Who Values the Status of the Entrepreneur? Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession ‘entrepreneurship’ shapes people’s occupational preferences and thus their choice behavior. The current study focuses on the determinants and consequences of the group status of a profession, entrepreneurship in particular. If the group status of entrepreneursh...

In this study, we investigated forty cyanobacterial isolates from biofilms, gastropods, brackish water and symbiotic lichen habitats. Their aqueous and organic extracts were used to screen for apoptosis-inducing activity against acute myeloid leukemia cells. A total of 28 extracts showed cytotoxicity against rat acute myeloid leukemia (IPC-81) cells. The design of the screen made it possible to...

This paper addresses the issue if and to what extent young firms differ from incumbents regarding the use of non-standard employment, trust-based working time arrangements and overtime hours in the light of the qualitative changes of employment structures that are taking place in industrialized countries, such as rising shares of non-standard employment and borders between work and private life...

We use a randomized controlled trial to demonstrate that inexperienced female microenterprise owners in a Kenyan slum benefit from mentorship by an experienced entrepreneur in the same community. Using seven rounds of surveys, we find that mentorship increased profits by 20% relative to control. We conduct a formal business education intervention, which has no effect on profits despite changes ...

El desarrollo de las nuevas tecnologías la información, así como el perfil generaciones, han incentivado a instituciones financieras buscar una mayor inclusión sus productos y servicios en gran parte población del mundo. Debido lo anterior, se observa un incremento interés tener sociedad con cultura financiera que le permita tomar mejores decisiones su economía particular. creciente ámbito educ...

In this article, I approach the role of firm as a social institution. will do by studying from personal interrelations that make it process. perspective, responsibility consists enhancing entrepreneurship its employees. Instead asking about individual creativity in isolation we should consider how to stimulate action, entrepreneurial culture and existing firms. view there is not only more welfa...

In Kenya, there is evident declining results in the Tea sector regard to competitor’s prices from competing countries, commitment of workers and declarations bonuses. On same note, although tea earns country second largest share export, has been inefficiency production insufficient demand for sale volume over last decade. The study aimed determine effect leadership competencies on Company’s per...

No. 377.24 URL, XP008095016 & FASEB Meeting on Experimental Biology: Translating the Genome, San Diego, CA USA, Apr. 11-15, 2003 ISSN: 0892-6638 *Abstract*. Cook, et al. "Neuronal Damage induced by polychlorinated biphenyls is partically reversed by cerium oxide nanoparticles" [online] vol. 2003, 2003, XP008095032 Retrieved from the internet: URL http://sfn.scholarone.com/itin2003/main.htm ]?ne...

Rotavirus is the leading worldwide cause of gastroenteritis in children under five years of age. Even though there are some available vaccines to prevent the disease, there are limited strategies for challenging diarrhea induced by rotavirus infection. For this reason, researchers are constantly searching for other approaches to control diarrhea by means of probiotics. In order to demonstrate t...

Purpose – The aim of this study is to understand the entrepreneurial activities immigrants in Turkey through a review available literature and data. This article arises from deficient immigrant entrepreneurship aims examine history recent developments businesses Turkey. will provide reader with general overview in-depth information about A detailed industrial view can help Methodology Through a...