Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is important for the continued dynamism of modern economies and for job creation. Policymakers need to know how new firms get started and what financial and institutional factors promote entrepreneurial activity. A new cross-countr...

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Main Author: Klapper, Leora
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7386486/entrepreneurship
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11174
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spelling okr-10986-111742021-04-23T14:02:54Z Entrepreneurship Klapper, Leora BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CREDIT INFORMATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENTRY BARRIERS FINANCE MINISTRIES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL SECTOR LAWS MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT MIDDLE EAST PRIVATE CREDIT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC POLICY REGULATION OF ENTRY SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE TRANSITION ECONOMIES Entrepreneurship is important for the continued dynamism of modern economies and for job creation. Policymakers need to know how new firms get started and what financial and institutional factors promote entrepreneurial activity. A new cross-country, time-series data set shows a strong correlation between entrepreneurship and the quality of the legal and regulatory environment, ease of access to finance, and prevalence of informality. This finding tells policymakers what they can do to promote entrepreneurship. 2012-08-13T14:21:25Z 2012-08-13T14:21:25Z 2006-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7386486/entrepreneurship http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11174 English Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 313 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research
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topic BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
CREDIT INFORMATION
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENTRY BARRIERS
FINANCE MINISTRIES
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INFORMAL SECTOR
LAWS
MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT
MIDDLE EAST
PRIVATE CREDIT
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC POLICY
REGULATION OF ENTRY
SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
spellingShingle BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
CREDIT INFORMATION
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENTRY BARRIERS
FINANCE MINISTRIES
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INFORMAL SECTOR
LAWS
MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT
MIDDLE EAST
PRIVATE CREDIT
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC POLICY
REGULATION OF ENTRY
SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Klapper, Leora
Entrepreneurship
relation Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 313
description Entrepreneurship is important for the continued dynamism of modern economies and for job creation. Policymakers need to know how new firms get started and what financial and institutional factors promote entrepreneurial activity. A new cross-country, time-series data set shows a strong correlation between entrepreneurship and the quality of the legal and regulatory environment, ease of access to finance, and prevalence of informality. This finding tells policymakers what they can do to promote entrepreneurship.
format Publications & Research :: Viewpoint
author Klapper, Leora
author_facet Klapper, Leora
author_sort Klapper, Leora
title Entrepreneurship
title_short Entrepreneurship
title_full Entrepreneurship
title_fullStr Entrepreneurship
title_full_unstemmed Entrepreneurship
title_sort entrepreneurship
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7386486/entrepreneurship
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11174
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