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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/10010319421
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 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319587
-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with … innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274699
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 to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. We develop a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330094
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a potentially powerful tool in the fight against the COVID- 19 pandemic. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, there has been a scramble to use AI. This article provides an early, and necessarily selective review, discussing the contribution of AI to the fight...
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that there is a strong possibility that the unintended damage to entrepreneurship, innovation and growth could be …
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Industrialization is vital for inclusive and sustainable global development. The two engines of industrialization â …€“ innovation and trade – are in danger of being compromised by the COVID-19 pandemic, under conditions increasingly reminiscent … of the medieval world. It comes at a time when innovation had already been stagnating under guild-like corporate …
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whether extreme events can positively impact (some) entrepreneurship and innovation. Based on this, we propose a partial …
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The purpose of this paper is to provide a contribution to the identification of the role of entrepreneurship in economic growth by mapping out: 1) alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing 'creative destruction' from simple 'turbulence'; 2) the different microeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282123
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/10010884187