MODERATING EFFECT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL NETWORKING ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACCESS TO FINANCE AND PERFORMANCE OF MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES [PDF]
Paradigms, 2016 The study aim to find the impact of access to finance for improving the performance of MSEs in Punjab, Pakistan. The researchers also try to further estimate the moderating effect of entrepreneurial networking on the relationship between access to ...
MUZAFFAR ASAD +2 more
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The demand for debt finance by entrepreneurial firms. [PDF]
We model the entrepreneurial firm's choice of debt finance, allowing for debt renegotiations in the event of financial distress. We differentiate two sources of debt finance, bank debt and trade credit, by the implicit equity stake that lenders hold in ...
Huyghebaert, Nancy +2 more
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Financialization and Its Entrepreneurial Consequences [PDF]
, 2011 Examines the financial sector's rise in relative economic importance and its impact on science and engineering employment and entrepreneurship.
Dane Stangler, Paul S. Kedrosky
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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
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The effects of entrepreneurial quality on the success of small, medium and micro agri-businesses in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa [PDF]
This paper estimates a logit model of the effects of entrepreneurial quality on business success in a stratified random sample of 44 small, medium and micro enterprise (SMME) agribusiness owners financed by Ithala Development Finance Corporation, using ...
Clover, T.A., Darroch, Mark A.G.
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Spending Choices and School Autonomy: Lessons From Ohio Elementary Schools [PDF]
, 2007 Reviews the research on school autonomy and explores how varying degrees of flexibility and control at different types of schools affect resource allocation, including trade-offs between teacher salaries and number of staff.
Marguerite Roza
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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
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Location, Location, Location: Entrepreneurial Finance Meets Economic Geography [PDF]
Economic Geography maintains that economic activities are not randomly distributed across space. This paper examines the impact of industrial and regional characteristics on venture capital activities in the United States from 1995 until 2009. The unique
Emanuel Shachmurove +1 more
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Banks' risk assessment of Swedish SMEs [PDF]
, 2008 Building on the literatures on asymmetric information and risk taking, this paper applies conjoint experiments to investigate lending officers' probabilities of supporting credit to established or existing SMEs.
Altman E. +43 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall +2 more
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