Essays about: "opportunity-driven"

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

  1. 1. The impact of female entrepreneurship on a country’s innovative performance

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Laura Lechner; Lina Hartmann; [2023-07-19]
    Keywords : female entrepreneurship; innovation performance; country-level analysis; OLS; opportunity-driven entrepreneurship; innovation; developed countries; developing countries;

    Abstract : Purpose – As entrepreneurship is still a traditionally male-dominated field, more research and political initiative is needed to create a level-playing field between women and men in this industry. The purpose of this research, therefore, is to first understand how female entrepreneurship (FE) influences innovation performance (IP) now, and how this effect has changed over time. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Nature of Digital Extension Services in the Developing World

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Elliot Mackenzie; [2022]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The rapid diffusion of mobile phones and the internet in Kenya is hoped to be an effective solution to meeting the crucial information needs of smallholder farmers to improve their economic and environmental resilience. This thesis conducts a case study based on interviews with actors who provide digital agricultural extension services to farmers in Kenya to assess the Agricultural Innovation System (AIS), and its features and current trajectory. READ MORE

  4. 3. Motivations for Engaging in Entrepreneurial Activity in the Informal Sector in Sub Saharan Africa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Beyer; Blake Morgan; [2018]
    Keywords : Opportunity entrepreneurship; Necessity entrepreneurship; Informal sector; Entrepreneurial antecedents; Determinants of entrepreneurship; Sub-Saharan Africa;

    Abstract : In this paper we investigate entrepreneurship in the informal sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using data from the World Bank we examine the motivational antecedents for why individuals become self-employed within the informal sector. READ MORE

  5. 4. Does entrepreneurship and its motives have an impact on economic and employment growth? A Panel VAR analysis on EU-15 countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Dimitrios Skopelitis; [2017]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurship; economic growth; employment growth; necessity; opportunity; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Entrepreneurship has historically played a major role on the growth of economies. Its impact on countries’ economic and employment growth has been theoretically as well as empirically studied. The literature indicates a clear positive relation of entrepreneurship to those macro figures. READ MORE

  6. 5. Entrepreneurial Marketing : A Descriptive Study of Swedish Charitable Organizations

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Crystal Holmes; Karin Jorlöv; [2015]
    Keywords : charitable organization; entrepreneurial marketing; entrepreneurship; innovative marketing; marketing; non-profit; not-for-profit; NPO; social enterprise; social entrepreneurship; opportunity-driven; proactiveness; innovativeness; calculated risk; value creation; sponsor intensity; resource leveraging.; entreprenöriell marknadsföring; välgörenhetsorganisation; marknadsföring; entreprenörskap; innovativ marknadsföring; sociala verksamheter; sponsorer; frivillighetsorganisationer; entreprenör;

    Abstract : This Sweden-based thesis provides insights into the way in which charitable organizations can use entrepreneurial marketing (EM). This has been made possible with a descriptive, qualitative study with structured interviews with 7 representatives from charitable organizations with diverse causes. READ MORE