Stimulating Managerial Capital in Emerging Markets : The Impact of Business Training for Young Entrepreneurs

Identifying the determinants of entrepreneurship is an important research and policy goal, especially in emerging market economies where lack of capital and supporting infrastructure often impose stringent constraints on business growth. This paper studies the impact of a comprehensive business and...

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Main Authors:	Bruhn, Miriam, Zia, Bilal
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:	business training financial literacy entrepreneurship business growth
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13396

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spelling	okr-10986-133962021-04-23T14:03:08Z Stimulating Managerial Capital in Emerging Markets : The Impact of Business Training for Young Entrepreneurs Bruhn, Miriam Zia, Bilal business training financial literacy entrepreneurship business growth Identifying the determinants of entrepreneurship is an important research and policy goal, especially in emerging market economies where lack of capital and supporting infrastructure often impose stringent constraints on business growth. This paper studies the impact of a comprehensive business and financial literacy programme on firm outcomes of young entrepreneurs in an emerging post-conflict economy, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The authors conduct a randomised control trial and find that, while the training programme did not influence business survival, it significantly improved business practices, investments and loan terms for surviving businesses. Female-run businesses further exhibited some improvements in business performance and sales. 2013-05-13T19:14:15Z 2013-05-13T19:14:15Z 2013-04-20 Journal Article Journal of Development Effectiveness 1943-9342 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13396 en_US Journal of Development Effectiveness;5(2) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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spellingShingle	business training financial literacy entrepreneurship business growth Bruhn, Miriam Zia, Bilal Stimulating Managerial Capital in Emerging Markets : The Impact of Business Training for Young Entrepreneurs
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description	Identifying the determinants of entrepreneurship is an important research and policy goal, especially in emerging market economies where lack of capital and supporting infrastructure often impose stringent constraints on business growth. This paper studies the impact of a comprehensive business and financial literacy programme on firm outcomes of young entrepreneurs in an emerging post-conflict economy, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The authors conduct a randomised control trial and find that, while the training programme did not influence business survival, it significantly improved business practices, investments and loan terms for surviving businesses. Female-run businesses further exhibited some improvements in business performance and sales.
format	Journal Article
author	Bruhn, Miriam Zia, Bilal
author_facet	Bruhn, Miriam Zia, Bilal
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title	Stimulating Managerial Capital in Emerging Markets : The Impact of Business Training for Young Entrepreneurs
title_short	Stimulating Managerial Capital in Emerging Markets : The Impact of Business Training for Young Entrepreneurs
title_full	Stimulating Managerial Capital in Emerging Markets : The Impact of Business Training for Young Entrepreneurs
title_fullStr	Stimulating Managerial Capital in Emerging Markets : The Impact of Business Training for Young Entrepreneurs
title_full_unstemmed	Stimulating Managerial Capital in Emerging Markets : The Impact of Business Training for Young Entrepreneurs
title_sort	stimulating managerial capital in emerging markets : the impact of business training for young entrepreneurs
publisher	Taylor and Francis
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Stimulating Managerial Capital in Emerging Markets : The Impact of Business Training for Young Entrepreneurs

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