Current development thinking and practice emphasize the potential of
microentrepreneurship for poverty reduction. To effectuate this potential, many business …

The Politics of Corruption in Dictatorships studies how institutional and social factors
influence corruption in dictatorships. Dictatorships are often synonymous with high levels of …

Policymakers in the D ominican R epublic have responded to foreign pressure by rewriting
their labor laws and revitalizing their labor ministry. What are the likely consequences? Is …

Las transformaciones en la política socioeconómica y general del Ecuador, y el entorno
internacional, han marcado inevitables cambios en la gestión y proyección empresarial de …

Este artículo presenta un análisis de la carga fiscal, también denominada carga tributaria,
que deben soportar las pequeñas y medianas empresas (pyme) ubicadas en la ciudad de …

Very little is known about the effectiveness of SME policies, and a careful look at the
structure, mechanisms and incentives provided by these policies suggest caution in their …

What explains variation in local government policy responses to urban violence? Existing
research on the politics of urban violence overlooks the pivotal role that private sector …

We investigate the determinants of Venture Capital (VC) firms' activity in Latin America.
Using more than 10 thousand funding rounds from 2002 to 2020, we found that the status of …

Poor urban households in the economic'south'deploy various livelihood activities. One of
these is a Home-Based Economic Activity (HBEA), eg sales of home-made snacks or car …

Purpose This paper aims to study the competitiveness of subsistence small businesses
(SSBs) and the use of the place to get competitive advantages. Complementarily the paper …