Authors: Armin Schwienbacher & Benjamin Larralde CROWDFUNDING OF SMALL ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES Book chapter forthcoming in Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance (Oxford University Press) Date: September 28‚ 2010 (final version) Armin Schwienbacher‚ Professor of finance‚ Université Lille Nord de France‚ Faculté de Finance‚ Banque et Comptabilité‚ Rue de Mulhouse 2 - BP 381‚ F - 59020 Lille Cédex (France); +33 3 20 90 75 34 ; armin.schwienbacher@univ-lille2.fr. SKEMA Business School‚ Avenue Willy
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pretty surprising that the small businesses are treated differently than large firms. Initially I thought that both were scrutinized under the same laws but after reviewing the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website as well at the U.S Small Business Administration site there are definitive acts that are different. Some of the areas that seem to be different are the workplace safety‚ corporate governance‚ business organization and health insurance. The small business Administration has
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in trade barriers and advances in information and transportation technologies. As a result‚ small firms can now participate in international trade right from inception. Another facet of globalization is globalization of production. Companies can locate production facilities in countries where labor and other production inputs are cheaper. The end result is that globalization presents new threats for small companies in Africa in the form of increased competition from foreign entrants. Locally manufactured
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2. What kind of entrepreneurial venture is Nau? Samaan thinks it’s a social entrepreneurial venture and that it’s a team of entrepreneurs that are in it to win it. The mentioned company was the partnership firm between the topnotch designers from well-known companies. The individuals were carrying the same basic idea‚ the business knowhow and finally dreamt of an organization of their own which would let then showcase their personal skills and knowledge. Nau sells expensive outdoor-type clothing
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OFFLINE AND ONLINE BUSINESSES In the days of old‚ one had very limited option when it comes to starting a business. There was usually one route to go and that was your traditional old brick and mortar type of business or what is known as an offline business today. With technological advances‚ times have changed. One can now have a virtual business or what is better known as an online business. Having had the privilege to experience both side of the coin of owning
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(Jensen & Meckling 1976) has provided useful insight into the financial dealings between an enterprise (principal) and its stakeholders (agents). It is unlikely that the economic interests of these parties will be exactly the same because it is human nature to maximise one’s own benefit even at the expense of others. (Peacock‚ p278) Question: Explain how agency theory may be applied in explaining the relationship between small business and a financial institution. Include‚ as part of the discussion‚
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RESEARCH STUDY ON PREVALANCE OF DIABETES MELLITUS IN WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE BETWEEN 15-44 IN FEMALE WARD IN COST PROVINCIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL‚ MOMBASA DISTRICT KENYA NAME OF STUDENTS; SHARIFFA S. ABDULLAHI INDEX NO. 66167K A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE K.M.T.C. MOMBASA CAMPUS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A DIPLOMA IN KENYA REGISTERED COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING MARCH 2010 CLASS. KENYA MEDICAL TRAINING COLLEGE MOMBASA CAMPUS P.O. BOX 87946-80100 MOMBASA E-MAIL: kmtc@mtcmsa
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role of small scale business in developing countries has long been recognized (Kayanula and Quartey‚ 2000). These small scale businesses can serve as engines through which the economic growth and employment objectives of developing countries can be achieved. However‚ for many years these rural enterprises have failed to grow beyond their micro enterprise nature and sometimes at best their small or medium size (Kayanula and Quartey‚ 2000). It is believed that private small scale businesses have significant
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technology businesses are able to now reach a global market and as Priestley expresses (2011)‚ ‘businesses that have less than 10 staff but aren’t limited by geography. They have reach into cities all over the world and could easily be making millions in sales despite a relatively small headcount‚’(p.2)- in order to compete more and more small businesses are finding it necessary to integrate into to globalised entities. Globalization as defined in businessdictionary.com: For small business there
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This distinction the Madison makes between a democracy and a republic is that he sees democracy as a dangerous thing‚ but he sees a republic as a way to prevent danger from occurring. Madison describes a democracy as "a society consisting of a small number of citizens‚ who assemble and administer the government in person." Madison continues to say that these societies "have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention." When Madison talks about democracy‚ he meant a more direct democracy where
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