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Entrepreneurship, Institutional Structures and Business Performance of the Overseas Chinese

Wang, Jun - 1999

enquires into two problems. One is entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs’ spirits. The other attempts to give an institutional … entrepreneurship from varied perspectives. According to the comparative analysis on the basis of different cultural backgrounds, it … argues that there are four general factors in influencing the growth of entrepreneurship. The paper also draws some …

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Lobbying on entry

Perotti, E.C.; Volpin, P. - 2004

We develop a model of endogenous lobby formation in which wealth inequality and political accountability undermine entry and financial development. Incumbents seek a low level of effective investor protection to prevent potential entrants from raising capital. They succeed because they can...

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Schooling, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Performance

Praag, C.M. van; Parker, S.C. - 2004

To what extent is the performance of a small business venture, once started, affected by capital constraints at the time of inception and by the business founder's investment in human capital? We attempt to answer this question taking into account the potential endogeneity of human and financial...

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Education and Entrepreneurship in Industrialized Countries: A Meta-analysis

Sluis, J. vander; Praag, C.M. van; Vijverberg, W. - 2004

This paper provides a meta-analytical review of empirical studies into the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship … selection and performance. We first describe the main effects found in the current entrepreneurship literature. We then explain … conclusions result from this meta-analysis. First, we find that the impact of education on selection into entrepreneurship is …

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Lobbying on entry

Perotti, E.C.; Volpin, P. - 2004

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Analysis of selected energy security issues related to US crude oil and natural gas exploration, development, production, transportation and processing. Final report, Task 13

2008

In July 1989, President Bush directed the Secretary of Energy to initiate the development of a comprehensive National Energy Strategy (NES) built upon a national consensus. The overall principle for the NES, as defined by the President and articulated by the Economic Policy Council (EPC), is the...

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Transporting US oil imports: The impact of oil spill legislation on the tanker market. Draft final report

Rowland, P.J. - 2008

The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (``OPA``) and an even more problematic array of State pollution laws have raised the cost, and risk, of carrying oil into and out of the US. This report, prepared under contract to the US Department of energy`s Office of Domestic and International Policy, examines...

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Michigan residential No. 2 fuel oil and propane price survey for the 1990/91 heating season

2008

This report summarizes the results of a survey of home heating oil and propane prices over the 1990/1991 heating season in Michigan. The survey was conducted under a cooperative agreement between the State of Michigan, Michigan Public Service Commission and the US Department of Energy (DOE),...

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The potential impact of proposed hazardous air pollutant legislation on the US refining industry. Final report, Task 9

2008

The Administration has recently submitted a Clean Air Act Bill to Congress which would significantly modify the regulatory treatment of industrial hazardous air pollutants (air toxics). The adverse economic impacts of this legislation on the petroleum refining industry could be substantial....

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Wisconsin Inventors' Network Database final report

2008

The Wisconsin Innovation Service Center at UW-Whitewater received a DOE grant to create an Inventor's Network Database to assist independent inventors and entrepreneurs with new product development. Since 1980, the Wisconsin Innovation Service Center (WISC) at the University of...

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