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IZA Discussion Paper No. 17794
Climate Technology Entrepreneurship: A Primer
Wim Naudé
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17075
The African Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Index: Conceptual, Methodological and Empirical Flaws and the Way Forward
Wim Naudé
published online in: Journal of Technology Transfer, 25 April 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16705
The Role of Trainee Selection in the Effectiveness of Vocational Training: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Nepal
Shyamal Chowdhury, Syed Hasan, Uttam Sharma
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16483
Destructive Digital Entrepreneurship
Wim Naudé
published in: W. Naudé and B. Power (eds.), Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Conflict, Elgar, 2024, 292–328
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16408
Is Productive Entrepreneurship Getting Scarcer? A Reflection on the Contemporary Relevance of Baumol's Typology
Maria Minniti, Wim Naudé, Erik Stam
published in: W. Naudé and B. Power (eds.), Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Conflict, Elgar, 2024, 18 - 44
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13835
Extreme Events, Entrepreneurial Start-Ups, and Innovation: Theoretical Conjectures
Thomas Gries, Wim Naudé
published in: Economics of Disaster and Climate Change, 2021, 5, 329–353
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13436
Entrepreneurial Recovery from COVID-19: Decentralization, Democratization, Demand, Distribution, and Demography
Wim Naudé
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12777
Training, Human Capital, and Gender Gaps in Entrepreneurial Performance
Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Thierry Kangoye, Mona Said
published in: Economic Modelling, 2020, 85, 367-380
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12631
Does Light Touch Cluster Policy Work? Evaluating the Tech City Programme
Max Nathan
published in: Research Policy, 2022, 51 (9), 1104138
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12198
Networks, Start-Up Capital and Women's Entrepreneurial Performance in Africa: Evidence from Eswatini
Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Thierry Kangoye
published in: A. Bullough, D. Hechavarria, C. Brush and L. Edelman (eds.), Programs, Policies, & Practices: Fostering High-Growth Women’s Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11498
Political Connections and Firms: Network Dimensions
Maurizio Bussolo, Simon Commander, Stavros Poupakis
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2023, 75 (1), 256–280,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11195
Cities and Entrepreneurs over Time: Like a Horse and Carriage?
Wim Naudé
revised version published as 'Urbanisation and Entrepreneurship in Development: Like a Horse and Carriage? 'in: Dastbaz,M., Naudé, W. and Manoochehri, J. (eds.), Smart Futures, Challenges of Urbanisation, and Social Sustainability, Springer, 2018, 29 - 47
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10279
Start-Up Capital and Women's Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Swaziland
Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Thierry Kangoye
substantially revised and rewritten version available as IZA DP No.12198
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9817
Is European Entrepreneurship in Crisis?
Wim Naudé
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9273
Gender and Constraints to Entrepreneurship in Africa: New Evidence from Swaziland
Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Thierry Kangoye
published in: Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2016, 5, 1- 8
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9267
Finance and Growth at the Firm Level: Evidence from SBA Loans
J. David Brown, John S. Earle
publlished in: Journal of Finance, 2017, 72 (3), 1039 - 1080
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7543
Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis
Wim Naudé, Adam Szirmai, Alejandro Lavopa
published as 'Industrialisation and Technological Change in the BRICS: The Role of Foreign and Domestic Investment' in: W. Naudé, A. Szirmai, and N. Haraguch (eds.), Structural Change and Industrial Development in the BRICS, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6323
The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy
Chiara Criscuolo, Ralf Martin, Henry Overman, John Van Reenen
pubished as 'Some Causal Effects pubished as 'Some Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy' in: American Economic Review, 2019, 109 (1), 48–85of an Industrial Policy' in: American Economic Review, 2019, 109 (1), 48–85
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4486
SME Policy and Firms’ Productivity in Latin America
Pablo Ibarrarán, Alessandro Maffioli, Rodolfo Stucchi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3888
Do Small Businesses Create More Jobs? New Evidence for the United States from the National Establishment Time Series
David Neumark, Brandon Wall, Junfu Zhang
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93(1), 16-29
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