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Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

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Zoltan Acs () (George Mason University)
Nicola Virgill (George Mason University)

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This paper reviews the literature on economic development from import substitution to export promotion. It then examines the literature on entrepreneurship and economic development creating a framework for promoting development through demonstration effects, knowledge and information externalities and network externalities. It finished with an examination of public policies.

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Paper provided by Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Max-Planck-Institute of Economics, Thueringer Universitaets- und Landesbibliothek in its series Jena Economic Research Papers in Economics with number 2009-023.

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Keywords: Development; export substitution; export promotion; public policy;

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L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
O10 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General

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