …

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'Entrepreneurs Out of Necessity' : A Snapshot

Poschke, Markus - 2010

"Entrepreneurs out of necessity" identified by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey are a sizeable group across …

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Improving Entrepreneurs' Digital Skills and Firms' Digital Competencies Through Business Apps Training : A Study of Small Firms

Drydakis, Nick - 2022

increased number of migrants in Europe, factors that positively impact their entrepreneurship and integration merit …

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Economic Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses

Belitski, Maksim; Günther, Christina; Kritikos, Alexander - 2022

"Economic Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses," the paper comprises four parts: a … systematic review of the literature on the effect on entrepreneurship and small businesses; a discussion of four literature …

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Job Creation by Firms in Denmark

Ibsen, Rikke - 2011

In this paper we will look at job creation and destruction in firms. We will answer the question if it is the large companies that create jobs, while the smaller companies are contributing much less. Or is it the young companies that create jobs? And who destroys the most jobs? In the crisis...

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Does Formality Improve Micro-Firm Performance? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Brazilian SIMPLES Program

Fajnzylber, Pablo - 2010

This paper employs regression discontinuity methods to identify the effect of formality on Brazilian micro-firm performance. The SIMPLES program introduced in November 1996 consolidated multiple taxes and social security contributions into a single payment and reduced taxes for eligible small...

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