Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are an important part of the world economy but
they are thought to be responsible for around 60% of all carbon dioxide emissions and 70 …

This study analyzes intergenerational occupational mobility in late Soviet and post-Soviet
Russia using data from six surveys. Belying claims that class differences did not matter in the …

This paper evaluates the role of self-employment in China's rural economy, while paying
attention to whether the rise of self-employment promotes entrepreneurship and is a sign of …

In Russia, market transition has led to swee** structural changes: a long recession,
growth of the private sector, expansion of certain branches of the economy and contraction …

A substantial portion of Elinor Ostrom's work critically examines the interplay between
decentralization and efficient governance of commons. Ostrom's suggestion is to shift from …

This paper examines the patterns of entry into self-employment in urban and rural China and
across different reform stages, focusing on how communist cadres have responded to new …

A considerable amount of literature deals with the influence of institutions on
entrepreneurship. But for all that, little is known about the interplay between institutions and …

The aims of the current paper are twofold: first, to explore the profile of successful microcredit
entrepreneurs; second, to examine the key factors contributing to the success. The sample of …

Purpose This paper aims to study the impact of micro-level socio-economic, demographic
and geographical factors on the likelihood of self-employment entry of young adults in …

In the second half of the twentieth century, social scientists typically viewed self-employment
as an obsolete remnant of past forms of economic organization: its small-scale mode of …