Essays about: "microentrepreneurs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word microentrepreneurs.

1. 1. Education, Age Cohort, and The Status Quo of Microentrepreneurs: Evidence from Chinese "Double Innovation" Reform

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Qingrong Wu; [2024]
   Keywords : Self-employment; Young Cohort with High Educational Degrees; Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design; Difference in Difference Model; Policy Focused Study;

   Abstract : This paper examines the effectiveness of the Chinese "Double Innovation" Reform and "Entrepreneurship Leading" Policy on labor outcomes using Chinese Family Panel Studies (CFPS) from 2010 to 2020. The study employs fuzzy regression discontinuity design and difference-in-difference models to analyze their effects on high educational degrees, self-employment, and salaried employment. READ MORE

3. 2. Shared Smartphones – a Tool for Power or Empowerment? : A qualitative study about female microenterprises in Ghana

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Siri Klintberg; Sevana Melkon; [2020]
   Keywords : Female microenterprises; Smartphones; Digital Divide; Feminist Standpoint; Social relations;

   Abstract : Aim – The paper aims to acknowledge female microentrepreneurs' situation, using a feminist perspective, by identifying affecting aspects and factors when relying on borrowing a smartphone in order to run their business. Further, the study will have the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals number 8. READ MORE

4. 3. Born, Trained or Excluded Microentrepreneur

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Johanna Eriksson; Madeleine Wollin; [2017]
   Keywords : Microentrepreneurship; Microfinance; Commercialization; Training; Sri Lanka; Mikroentreprenörskap; Mikrofinans; Kommersialisering; Träning; Sri Lanka;

   Abstract : Purpose– The assumption that microcredit alone can contribute to worldwide povertyalleviation is debated, the opponents voicing the need of non-credit services in addition togive the poor access to capital. Social intermediation services are argued to be essential inmaking a difference in a time where the impact of microfinance itself has been reappraised inseveral studies. READ MORE

5. 4. Drinking Water as a Source of Income

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Rabia Bayer; [2013]
   Keywords : Commercialization of drinking water; water refill stations; Institutional Theory; microentrepreneurs; water market; water as a marketable good; commercialization of water in Jakarta; water supply in Jakarta; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study discovers how the microentrepreneurs running water refill stations (WRSs) assess the income generation potential of drinking water sale in Jakarta including the motivations to start up and sustain the business as well as the challenges they face with in the water market. The study further provides insights on the broader externalities to which WRSs have contributed. READ MORE

6. 5. Turning Her into a Business Woman

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Joanna Hägg; [2012]
   Keywords : Business training; Empowerment; Microentrepreneurship; Women; Peru;

   Abstract : Poor rural women are among the most marginalised groups in the world today and entrepreneurship is by many presented as a possible solution for them to improve their situation. Business training is a popular tool and concept in entrepreneurship research and practice. READ MORE