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Entrepreneurial abilities and barriers to microenterprise gr

Studies of microbusinesses in poor countries find high marginal returns to capital but also lack of investments. This article analyses how segmentation in the capital and labour markets can act as an obstacle for high-ability entrepreneurs to invest in microbusinesses and also explain high marginal...

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Main Author: Villanger, Espen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journals of Entrepreneurship 2015
Online Access:http://library.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui/handle/123456789/2257
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