scholarly journals Gender Equalities in Entrepreneurship: How Close, Or Far, Have We Come in Italy?

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Matricano ◽  
Mario Sorrentino
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ◽  
Female Entrepreneurship ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship ◽  
Start Ups

Female entrepreneurship is a relevant phenomenon all around the world. In reference to Italy, there has been a growing involvement of women in the creation of start-ups only over the last decades. However, from an extensive literature review, it results that there are no relevant studies aiming to test the main differences between male and female Italian entrepreneurs, especially in reference to the levers affecting their propensity to launch new start-ups. The present paper tries to reduce this gap by testing whether male and female Italian entrepreneurs differ in terms of intellectual capital affecting their propensity to launch new start-ups. The sample used for the present research derives from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor – GEM website, refers to 2013 and comprehends 1,055 female and 997 male entrepreneurs. Results show that male and female Italian entrepreneurs are more similar than expected. Some reflections about the state-of-the-art of female entrepreneurship in Italy and some hints for future research are included in the last section of the paper.

High Value-Added Business Angels at post-investment stages: Key predictors

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 949-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Hoyos-Iruarrizaga ◽  
Ana Fernández-Sainz ◽  
María Saiz-Santos
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ◽  
Business Angels ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Investment Process ◽  
Start Ups

This article examines the differences and features displayed by business angels (BAs), depending on the extent of their involvement with, and support for, the start-ups they finance measured by expertise, experience and contacts. With a sample of 293 Spanish BAs, using data obtained from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) survey, our results indicate that investors who develop more rigorous screening processes in the pre-investment process and hold regular meetings with founder teams are more likely to become High Value-Added Business Angels (HVBAs). Accordingly, the ability of BAs to transfer so-called ‘smart capital’ is conditioned by the levels of screening and assessment applied at the pre-investment stage in terms of both the quality of projects and founder teams and the extent to which the expectations and profiles of the two parties match.

Barriers to Adoption of Commercial Green Buildings in India: A Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 097493062110584
Author(s):  
Sayani Saha ◽  
Rahul B Hiremath ◽  
Sanjay Prasad ◽  
Bimlesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Green Building ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Environmental Aspect ◽  
The World

The global construction sector accounts for 13.2% of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP). It not only contributes to the economic growth engine of the world but also climate changes due to its high energy footprint. Sustainable buildings have the potential to reduce the adverse impacts of the construction industry, but their adoption is slow due to hindrances. The aim of this paper is to study literature on barriers to green building adoption to date and highlight the overlapping and unique barriers specific to India in comparison to a few prominent countries, and provide solutions and recommendations for future research. The methodology has been an extensive literature review of the barriers to green building (GB) adoption. The key findings, namely barriers, were classified under economic, governmental, organizational and social perception, information, technology and material categories. Barriers unique to India and a few other developing countries are an extension of project schedules, lack of research and developmental works, lack of public motivation, poor building code enforcement, high payback period, uncertain supply of green materials, improper implementation of policy framework and performance of green building technologies (GBT’s). The GB construction sector is fragmented around the world. Even the GB definition is not the same across the globe although the environmental aspect is the same. Similarly, there are unique and overlapping challenges in GB adoption globally. Buildings in usage perspectives can be classified into residential and non-residential. This study looks only at non-residential GBs due to their homogenous nature. There is a dearth of specific studies related to the adoption of GBs in India. This study aims to fulfil the gap of India’s standing in the barriers to GB adoption with respect to the developed and developing countries. JEL Classification: I18

Impact of Cultural Factors on Entrepreneurship

2019 ◽  
pp. 433-454
Author(s):  
Jose Ramón Gutierrez Martin
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ◽  
Country Analysis ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Entrepreneurship Ecosystems ◽  
Hapax Legomenon ◽  
The Impact

Since the 1990s there has been extensive literature about the main factors impacting on entrepreneurship activity, and therefore on the genesis and development of entrepreneurship ecosystems. Among these factors, cultural ones are of the most interest because they are specific to every community and may become essential to boost or break the entrepreneurship activity. A lot has been written about these cultural factors, especially at reaching conclusions from specific cases. However, any kind of cross-country analysis of these cultural factors has been much less widely published, with some rare exceptions. Indeed, this chapter aims to fill this gap, enhancing knowledge about entrepreneurship with a cross-country analysis on the impact of cultural factors, using models and data from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). Moreover, particular focus has been done on Japan because of its nature as an hapax legomenon country that lets us better appreciate the impact of these factors.

scholarly journals Innovation Research Based on Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Project: Review of the Last Decade

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 131-140
Author(s):  
Edwin Henao-García ◽  
Jose Arias-Pérez ◽  
Nelson Lozada-Barahona
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Firm Creation ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Thomson Reuters ◽  
New Firm ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship ◽  
Determinants Of Economic Growth ◽  
Social Sciences Citation Index

AbstractResearch on innovation and entrepreneurship has increased in recent years. This article explores the structure of innovation research based on Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project. A search of articles containing innovation and GEM related words was conducted, including only those published in journals within the Thomson Reuters’ Social Sciences Citation Index®. The main findings of this study show that is feasible use GEM’s data set to do research on innovation. Models that treat new firm creation and innovation as separate aspects of entrepreneurship, as well as, determinants of economic growth could be conceptualize and test with data provide by GEM project. Also, the number of innovations articles using GEM’ database has increased in recent years, suggesting opportunities and challenges for future research.

scholarly journals A Survey of the Application of Artifical Intellegence on COVID-19 Diagnosis and Prediction

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 7824-7835
Author(s):  
H. Alalawi ◽  
M. Alsuwat ◽  
H. Alhakami
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Classification Algorithms ◽  
Classification Methods ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
The World ◽  
Modern Methods ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Class Labels

The importance of classification algorithms has increased in recent years. Classification is a branch of supervised learning with the goal of predicting class labels categorical of new cases. Additionally, with Coronavirus (COVID-19) propagation since 2019, the world still faces a great challenge in defeating COVID-19 even with modern methods and technologies. This paper gives an overview of classification algorithms to provide the readers with an understanding of the concept of the state-of-the-art classification algorithms and their applications used in the COVID-19 diagnosis and detection. It also describes some of the research published on classification algorithms, the existing gaps in the research, and future research directions. This article encourages both academics and machine learning learners to further strengthen the basis of classification methods.

scholarly journals The value of entrepreneurship by gender on regional behaviour

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Crecente ◽  
María Sarabia ◽  
María Teresa del Val
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Regional Convergence ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ◽  
Female Entrepreneurship ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Entrepreneurial Organization ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship ◽  
Over Time

AbstractThis paper examines how the value of entrepreneurship by gender is related to regional behaviour. Researchers have traditionally defined entrepreneurial organization as separate to gender and to economic growth. Using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) we complete a dataset of 50 countries using variables such as total early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA) and opportunity-driven entrepreneurial activity (OPP). The methodology used proposes an analysis of regional convergence, comparing the evolution over time of both the rate of entrepreneurial activity and the ratios of opportunity-driven and need-driven entrepreneurial activity, distinguishing by gender. On the other hand, a regression model is proposed that explains the greater presence of female entrepreneurship. The results show that entrepreneurship by gender is an important factor to define different cluster of countries according to how men and women entrepreneurs create new economic opportunities.

Incorporating VR, AR, and Related Technologies in the Tourism Industry

2020 ◽  
pp. 211-233
Author(s):  
Sandra Maria Correia Loureiro ◽  
Eduardo Moraes Sarmento ◽  
João Ferreira do Rosário
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
World Economy ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The State ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Virtual And Augmented Reality

The chapter exposes the importance of tourism in the world economy, gives an overview of what academic and practitioners are doing regarding the use of engagement-facilitating technologies in tourism, and suggests avenues for further research. Authors give insights about the evolution and important of tourism. The chapter presents an overview of the state of the art on the use of engagement-facilitating technologies (mainly virtual and augmented reality) in research. Examples of applications of engagement-facilitating technologies are given. Authors suggest future research directions and present conclusions.

scholarly journals Factors influencing performance within startup assistance organizations

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 264-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioana Ceaușu ◽  
Katrin Marquardt ◽  
Sven-Joachim Irmer ◽  
Elisa Gotesman
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The World ◽  
Successful Business ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
Relevant Factors

Abstract Startup assistance organizations, and especially business accelerators have gained a lot of traction in the last years, captioning not only the attention of the public, but most importantly that of investors and other stakeholders. It has become a challenge for many all around the world to develop such programs, but many have failed or did not have their expected results, meaning medium to long-term sustainable and profitable alumni start-ups. As high amounts of resources, both human and financial, are being invested in the design and development of such programs, it is important to understand what sets apart the successful business acceleration programs from the ones that fail. The current paper is reviewing the up-to-date theoretical literature and studies on the matter at hand, in order to identify the most relevant factors influencing startup assistance organizations’ performance. The objective behind identifying these factors is to get a better understanding of best practices of such successful programs and set the basis for future research regarding the development of a set of metrics for more accurately measuring their performance.

Secondary Gains from Professionalization: A French Tale

1992 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-142
Author(s):  
Robert F. Hebert
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The World

From this same rostrum several years ago, outgoing president Bill Barber (1990, p. 110) said that presidential addresses tend to fall into one of two broad categories. Category I speeches typically survey the state of the art, identify promising directions for future research, and attempt to justify our scholarly existence to skeptics who doubt the value of studying the world of dead economists. Category II speeches draw their form and substance from the speaker's particular research interests.

Platforms and Female Entrepreneurship in Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-90
Author(s):  
Glory Amara Enyinnaya
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Technology Entrepreneurship ◽  
Female Entrepreneurship ◽  
Female Entrepreneurs ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Start Up ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship ◽  
Economic Future

Africa leads the world in the number of women starting businesses, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Many experts, including the World Economic Forum and the World Bank, believe that the 21st century is Africa's century and that its economic future depends on the success of its female entrepreneurs. Technology entrepreneurship in Africa seems to be on the rise. In 2017, the annual Global Start-Up Ecosystem Report (GSER) ranked the Lagos start-up ecosystem as the most valuable in Africa. In May 2019, the same report by start-up Genome, which researches start-up ecosystems across the world and claims to have data on over one million companies across 150 cities, named Lagos one of 12 “challenger” start-up ecosystems. With the increasing focus on technology and female entrepreneurship in Nigeria, this chapter seeks to chronicle the birth and growth trajectory of two platform companies in Nigeria led by two female African entrepreneurs: Abimbola Adebakin, CEO of Advantage Health Africa, and Glory Enyinnaya, Lead Consultant of Kleos Africa.

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