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How public policy can drive business internationalization in Africa [PDF]
, 2018 Public policy at national and regional levels in Africa can play a significant role in enabling entrepreneurs and their enterprises to operate across national boundaries, a process technically referred to as internationalization.
Goncalves, Marcus
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Food inflation pass‐through from agricultural imports in a small open economy
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper develops a new framework for quantifying cost pass‐through in a small open economy by estimating firm‐level markup responses to agricultural import price shocks. We show theoretically that markup adjustments depend on firms' reliance on imported inputs and demand curvature, generating heterogeneous inflationary effects across firm ...
Minseong Kang, Seungki Lee
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Ethnic entrepreneurs and online home-based businesses [PDF]
, 2014 Objectives The study considers how online home-based businesses offer opportunities for ethnic entrepreneurs to ‘break out’ of the traditional highly competitive and low margin sectors they are often associated with.
Anwar, Naveed, Daniel, Elizabeth
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger +8 more
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Yak Herding in Gatlang, Nepal: The Shift From Traditional to Market-Driven Practices
Mountain Research and DevelopmentThis article explores shifting yak herding practices in Gatlang, a Tamang village in Rasuwa district, Nepal. It argues that the customary, community-based agropastoral system, known as the Choko system of the Tamangs, is shifting from community-regulated
Indra Mani Rai +3 more
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Entrepreneurial Commercialization Choices and the Interaction between IPR and Competition Policy [PDF]
This paper examines the interaction between intellectual property protection and competition policy on the choice of entrepreneurs with respect to commercialization as well as the rate of innovation. We find that stronger intellectual property protection
Gans, Joshua S., Persson, Lars
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Women as social entrepreneurs in the hospitality and tourism industry: Does empowerment play a role? [PDF]
, 2015 This paper which is a work in progress presents a qualitative study exploring the nature, motivations and extent to which female entrepreneurs use their H&T businesses as platforms for engagement in various forms of social entrepreneurship (
Kimbu, Albert N., Ngoasong, Michael
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Agribusiness: From Automation to Augmentation in a Global Context
Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Alexis H. Villacis
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over almost two decades, young people's employment opportunities have been significantly impacted by events like the Global Financial Crisis (2008–2009) and the COVID‐19 pandemic (2020‐). Thus, underemployment has become a more pervasive and persistent feature of young people's labour market experiences. This research focuses on three forms of
Brendan Churchill
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Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in Tunisia [PDF]
Whether policy support should be designed differently for women entrepreneurs is a particularly relevant question. To answer this, and to inform the design of policies to provide appropriate support for women entrepreneurs, the paper compares male and ...
Drine, Imed, Grach, Mouna
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