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Youth Entrepreneurship in Practice: A Comparative Case Study Analysis
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Kline, Michaela
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Year and Degree
, BA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Political Science.
Abstract
In recent years, the developing world has witnessed a surge in youth population growth that has reached unprecedented levels. The growing number of youth places enormous pressure on governments in many developing countries to address the increasing demand for jobs, education, and other economic opportunities. In response to these challenges, the international development community has invested increased attention to economic opportunities for youth, one of which is the promotion of youth entrepreneurship in the form of microenterprise development. This work examines the strategy of utilizing youth entrepreneurship as a development tool and determines what factors are conducive to an effective youth entrepreneurship program. Using four specific case studies of microenterprises that were created and established by local youth and community leaders in rural communities in Cotopaxi, Ecuador, the thesis attempts to identify both advantageous factors and challenges that were involved in initiating a youth-reliant microenterprise.
Committee
Juile Mazzei, Ph.D (Advisor)
Gabriella Paar-Jakli, Ph.D (Committee Member)
Sara Newman, Ph.D (Committee Member)
Matthew Shank (Committee Member)
Pages
118 p.
Subject Headings
Entrepreneurship
;
International Relations
Keywords
youth entrepreneurship
;
microenterprise
;
international development
;
youth development
;
Ecuador
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Cotopaxi
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Latin America
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Kline, M. (2015).
Youth Entrepreneurship in Practice: A Comparative Case Study Analysis
[Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1430683124
APA Style (7th edition)
Kline, Michaela.
Youth Entrepreneurship in Practice: A Comparative Case Study Analysis.
2015. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1430683124.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Kline, Michaela. "Youth Entrepreneurship in Practice: A Comparative Case Study Analysis." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1430683124
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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Youth Entrepreneurship in Practice: A Comparative Case Study Analysis by Michaela Kline is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
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