Entrepreneurship is widely argued to be critical for alleviating extreme poverty. However,
research on this topic is characterized by diverging perspectives regarding poverty …

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations recognize and
promote inter-and intra-dependencies between the economic, social and ecological …

This paper investigates the contribution of small firms to employment, job creation, and
growth in developing countries. While small firms (< 20 employees) have the smallest share …

Bringing value to end consumers is one of the main challenges for businesses in emerging
markets. This paper examines the role of information technology (IT) advancements in frugal …

Many economists claim that entrepreneurship is an important determinant of economic
growth and development. In the sub-discipline of development economics however …

The informal sector is typically characterized as being very heterogeneous and possibly
composed of two clearly distinct segments, sometimes called the lower and upper tiers …

This paper provides new evidence at the intersectionality of gender, family status, and
culture by focusing on a previously little researched group of middle-class women in an …

This interdisciplinary review paper explores linkages between access to energy, women's
empowerment and entrepreneurship. This will be discussed in the context of the informal …

Experimental tests of microfinance programs have found little or no impacts on business and
household income outcomes. I present experimental evidence that the gender of the …

To identify the combinations of the economic and social aspects related to female
entrepreneurship in OECD countries, we carried out a cross-national analysis of female …