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Introduction

Amir Emami Orcid Logo, Esin Yoruk Orcid Logo, Andrew Johnston Orcid Logo, Andrea Caputo Orcid Logo, Paul Jones Orcid Logo

Destructive Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets, Pages: 1 - 12

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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/978-981-96-0112-7_1

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This book explores the dual nature of entrepreneurship, revealing how it can either drive economic advancement or perpetuate harm, largely influenced by institutional contexts. Leveraging Baumol’s (1990) framework that differentiates between productive, unproductive, and destructive entrepreneurship...

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Published in: Destructive Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
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Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2025
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