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BL
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956886
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b711256
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| Title & Author
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International differences in entrepreneurship /\ edited by Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2010.
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| Series Statement
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A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
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1 online resource (viii, 356 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0226473104
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: 1282646389
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: 6612646381
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: 9780226473109
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: 9781282646384
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: 9786612646386
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0226473090
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9780226473093
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Economic policy, Congresses.
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Entrepreneurship, Case studies.
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Entrepreneurship, Congresses.
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Small business-- Government policy-- Developing countries, Congresses.
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Trade regulation, 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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| Dewey Classification
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338/.04
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| LC Classification
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HB615.I5754 2010eb
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| Added Entry
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Lerner, Joshua.
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Schoar, Antoinette.
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