Category: entrepreneurship
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Microfinance does not eradicate poverty
– Microfinance provides a little more money in the wallet to the microentrepreneur, but they remain poor. Microfinance does not contribute to business growth or economic growth in society at large, says Engström.
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Babson College Entrepreneurship Conference 2016 in Bodø
The 2016 BCERC was held at Bodø in “northern” Norway (it is actually in the middle) and attracted 639 submitted abstracts of which 180 papers were accepted and 70 interactive paper sessions (kind of like speed-pitching your ideas).
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2015 NFB Research conference in Trondheim
One of the most exciting times when taking a PhD is the opportunity to meet with other PhD students and listen to experienced Professors from all over the world. This year we, roughly 125 students and faculty, met in beautiful Trondheim at Clarion Hotel & Congress, at the annual NFB Research conference. It is really impressing…
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MTI Investment, investing in the growth of Eastern Africa
We are launching our website now for MTI Investment. www.mti-investment.com “Mti” is Swahili for tree – symbolizing MTI’s focus on growing companies, with the potential to bear fruit from our long-term efforts of investing, coaching, mentoring and monitoring our portfolio companies. MTI Investment is a Tanzanian/Nordic investment company founded by Professor Trond Randøy, PhD candidate/MSc.…
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Nya grepp krävs för att främja företagande (publication in Svenska Dagbladet)
http://www.svd.se/opinion/brannpunkt/nya-grepp-kravs-for-att-framja-foretagande_3750486.svd
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From Bodø in the north to Mölle in the south
(english text below) Har varit i Bodø i Nordnorge och konfererat (NCSB 2014) och firat 17 maj. Har presenterat ett par olika artiklar om finansiering av mikroföretag i Ecuador. Ett preliminärt resultat är att finansiering av mikroföretag i utveckingsländer inte nödvändigtvis skapar ekonomisk utveckling –> bara för att man dubblar sin verksamhet t.ex. genom ett nytt kylskåp…
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Sri Lanka – are all clients of a microbank entrepreneurs?
I recently had the opportunity to spend some time in Sri Lanka with practitioners with Strømme Foundation and other leading microfinance researchers from around the world. The photo below is from University of Ruhuna. We spent several days discussing various research problems, in addition to making a field visit to a microbank providing group loans to women.…
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Saltstraumen and Foundations of entrepreneurship in Bodø, Norway
5 days in Bodø, beautiful scenery, great colleagues and fun subject made for a great week. Check out video below of our visit to Saltstraumen (the world´s longest tidal current). Have just spent 5 days in northern Norway together with several other PhD students focused on many fundamental aspects of Entrepreneurship. Fun meeting a lot of smart people…
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Micro entrepreneurship and microfinance in Ecuador
(english follows) Hög brottslighet I över två veckor har jag nu varit i Guayaquil som ligger i Södra Ecuador. Det första som möter en på flygplatsen är en varningsskylt om att vara försiktig när man tar en taxi så att man inte blir rånad. Just Guayaquil ligger i en del av Ecuador där den organiserade…
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Status – One year into the program
Efter nästan ett år känner jag att det är dags att återkoppla till er hur det gått och hur jag ligger till. Det känns rätt hoppfullt, även om tiden är knapp. (english follows below) För att ta en PhD krävs att man kan skriva 4 stycken välskrivna akademiska artiklar som ska vara publicerbara, och helst…
Pontus Engström 