Resolving Barriers to Entrepreneurship: Implications for Socio-economic Development

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is central to economic growth, particularly in emerging economies and other economically disadvantaged settings. This symposium features four papers that examine both the macro and micro determinants of outcomes for entrepreneurs in these contexts. The four papers use diverse theoretical frameworks, methodologies, levels of analysis, and geographical contexts spanning China, Tanzania, and India. Together, they address an interesting set of questions and advance our knowledge about how macro factors such as institutional changes as well as micro factors such as entrepreneurs’ characteristics and capabilities affect their outcomes with implications for entrepreneurial actions, firms’ choices, and policy decisions. The symposium should be of interest to scholars of entrepreneurship, institutions, and social issues in management. A Confluence of Tech and Talent: Return Migration and Rural Online Entrepreneurship Presenter: Wesley Wu-Yi Koo; INSEAD Presenter: Charles Eric Eesley; Stanford School of Engineering Evaluations of the Entrepreneurial Poor: Evidence from Kiva.org Presenter: Matthew Lee; Harvard Kennedy School Presenter: Arzi Adbi; NUS Business School Presenter: Devanshee Shukla; INSEAD Presenter: Jasjit Singh; INSEAD Resilience at the Base of the Pyramid: Digital Endowments and Response to Crisis Presenter: Aparajita Agarwal; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania Presenter: Tyler Wry; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania How Entrepreneurship Training Shapes Founders’ Perception of Challenges to Entrepreneurship Presenter: Audra Wormald; Robert H. Smith School of Business, U. of Maryland Presenter: Andrea Coali; Bocconi U. Presenter: Francesca Bacco; Vrije U. Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics