| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 356 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report |
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Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)
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| Contents |
Introduction / Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar -- International perspectives on the nature of entrepreneurship -- Explaining international differences in entrepreneurship: the role of individual characteristics and regulatory constraints / Silvia Ardagna and Annamaria Lusardi -- Who are the microenterprise owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman versus De Soto / Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff -- Business ownership and self-employment in developing economies: the Colombian case / Camilo Mondragón-Vélez and Ximena Peña -- Entrepreneurship and firm formation across countries / Leora Klapper, Raphael Amit, and Mauro F. Guillén -- Does less market entry regulation generate more entrepreneurs? Evidence from a regulatory reform in Peru / Sendhil Mullainathan and Philipp Schnabl -- The international Asian business success story? A comparison of Chinese, Indian and other Asian businesses in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom / Robert W. Fairlie, Julie Zissimopoulos, and Harry Krashinsky -- Are there cultural determinants of entrepreneurship? / Rajkamal Iyer and Antoinette Schoar -- International perspectives on policies towards entrepreneurship -- Entrepreneurship and credit constraints: evidence from a French loan guarantee program / Claire Lelarge, David Sraer and David Thesmar -- Government sponsored versus private venture capital: Canadian evidence / James A. Brander, Edward J. Egan and Thomas F. Hellmann -- Is entrepreneurship missing in Shanghai? / Yasheng Huang and Yi Qian |
| Summary |
The entrepreneurial firm can accelerate the speed of innovation and dissemination of new technologies. This book explains how a country's institutional differences, cultural considerations and personal characteristics can affect the role that entrepreneurs play in its economy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Entrepreneurship -- Congresses
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Entrepreneurship -- Case studies
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Economic policy -- Congresses
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Trade regulation -- Congresses
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Small business -- Government policy -- Developing countries -- Congresses
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Entrepreneurship.
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Economic policy
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Entrepreneurship
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Small business -- Government policy
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Trade regulation
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Developing countries
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lerner, Joshua.
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Schoar, Antoinette.
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| LC no. |
2009027709 |
| ISBN |
9780226473109 |
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0226473104 |
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1282646389 |
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9781282646384 |
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9786612646386 |
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6612646381 |
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