The use of the Internet for business purposes among small businesses started quite early in the e-commerce evolution. In the beginning, innovative and entrepreneurial owners of small businesses attempted to use rudimentary Internet tools such as electronic mail (e-mail) and file transfer protocol (FTP) to exchange messages and documents. While primitive, it fulfilled much of the business needs ...

We start with a real-life story. A young lecturer has just returned to his office after teaching one of his favorite classes. In this class, he discussed the high risks associated with entrepreneurial action – that failure was a very real possibility. But importantly, and to quote from the textbook, “Businesses fail, but entrepreneurs do not. Failure is the fire that tempers the entrepreneur’s ...

In low-income economies, large gender gaps suggest that fewer women engage in entrepreneurial activities. The quest for inclusion has been a relevant issue, contested among scholars investigating ways to alleviate poverty through economic growth South Africa and the sphere of studies.
 aim this study was investigate obstacles female entrepreneurs small, medium, micro-informal companies fac...

introduction the experts believe that the entrepreneurs are powerful engines of economic growth and producing wealth, and crucial for improving the quality, number and variety of employment opportunities for the poor people as well as the villagers. in this situation, one of the best solutions for unemployment and progress of economic base of villagers is developing small scale businesses in ru...

In many countries, taxes on businesses are less progressive than labor income taxes. This paper provides a justification for this pattern based on adverse selection that entrepreneurs face in credit markets. Individuals choose between becoming entrepreneurs or workers and differ in their skill in both of these occupations. I find that endogenous cross-subsidization in the credit market equilibr...