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Gender and Rural Non-Farm Entrepreneurship [PDF]
World Development, 2012 Despite their increasing prominence in policy debates, little is known about gender inequities in non-agricultural labor market outcomes in rural areas. Using matched household-enterprise-community data sets from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, this paper documents and analyzes gender differences in the individual portfolio choice and ...
Rijkers, Bob, Costa, Rita
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel +6 more
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The Role and Function of Entrepreneurship Empowerment of Villagers in Rural Areas (Case Study: Central Part of Hashtroud) [PDF]
جغرافیا و پایداری محیط, 2016 1-Introduction Entrepreneurship, as a socio-economic phenomenon, is affected by different factors. Economic conditions have been known as the cause for entrepreneurship by some experts who believe that entrepreneurship is the major force of economic ...
Mohammad Akbarpour
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Growth Strategy of Circular Startups
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular startups (CSUs) play a crucial role in the circular transition by developing circular business models (CBMs) that minimise resource use and narrow material and energy loops. However, empirical research on how CBMs shape growth strategies and how ecosystems enable or constrain scaling remains limited.
Gustavo Dalmarco +3 more
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Has the integration of fiscal agricultural funds promoted rural entrepreneurship?
International Review of Economics & FinanceRural entrepreneurship can effectively promote economic development in rural areas. To explore the impact of the fiscal agricultural fund integration policy implemented since 2016 on rural entrepreneurship, this paper uses county-level panel data from ...
Xucheng Huang, Erjia Yang, Wei Wang
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Opportunities and Challenges for a Sustainable Rural Entrepreneurship [PDF]
Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2019 Entrepreneurship is considered to be a solution for the development of rural areas. Furthermore, rural areas are favorable for opening and developing new businesses, but generally are considered to be a vulnerable environment which depends on a number of
Carmen Nastase +2 more
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PEMBINAAN BERWIRAUSAHA MELALUI PEMANFAATAN ENERGI LISTRIK
Teknologi dan Kejuruan, 2012 : Raising entrepreneurship by taking advantage of electricity. This research is aimed to describe the entrepreneurship pattern in rural community, the efficiency and effectiveness of usage of electricity in rural community for raising entrepreneurship ...
Setiadi Cahyono Putro +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid increasing environmental and economic pressures, Africa's transition to a circular economy (CE) presents a vital pathway to inclusive, low‐carbon development. Yet, how digital transformation, informal innovation, and science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy readiness shape CE outcomes remains underexplored.
Emmanuel K. Manu +2 more
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Elaborating the Motivations and Attitudes Driving Interest in Voluntary Biodiversity Credits
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Global biodiversity loss has prompted the search for new sources of conservation finance, such as voluntary biodiversity credits (VBCs). However, despite optimistic market projections, current uptake of VBCs is limited. Adopting an interpretive approach, we analyse 21 semistructured interviews with early market actors (buyers, sellers ...
Gamze Yakar‐Pritchard +5 more
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Sustainability Orientation and Entrepreneurial Performance in Resource‐Constrained Contexts
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how sustainability orientation shapes entrepreneurial performance in bottom‐of‐the‐pyramid (BoP) markets by theorizing responsible entrepreneurship as a central mechanism and BoP orientation as a contextual contingency. Using survey data from 283 small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana, we integrate perspectives
George Obeng Dankwah +5 more
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