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When Kodak and other Fortune 500 companies closed their plants in Chamblee,Georgia, it devastated the small city's economy. Chamblee began a process of"asset-based community development," but fell short of identifying itscompetitive advantage. The 1990 Census, however, revealed a unique asset -...
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livelihood strategies, as well as on the community’s organisational,leadership and entrepreneurship capacity.An exploratory study …, knowledge and skills; iii) the ineffective community organisation andleadership; iv) a lack of entrepreneurship skills and … of organisational,leadership and entrepreneurship capacities and skills could significantly contribute toattaining …
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5. Würzburger Wirtschaftssymposium, 20.11.2008Deutsche Erfindungen verändern die Welt - heute wie vor 500 Jahren. Von Buchdruck, über Dieselmotor, Glühbirne bis hin zu Airbag, Aspirin, Dübel, Fernseher und mp3-Format. Alleine dieser bescheidene Überblick des Phänomens “Made in...
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three SOEs. Findings reveal that those aspects typically associated with entrepreneurship, such as innovation, risk …
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In July 2009, a team of 38 researchers carried out the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) survey in the Kingdom of … Tonga. The GEM survey estimates the proportion of the general population involved in business start-ups and new firm … creation. This paper describes not the results of the survey but rather the methodology that was employed. Because Tonga is …
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thinking about entrepreneurship as the commercialisation component of Australia’s innovation system. The paper explores the … gaps in the support available for the entrepreneurship phase involving the act of new entry. This gap is covered by … servants and politicians about the nature and operation of entrepreneurship. …
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Applying a grounded-theory approach to analyzing the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data, we attempt to explain … why New Zealand exhibits only a moderate level of economic development despite its high level of entrepreneurship. By … curvilinear relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development, we develop a better understanding of the …
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The literature indicates that entrepreneurship and economic growth are closely and positively associated. For four … if it were to emulate other countries. We make use of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data set, including nascent … entrepreneurship rates for 45 countries over the 2000-2004 period as well as variables from standardised national statistics. The paper …
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In 2009, a team of 38 researchers carried out the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) survey of social and business … entrepreneurial activity in the Kingdom of Tonga. The GEM survey estimates the proportion of the population involved in business and … social start-ups and new firm creation. This paper describes not the results of the survey but rather the methodology …
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