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Fighting female unemployment: the role of female ownership of bank accounts in complementing female inclusive education Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Simplice Asongu
Purpose The purpose of the study is to assess if a policy of female inclusive education should be complemented with a policy of female ownership of bank accounts to fight female unemployment. The study therefore examines how female ownership of bank accounts moderates the incidence of female education on female unemployment. Design/methodology/approach The focus is on 44 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries
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Exploring the relationship between productive structure and the informal economy: evidence from Latin American countries Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Aldo Salinas, Cristian Ortiz
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the productive structure and the size of the informal economy in Latin American countries. Design/methodology/approach The study employs econometric techniques for panel data covering the period from 2002 to 2017 and considering 17 Latin American countries. The evidence presented is based on the informal economy data generated
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A study of the influence of social skills on partnership support and social performance Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Youngkeun Choi
Purpose This study systematically assesses and empirically examines the research question: How do social skills influence resource acquisition and social performance? Specifically, this study applies RBV theory from strategy to link social skills, resource conditions and the performance of social enterprises. Design/methodology/approach For this, we surveyed social enterprises in Korea to collect data
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Do institutional pillars support or harm entrepreneurship and economic growth? A systematic review Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Lukman Raimi, Nurudeen Babatunde Bamiro, Hazwan Haini
Purpose The relationships among institutions, entrepreneurship, and economic growth are hotly contested topics. The objective of this present study is to conduct a systematic literature review aimed at comprehensively assessing the relationships between institutional pillars, entrepreneurship and economic growth. Design/methodology/approach Specifically, a comprehensive analysis of 141 empirical publications
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Innovation-driven clustering for better national innovation benchmarking Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Khatab Alqararah, Ibrahim Alnafrah
Purpose This research paper aims to contribute to the field of innovation performance benchmarking by identifying appropriate benchmarking groups and exploring learning opportunities and integration directions. Design/methodology/approach The study employs a multi-dimensional innovation-driven clustering methodology to analyze data from the 2019 edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII). Hierarchical
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Human capital and innovation in Uruguayan manufacturing firms Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Marcos Segantini
Purpose Firms are the primary producers of innovations, and understanding how these agents acquire, update and manage the knowledge of their employees is central to understanding economic growth. However, in developing economies, technology adaptation plays a critical role in innovation compared to knowledge creation. Thus, this research investigates the role of human capital in innovation at the firm
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Economic analysis of institutional factors influencing the entrepreneurial level of young adults in Poland. Evidence from conjoint experiment Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Julia Maria Borządek
Purpose This article aims at contributing to the literature using conjoint experiment methods for political economic problems. The author measures the stated willingness of young adults to start an enterprise in hypothetical realities described by different levels of six institutional factors pertaining to the business environment. Design/methodology/approach The author conducts the “forced-choice”
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Introducing a new state-level occupational licensing requirement database Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Conor Norris, Edward Timmons, Ethan Kelley, Troy Carneal
Purpose This paper aims to discuss a new source of data detailing state level occupational licensing requirements for 50 professions. Design/methodology/approach This study's research team gathered state level licensing requirements for 50 profession in all 50 states and DC from 2022 to 2023. The authors include the type of regulation, entry requirements like fees, education, training, good moral character
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What drives the effectiveness of public startup support programs? Empirical insights from the “EXIST-business startup grant” Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Christoph Emanuel Mueller
Purpose In a recent quasi-experimental study, the effects of a large German public startup support measure entitled “EXIST – Business Startup Grant” (EGS) on a variety of outcomes were determined, but without examining which factors are responsible for these program effects. The present study investigates the contribution of several factors to the success of the program in promoting product development
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Do psychological and social factors drive female youth entrepreneurial readiness: the moderating effect of entrepreneurial education Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Fanny Adams Quagrainie
Purpose Using resource-based theory as a base, this paper aims to analyse the moderating role of entrepreneurial education on the relationship between psychological (perseverance and fear of failure) and social (family support and role models) factors as they related to entrepreneurial readiness among female youth. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 1914 female youth who have pursued a formal
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Mr. Smith goes to flatland: institutions, public policy and the bossless company Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Matthew McCaffrey
Purpose This study aims to explore a range of institutional, environmental and policy conditions that influence the creation of “bossless” or “flat” companies, i.e. firms with little or no formal hierarchy. Design/methodology/approach The author builds on the theory and evidence presented by Foss and Klein (2022) in their study of the costs and benefits of organizing without hierarchy. The author also
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From unemployment to self-employment: what does it mean for an individual's satisfaction and economic self-sufficiency? Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Ondřej Dvouletý
Purpose This research extends the knowledge on the less-frequently explored outcomes of entrepreneurial endeavour. The study provides unique insights into the overall satisfaction of entrepreneurs with their life, job and financial situation, as well as perceived economic self-sufficiency and income. The obtained findings represent a specific group of Czech self-employed individuals who started their
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Unemployed foreign graduates: job prospects and options – a case analysis in Portugal Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Carla Oliveira-Silva, Andreia Soares-Semedo, Beatriz Lopez-Bermudez
Purpose When graduates cannot get a job in their field of study, they have to consider alternative scenarios: extending studies while waiting for labor market conditions to improve; continuing looking for a qualified job; accepting a less qualified job; creating their own business; change their country of residence, which in the case of foreign citizens living in Portugal may involve new emigration
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New Public Governance as a new wave of the public policy: theoretical approach and conceptualization of the trend Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Piotr Popęda, Bartłomiej Hadasik
Purpose The paper's primary purpose is to define and characterize the innovative concept in public management theory, New Public Governance (NPG), from its theoretical framework and the view of public management institutions. The second objective is to create a logical framework to explain this notion. The broader role of this paper is to expand the understanding of this contemporary public management
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The impact of entrepreneurs' perceptions and social media usage on their intention to formalise their MSMEs in Egypt Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Rania Miniesy, Hadia Fakhreldin
Purpose The formalisation – switch from the informal to the formal sector – of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) has serious ramifications on the Egyptian economy. This study investigates the effect of the factors perceived by Egyptian informal entrepreneurs to encourage/deter formalisation on those entrepreneurs' intentions of formalising their MSMEs. Social media (SM) usage is a novel factor
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Entrepreneurship skills: do all dimensions of skills matter for sustainable business start-up? Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Anthony Tibaingana, Kasimu Sendawula, Faisal Buyinza, Saadat Nakyejwe Lubowa Kimuli, Emmanuel Ssemuyaga, Catherine Tumusiime, Ronny Mulongo, Rita Atukwasa
Purpose The purpose of this study is to establish whether all the dimensions of entrepreneurship skills matter for sustainable business start-up among the youths, using evidence from a developing economy. Design/methodology/approach This was cross-sectional study which utilized a quantitative approach. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire from 254 youths who undertook skills
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Entrepreneurs and firm growth under guilt vs shame cultures Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Feler Bose, Arkadiusz Mironko
Purpose This study aims to try and understand under what cultural conditions entrepreneurship will thrive and prosper, whether under shame or guilt cultures. Design/methodology/approach The authors use basic game theory to model the conditions under which entrepreneurship will thrive. The authors anticipate that guilt cultures allow for the development of a rules-based culture that allows for the development
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Supporting innovation and growth through entrepreneurship: reflections on the German Federal Government's “startup strategy” Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Andreas Kuckertz, Alexander Brem
Purpose All over the world, countries are searching for ways to foster innovation and growth through startups. This viewpoint paper presents the aims, development procedure and contents of Germany's “Startup Strategy,” published for the first time in 2022, along with a fundamental assessment of its potential usefulness. Design/methodology/approach In this opinionated viewpoint paper, the authors provide
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Group polarization?: an analysis of Parler data in the wake of the capitol riot Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2023-02-14 Julia R. Norgaard, Harold Walbert
Purpose This paper tests the degree to which Sunstein's law of group polarization predicts the increase or decrease in polarization among individuals in an out-group during a polarizing event. The authors use the discourse on Parler surrounding the events of January 6th as a case study. Design/methodology/approach The study includes an overall sentiment analysis, a statistical analysis of emotions
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Richard Cantillon and public policy Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2023-01-31 Mark Thornton, Chris R. Brown
Purpose Richard Cantillon (168?–173?) is known as the first economic theorist and the founder of entrepreneurship theory. Few would describe him as engaged in policy issues, but he did write about policy issues of interest to scholars interested in entrepreneurship and economic development. He has long been classified as a mercantilist of a bygone day, even as many believe he was resolute in not commenting
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Barriers to entry, entrepreneurship and income inequality within the USA Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-12-02 Colin O'Reilly
Purpose Cross-country studies have shown that higher costs to starting a business tend to reduce entrepreneurship (Chambers and Munemo, 2019) and that an unfavorable environment for business can increase poverty and income inequality (Chambers et al., 2019a; Djankov et al., 2018). Building on the current literature, the authors test whether barriers to starting a business at the state and city level
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Understanding pandemic entrepreneurship as a unique form of crisis entrepreneurship Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-11-24 Rachael Behr, Virgil H. Storr
Purpose There is a large literature about crisis entrepreneurship, spanning from necessity, natural disaster and long-term conflict entrepreneurship. This paper situates pandemic entrepreneurship as a unique form of crisis entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach The authors utilize the Kirznerian and Schumpeterian theories of entrepreneurship to understand pandemic entrepreneurship. Using evidence
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From static to processual analysis: how insights from Austrian economics can advance research on public policy and entrepreneurship Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-10-12 Per L. Bylund, Mark D. Packard, David J. Rapp
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how research on the intersection of public policy and entrepreneurship has been bounded by its static approach and how a processual analysis based on Austrian economics can advance the understanding of the subject matter. Design/methodology/approach Rooted in the Austrian school of economics, this conceptual paper adopts a processual approach in order
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A robust analysis of trade policy: the chicken and softwood lumber wars Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-09-27 Nathaniel Webb Smith
Purpose The paper extends the robust political economy framework to analyze the impact of tariffs on the entrepreneurial market process. It proposes that the unintended consequences of using trade policy to bolster a nation's economy will inevitably prevent an economy from allocating its resources to their highest-valued use. The study aims to expand the robust political economy literature to international
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Ensuring resilience through fiscal responses to COVID-19; an empirical study of Mauritian micro small medium enterprises (MSMEs) Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-09-27 Ambareen Beebeejaun
Purpose The official authorities have established several action plans including fiscal support measures to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) counter the negative repercussions of COVID-19. In this regard, the purpose of this research is to critically assess the recent fiscal policies endeavoured by the Mauritian authorities in response to COVID-19, to assess the awareness and perception
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Factors affecting corporate income tax compliance costs of SMEs in Bosnia and Herzegovina Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-09-06 Vernesa Lavic
Purpose To answer the following research questions: (1) What is the tax burden, on average, as a percentage of the generated revenues of companies in BiH? (2) Are there differences in the load level in relation to: (a) company size, (b) company location, (c) company age, (d) hiring of tax advisors and other external consultants on CIT issues and (e) company business activity. Design/methodology/approach
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Institutions and competition: does internationalisation provide advantages for the family firms in a transition economy? Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-08-30 Recai Coşkun, Liridon Kryeziu, Besnik A. Krasniqi
Purpose Kosovo has experienced a radical shift from a centrally planned economy to a market economy and built institutions from scratch. During the institutional building process, due to inconsistencies in institutional reforms, firms faced several challenges in competing in the domestic market and engaging in exporting activities. The purpose of the study is threefold. First, to examine how institutional
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University-Affiliated Research Centers: evasive entrepreneurship within the DOD Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-08-16 Chandler Reilly
Purpose The Department of Defense (DOD) has long partnered with universities and other nonprofit organizations to perform early-stage, military-related research using research centers established under long-term contracts known as Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs). Over the last 25 years, there has been a shift in the type of arrangement used to University Affiliated Research
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The enforceability of non-compete agreements and different types of entrepreneurship: evidence from Utah and Massachusetts Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-08-16 Ege Can, Frank M. Fossen
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to expand the empirical literature on the association between non-compete agreement (NCA) enforceability and entrepreneurship by investigating how NCA policies affect different types of entrepreneurship with incorporated and unincorporated businesses. Design/methodology/approach The authors estimate difference-in-differences regressions based on individual-level
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Entrepreneurship and institutional uncertainty Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-08-09 Fernando Antonio Monteiro Christoph D’Andrea
Purpose The study aims to demonstrate how different arrangements and characteristics of institutions can generate or mitigate uncertainty thereby facilitating or hampering the possibilities of entrepreneurial action. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper that advances the theoretical understanding of the relationship between entrepreneurial uncertainty and the different institutional
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The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the market for childcare Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-07-19 Diana Weinert Thomas
Purpose This paper assesses the short-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the market for childcare and speculates about potential long-term consequences of pandemic-related policy intervention. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses basic statistics and data to describe changes in the market for childcare. Findings Policy responses to the pandemic likely aggravated pre-existing trends
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Critical aspects of entrepreneurship policy design for Syrian refugees in Turkey Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-07-05 Ammar Kassab, Rosmini Omar, Hasan Ghura
Purpose Governments can influence entrepreneurial growth through public policy. This paper aims to present critical aspects of entrepreneurship policy design for Syrian refugees in Turkey and evaluate if current policies are effective for Syrian refugees in Istanbul. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts an explorative phenomenological approach, contextualized within the entrepreneurial behavior
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Barriers to entry: an empirical account of business creation difficulties in the United States 2011 Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-07-04 Megan V. Teague
Purpose This study acts as a proof of concept to address how general, broadly applicable barriers to starting a business impact entry across various firm sizes. Design/methodology/approach The following investigation uses barriers to entry data in Teague (2016) to explore the costs of government intervention within the United States for 2011. Findings Results from cross sectional regression analysis
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The impact of local government economic development programs on city-level entrepreneurial activity: evidence from Southern California Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-06-22 Hugo D. Asencio, Fynnwin Prager, José N. Martínez, John Tamura
Purpose This paper examines the relationship between government economic development programming and entrepreneurial activity, by examining evidence in Southern California cities. While numerous studies explore this relationship between government institutions and entrepreneurship at the level of countries and states, significant questions remain at the level of city government, and the influence of
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Reducing recidivism and encouraging desistance: a social entrepreneurial approach Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Robert E. Wright
Purpose This paper, which is both case study and conceptual in nature, presents a relative cost-benefit model to explain why people engage in criminal activity. It then uses the model to motivate a discussion of the major policy approaches to recidivism reduction and desistance, or decreasing the frequency and severity of criminal activity, a more nuanced measure of harm reduction than the binary concept
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In search of a fertile entrepreneurial landscape: how to keep it on the level Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-03-08 Victor V. Claar
Purpose Recent analysis suggests entrepreneurship is in decline. If so, some argue that the appropriate policy response is to devote even further government intervention to nurture both fledgling ventures as well as entirely new undertakings, lamenting the fact that much current economic policy caters to already-successful firms – thereby creating a decision-making environment that stacks the deck
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The need for new public policies to increase entrepreneurship and spur economic growth Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-02-18 Robert P. Singh
Purpose The purpose of this viewpoint paper is to bring attention to the declining rate of entrepreneurship, its effect on the broader economy, the need for public policy solutions and to offer several such solutions. Government intervention is needed to address the stagnation trends discussed throughout the paper. It is up to academic scholars, researchers and think tanks to make government leaders
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Private healthcare entrepreneurship in a free-access public health system: what was the impact of COVID-19 public policies in Greece? Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-02-17 Nikolaos Apostolopoulos, Panagiotis Liargovas, Pantelis Sklias, Ilias Makris, Sotiris Apostolopoulos
Purpose This paper aims to examine whether private healthcare entrepreneurship can flourish and overcome obstacles in cases of a free-access public health system and periods of strict public policies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the paper aims to illuminate the wider social role of private healthcare entrepreneurship during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach This paper
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Give me your rested, your wealthy, your educated few? A critical discussion of the current literature on immigrant self-employment Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Joshua K. Bedi, Shaomeng Jia
Purpose The finding that immigrants are more likely to self-employ than natives has been consistently shown by different researchers. At the same time, many call for the prioritization of high-skilled immigration as they believe low-skilled entrepreneurs are not particularly innovative or high-growth-oriented. The purpose of this study is to critically review and synthesize the current literature on
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Unboxing organisational complexity: how does it affect business performance during the COVID-19 pandemic? Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-08-23 Jorgina Pereira, Vitor Braga, Aldina Correia, Aidin Salamzadeh
Purpose This study aims to distinguish businesses by their degree of complexity and to analyse the influence of complexity on the performance of firms during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 468 businesses, and various multivariate statistical techniques were used. Initially a factor analysis was conducted, organising variables into
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Guest editorial: COVID-19, entrepreneurship and public policy Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-10-28 Vanessa Ratten
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Entrepreneurship in superdiverse societies and the end of one-size-fits-all policy prescriptions Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-10-28 David Emanuel Andersson, Dieter Bögenhold, Marek Hudik
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the entrepreneurial and policy consequences of the structural changes associated with postindustrialization. Design/methodology/approach The approach uses Schumpeterian and institutional theories to predict the consequences of postindustrialization on four types of innovative markets: global mass markets; global niche markets; local mass markets and local
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Fostering entrepreneurship: the crucial role of monitoring schemes Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-08-19 Gabriel Gomes da Cunha, Paulo Arvate
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of government-led programs on the engagement of individuals in entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach The authors worked with government-led programs of 16 European countries between 2003 and 2014 and were able to benefit from the 2008 natural experiment (i.e. the global financial crisis) to produce a robust investigation using a
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We versus me: Indirect conditional effects of collectivism on COVID-19 public policy hypocrisy Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-07-26 Stephen Bok, James Shum, Jason Harvie, Maria Lee
Purpose During the early SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated masks “may not protect the wearer, but it may keep the wearer from spreading the virus to others”. Health officials revised mask guidelines to include both the wearer and others, but contradiction became a focal point for online debate and credibility. While revised policies
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Is the success of entrepreneurs dependent on the environment in a conflict zone: insights from Indian-administered Kashmir Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-07-20 Mohd Shiob Shah, Mohammad Farooq Lala
Purpose The purpose of this research is to empirically examine the impact of selecting entrepreneurial framework conditions on the success of entrepreneurs in a conflict zone. The study was conducted in Kashmir, which is a fitting conflict context. The study undertaken responds to the call by multiple authors to substantiate the entrepreneurship literature with empirical evidence from conflict-affected
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COVID-19 and public policy and entrepreneurship: future research directions Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-07-19 Vanessa Ratten
Purpose Public policy has been an integral part of the response mechanisms used to manage the COVID-19 crisis. As a result, greater attention has been placed on policy planners in terms of how they can enact entrepreneurial ideas that help to alleviate the turmoil surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, the crisis management literature is utilised as a way of understanding future research
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The net effect of the travel restriction policy on tourism demand: evidence from Greece Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-07-08 Panagiotis Dimitropoulos, Lazaros Ntasis, Konstantinos Koronios
Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide up-to-date evidence on the net effect of COVID-19 pandemic on international arrivals and occupancy rates in Greece. Analysis and forecasting point out the demand for 2020, and thus yielding more concrete evidence on the pure effect of the pandemic on the tourism industry. Design/methodology/approach Monthly observations from January 2000 to December 2020
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Resilient companies in the time of Covid-19 pandemic: a case study approach Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-06-29 Chiara Acciarini, Paolo Boccardelli, Mario Vitale
Purpose The Covid-19 pandemic represents an extraordinary and unpredictable event influencing the whole economy and society. Using a case study approach, the authors explored how big companies operating in Italy were able to respond to the crisis to ensure business continuity. Therefore, the authors discussed different business disruptions caused by Covid-19; in addition, they developed an integrated
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All for one? The Paycheck Protection Program distribution disparity Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-06-22 Jill Kickul, Mark D. Griffiths, Colleen C. Robb, Lisa Gundry
Purpose Given the previous research on the disparities of lending rates and their relationship with lending institutions for women-owned and minority-owned businesses, the study poses the research question: How much Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding was distributed to women-owned and minority-owned businesses in comparison to other firms? Additionally, as the purpose of the PPP funding was
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Sustainability project partnerships in times of crisis: conceptual framework and implications for stakeholder integration Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-06-15 Guido Grunwald, Jürgen Schwill, Anne-Marie Sassenberg
Purpose This paper aims to analyze the requirements for stakeholder integration in sustainability project partnerships in times of sustainability crisis. Referring to the COVID-19 pandemic as a sustainability crisis that has sensitized consumers and other stakeholders to corporate responsibility for social and sustainability issues, a conceptual framework for stakeholder integration is developed from
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Risk categorization in Portuguese organizations in times of the COVID-19 pandemic – an exploratory statistical analysis Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-05-12 Fernando Tavares, Eulália Santos, Vasco Tavares
Purpose This work aims to characterize the risks companies deal with in the context of a pandemic, and to ascertain which risk type is most present in Portuguese organizations. It is also intended to verify whether there are differences in the various risk types between companies that had or did not have a plan or strategy to act in a pandemic, such as the one caused by COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach
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Perceptions on effectiveness of public policies supporting entrepreneurship and internationalization Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-04-29 Joao Campos, Vitor Braga, Aldina Correira, Vanessa Ratten, Carla Marques
Purpose Public policies provide a way for governments to influence the effectiveness of business strategies in the international marketplace. The main goal of this article is to show the importance of key aspects for policymaking at the national level and, secondly, to try to evaluate if public policies and programmes are effective in the entrepreneurship and internationalization of firms. Design/
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Helping the people innovation leaves behind: the potential benefits of entrepreneurship Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-04-06 Robert Alan Baron
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the human costs of innovation – the personal difficulties, aside from economic ones, experienced by persons whose jobs are permanently eliminated by innovations. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual analysis of the negative personal effects (i.e. intra-individual) resulting from job loss due to innovation was used. These include reduced self-esteem
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The road to evidence based applicable policies for regional entrepreneurial ecosystems Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-02-16 Johannes von Bloh
Purpose Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EES) is among the fastest growing entrepreneurship research topics. With even greater vigour, the non-scientific world of economic development agencies, administrations and policymakers has adopted the construct and applies it widely “in the field”, often lacking a solid empirical foundation and pursuing sub-optimal approaches. Improving policy instruments for EES
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Prescribing originality: investigating the impact of original knowledge on patent quality in the pharmaceutical sector Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-02-04 Kristie Briggs
Purpose This paper examines the relationship between the originality of a pharmaceutical innovation and its patent quality. Greater patent quality has been shown in the extant literature to enhance market value, which better enables firms to recoup research and development (R&D) expenditures incurred during the innovation process. Understanding how originality improves patent quality can assist policymakers
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Institutions and entrepreneurial activity: a comparative analysis of Kosovo and other economies Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-02-16 Fadil Sahiti
Purpose This paper investigates institutional quality and its impact on entrepreneurship activities in a less-developed economy. The unifying characteristic of government policies in less-developed contexts is that, often, the primary focus of policy makers is not entrepreneurs and, especially, not the impact of these intuitions on entrepreneurs. This paper aims to show that this impact can be considerable
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Liability rules for autonomous vehicles Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-03-04 Richard A. Epstein
Purpose The coming use of autonomous vehicles has kindled an extensive debate over the choice of a desirable liability regime. This article contributes to that debate by explaining how rules for liability and damages ought to be constructed to deal first with stranger (including highway) cases and then with consensual cases (like medical malpractice). It concludes that an output regime based on events
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Sex work and online platforms: what should regulation do? Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2020-12-08 Nick Cowen, Rachela Colosi
Purpose The purpose is to assess the impact of online platforms on the sex industry, focusing specifically on direct sex work, and evaluate what approaches to platform regulation is likely to align with the interests of sex workers. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a review of interdisciplinary conceptual and empirical literature on sex work combined with analysis of key issues using
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Formal institutions and the development of entrepreneurial activity – the contingent role of corruption in emerging economies Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2020-12-08 Arezou Harraf, Hasan Ghura, Allam Hamdan, Xiaoqing Li
Purpose The paper aims to analyse the interplay between formal and informal institutions' and their impact on entrepreneurship rates in emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach This study expands previous research in examining the moderating effect of control of corruption on the relationship between formal institutions and the development of the entrepreneurial activity. The study utilizes
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Licensing massage therapists in the name of crime: the case of Harper v Lindsay Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2020-10-27 Darwyyn Deyo, Blake Hoarty, Conor Norris, Edward Timmons
Purpose This study aims to analyze the trends for crime and STDs after the passage of massage therapist licensing. In 1977, Texas passed a law permitting county-level licensing laws for massage therapists, which was soon followed by a statewide licensing requirement in 1985. This early massage therapy law was upheld by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Massage therapy licensing is commonly associated