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DOI | 10.1126/science.aan5329 |
Teaching personal initiative beats traditional training in boosting small business in West Africa | |
Campos, Francisco1; Frese, Michael2,3; Goldstein, Markus1; Iacovone, Leonardo1; Johnson, Hillary C.1; McKenzie, David1; Mensmann, Mona3 | |
2017-09-22 | |
发表期刊 | SCIENCE |
ISSN | 0036-8075 |
EISSN | 1095-9203 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 357期号:6357页码:1287-1289 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA; Singapore; Germany |
英文摘要 | Standard business training programs aim to boost the incomes of themillions of self-employed business owners in developing countries by teaching basic financial and marketing practices, yet the impacts of such programs are mixed. We tested whether a psychology-based personal initiative training approach, which teaches a proactive mindset and focuses on entrepreneurial behaviors, could have more success. A randomized controlled trial in Togo assigned microenterprise owners to a control group (n = 500), a leading business training program (n = 500), or a personal initiative training program (n = 500). Four follow-up surveys tracked outcomes for firms over 2 years and showed that personal initiative training increased firm profits by 30%, compared with a statistically insignificant 11% for traditional training. The training is cost-effective, paying for itself within 1 year. |
领域 | 地球科学 ; 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000411337700044 |
WOS关键词 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP ; WORK |
WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/196920 |
专题 | 地球科学 资源环境科学 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.World Bank, 1818 H St NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA; 2.Natl Univ Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; 3.Leuphana Univ Luneburg, Luneburg, Germany |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Campos, Francisco,Frese, Michael,Goldstein, Markus,et al. Teaching personal initiative beats traditional training in boosting small business in West Africa[J]. SCIENCE,2017,357(6357):1287-1289. |
APA | Campos, Francisco.,Frese, Michael.,Goldstein, Markus.,Iacovone, Leonardo.,Johnson, Hillary C..,...&Mensmann, Mona.(2017).Teaching personal initiative beats traditional training in boosting small business in West Africa.SCIENCE,357(6357),1287-1289. |
MLA | Campos, Francisco,et al."Teaching personal initiative beats traditional training in boosting small business in West Africa".SCIENCE 357.6357(2017):1287-1289. |
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