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How important are management practices for the productivity of small and medium enterprises?From the book: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
Entrepreneurship Informal sector (Economics) Small and medium enterprisesWorking Paper
Key behavioural characteristics of small-business owners: A lab-in-the-field experiment in MyanmarThis study investigates the role of owners’ personal preferences and behaviour in determining the success of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises using a lab-in-the-field experiment with small-business owners in Myanmar...
Entrepreneurship Risk-taking TrustJournal Article
Can Business Rights Alleviate Group-Based Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa?: Understanding the Limits to ReformPart of Journal Special Issue Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
Group-based inequality Minorities BusinessWorking Paper
Information, identification, or neither?: Experimental evidence on role models in Viet NamHow can development programmes reach out to remote communities? This paper presents experimental evidence on the impact of a role models intervention that aims to inspire ethnic minority households to start businesses and diversify income sources...
Role models ethnic minorities Rural areasBook Chapter
Breaking the metal ceiling: Female entrepreneurs who succeed in male-dominated sectorsFrom the book: Towards Gender Equity in Development
Gender Norms Labour market participationWorking Paper
How important are management practices for the productivity of small and medium enterprises?Is the lack of ‘managerial capital’, alongside human and financial capital, a constraint on the growth of firms in developing countries? The evidence on this is still mixed, especially among small and medium enterprises...
Entrepreneurship Informal sector (Economics) Small and medium enterprisesPolicy Brief
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Does managerial personality matter?: Evidence from firms in VietnamUsing novel data from micro, small and medium firms in Vietnam, we estimate the relationship between behavioural and personality traits of owners/managers – risk attitudes, locus of control, and innovativeness – and firm-level decisions...
Entrepreneurship SMEs Firm performanceJournal Article
Discrimination, Social Capital, and Financial Constraints: The Case of Viet NamThis paper examines the relationship among gender, social capital, and access to finance of micro, small, and medium enterprises in the manufacturing sector in Viet Nam...
Entrepreneurship Financial constraints GenderWorking Paper
Does managerial personality matter?: Evidence from firms in Viet NamUsing novel data from micro, small, and medium firms in Viet Nam, we estimate the relationship between behavioural and personality traits of owners/managers—risk attitudes, locus of control, and innovativeness—and firm-level decisions...
Entrepreneurship SMEs Firm performanceWorking Paper
Breaking the metal ceiling: Female entrepreneurs who succeed in male-dominated sectorsOccupational segregation significantly contributes to the earnings gender gap worldwide...
Gender Norms Labour market participationWorking Paper
Defining high-growth firms in South AfricaTraditionally, much of the research on economic growth drivers has been focused on small and medium enterprises...
Firm growth High-growth firms South AfricaWorking Paper
Discrimination, social capital, and financial constraints: The case of Viet NamThis paper examines the relationship between gender, social capital, and access to finance of micro, small, and medium enterprises in the manufacturing sector in Viet Nam...
Entrepreneurship Financial constraints GenderWorking Paper
Business rights and ethnic exclusion in sub-Saharan Africa: Addressing group-based inequality through business rights reformThe business rights pillar of the Legal Empowerment of the Poor agenda is not preoccupied with equality of outcome; it concentrates instead on equality of opportunity...
Legal empowerment Entrepreneurship Affirmative actionBlog
From the Editor's Desk (September-October 2015)
UNU-WIDER had a busy September. We celebrated our 30 th birthday with some 600 people at our three-day conference on ‘Mapping the Future of Development Economics’ here in Helsinki. It was a great occasion...
Agriculture Business enterprises Capital investmentsBlog
Economic Lessons from Recent Research for Achieving SDG8 This article is part of UNU’s “ 17 Days, 17 Goals ” series, featuring research and commentary in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, 25-27 September 2015 in New York City...
Business enterprises Capital investments Economic assistance and foreign aid