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Total factor productivity and the role of entrepreneurship
Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, A. Roy - 2008
business owners per workforce) corrected for the level of economic development (GDP per capita). …
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Political reservations and women's entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - 2014
We quantify the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in India with the role of women in India’s manufacturing sector. While overall employment of women in manufacturing does not increase after the reforms, we find significant evidence that...
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Women Entrepreneurs in Modern Era – Opportunities, Trends and Challenges
B., Kavitha; Hans, V. Basil - 2018
development indices in general and women development in particular, newer and more challenging areas and roles for women are being … explored and extended. Women entrepreneurs are being identified for their independent contributions. Development of women …. The focus on economic development has made women the 'subjects' rather than 'objects' of development and 'change agents …
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Chapter 1. Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Growth
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2014
We discuss the two-way link between culture and economic growth. We present a model of endogenous technical change where growth is driven by the innovative activity of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is risky and requires investments that affect the steepness of the lifetime consumption profile....
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Entrepreneurship in advanced and developing countries: A microeconomic perspective
Vivarelli, Marco - 2012
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
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Entrepreneurship and competitiveness dynamics in Latin America
Ács, Zoltán J.; Amorós, José Ernesto - 2008
American countries. Based on a stage of economic development model we demonstrate that Latin American countries under the model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271776
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Innovative firms or innovative owners? Determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises
de Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330094
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Mobile phones, institutional quality and entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
This study investigates the role of mobile phones in governance for doing business in Sub-Saharan Africa with data from the period 2000-2012 by employing the Generalised Method of Moments. Three broad concepts of governance are explored, namely: (i) political (comprising voice & accountability...
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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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Entrepreneurship in Advanced and Developing Countries : A Microeconomic Perspective
Vivarelli, Marco - 2012
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/10013106954