Why do some societies manage to control corruption so that it manifests itself only
occasionally, while other societies remain systemically corrupt? This book is about how …

Entrepreneurship has become a dynamic field of research in the last two decades.
However,'rural entrepreneurship'has been largely overlooked. It seems therefore timely to …

Using 2014 US nonmetropolitan county‐level data, we explore the relationship between
broadband speeds and business startup rates. Rural development policy discussions have …

HSOG_Norad_Draft_report_Contextual choices in fighting corruption Page 1 Electronic
copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2042021 Draft report commissioned by Norad, c/o …

Within the theoretical framework of social capital, we explore how different religious
traditions influence small business activity in US counties. We motivate the analysis by …

Because support for entrepreneurship is often a core part of economic development
strategies, we investigate whether it is important for growth in lagging, rural US regions by …

Public support programs for (academic) startups are an important component of innovation
and technology policy. There are many types of startup policy instrument, one of which is …

Despite Nigeria's abundant natural resources, demographic figuresaccording to the recent
HDI ranking put the country as very poor because of underdeveloped human and economic …

This study explores the relationship between self‐employment and income growth,
employment growth, and change in poverty in metro and non‐metro areas in the United …

Finance, incubation, managerial support initiatives, and technological innovation have all
been identified as major drivers of SMEs' business location. Despite the importance of …