Aspire.
We gave US$1000 cash prizes to winners of a business plan competition in Africa. Participants were ranked by committees of established entrepreneurs. Each committee selected one winner among 12 candidates. Six months after the competition, we compare winners with the two runners-up in each committee...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Development Studies Vol. 53; no. 10; pp. 1615 - 1634 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2017
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