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Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies (Portuguese Summary Report)
By Hugo Kantis, Komori Masahiko, Ishida Masahiko (01/95, En, Es)
The publication presents the findings from a comparative study on the factors that critically influence the business start-up process in nine countries (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Costa Rica in Latin America, and Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore in East Asia).
The study challenges conventional assumptions on how an entrepreneur would gather critical information, analyze the opportunities and risks and make a series of decisions from the inception of a business idea to the startup of a business to the first few years of business operation in different socioeconomic environments.
Over 40 key interviews were conducted for the hypotheses building in early 2000, and more than 1,000 entrepreneurs of young firms were interviewed in the nine country surveyed, between October 2000 and February 2001. Top tier researchers in each country joined in this multi-country survey to assure the quality of the methodology and data collected. Renowned scholars and practitioners contribute short articles and discuss policy measures recommended in the study.
Last updated: 06/13/07
