microenterprise development
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Bootstrap Dreams: U.S. Microenterprise Development in an Era of Welfare Reform by Nancy C. Jurik is reviewed.
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Following Grosse and Behrman's (1992) suggestion that a better understanding of the many and diverse interactions between the various governments, local private firms, and international entities be more heavily incorporated into both management and international business research, the following are investigated: 1. how enterprises create and sustain international development, and 2. the combined role that governments, civil society, and private firms play in this process. The primary purpose of this research is to establish the linkage among these three critical entities in business and economic development of emerging economies and the associated benefits that may accrue. Incorporating both knowledge management and economic reciprocity, various case examples from Latin America and the ...
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WASHINGTON -- Expanding opportunities for entrepreneurs and small business owners will be the focus of the 2010 National Microenterprise Conference an...
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ABSTRACT
In this paper we address the role of micro-enterprise development in stimulating social capital and strategy for mobilizing neighborhood re...
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PALO ALTO, Calif. -- HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced seven recipients of the HP Technology for Entrepreneurship Education Leadership Grants, which are w...
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The success of microcredit programs is limited by several factors. These include lack of funding accountability through focus on the poorest people, lack of trust for the poorest, the time necessary to contact the poorest, the tendency of unstable economics to limit business growth, the unwillingness of the poorest people to accept risks, and inflexible microcredit criteria. However, the potential for microenterprise to act as an agent for social change is considerable.
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