Sameeksha Desai
Biographic Data
| ID | 3759618 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sameeksha Desai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sameeksha |
| FAMILY NAME | Desai |
| SIGNATURE | DESAI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University Bloomington |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9483-414X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Filtering or facilitating productive entrepreneurship
There is a paucity of knowledge on the conditions which enable productive entrepreneurship, particularly those which are policy-amenable like regulations. Rooted in opposing theories of public choice and public interest, we investigate the effect of several types of business regulation on productive entrepreneurship, accounting also for importance of corruption. First, we propose a composite measure of productive entrepreneurship based on three c…
The role of institutions in latent and emergent entrepreneurship
Necessity or opportunity? Government size, tax policy, corruption, and implications for entrepreneurship
Government size, corruption, and tax policy can influence allocation towards necessity or opportunity-driven entrepreneurship. Using a comparative multi-source sample across 52 countries during 2005–2015, we apply a mixed-process estimation of the simultaneously unrelated system of equations and unpack these heterogeneous and complex effects. Interestingly, our results show that the influence of tax policy and corruption on necessity and opportun…
Stickiness of entrepreneurs
Refugee entrepreneurship
Small business and poverty
The relationship between small business and poverty is inadequately substantiated, despite being an important economic and social nexus. We test the direct impact of small business on poverty, and of poverty on small business. Using panel data across 115 post-Soviet cities in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine, we examine early (1995–2002) and later (2003–08) transition periods. The findings show small business can…
A Viewpoint on Research for Social Business Entrepreneurship
This Viewpoint essay outlines key considerations for research on entrepreneurship, and for social business entrepreneurship specifically, considering the wide range of forms and essentially heterogeneous nature of this broad set of businesses. Themes related to practical research and key questions are outlined, along with considerations for researchers as the social business entrepreneurship space continues to evolve
Corruption, Entrepreneurship, and Social Welfare
Economic effects of terrorism
The economic effects of terrorist attacks are difficult to assess, in part because terrorism is highly local. Local dimensions are crucial for policymakers who are increasingly interested in resilience to terrorism, yet they have a very small body of scholarship from which to derive operationally relevant guidance. Spatial and local dimensions of terrorism are central to understanding the nature and magnitude of economic effects. This paper provi…
Creativity, entrepreneurship and economic development
Taxes, corruption, and entry
Institutional drivers of high-growth firms
Entrepreneurship and economic development in cities
Ownership and Allocation of Capital
In an efficient economy, capital should be quickly (re)allocated from declining firms and sectors to more profitable investment opportunities. This process is affected by the concentration of corporate control, which in turn is affected by market institutions. We employ a panel of 11,984 firms across 44 countries to estimate the functional efficiency of capital markets. We adapt a measure for the efficiency of capital allocation using the acceler…
A Model of Destructive Entrepreneurship
The research on entrepreneurship as an economic phenomenon often assumes its desirability as a driver of economic development and growth. However, entrepreneurial talent can be allocated among productive, unproductive and destructive activities. This allocation has important implications in the developing world, particularly for countries hosting conflict or recovering from conflict. The allocation of entrepreneurship is theorized as driven by in…
Entrepreneurship, economic development and institutions
This paper is an introduction to the special issue from the 3rd Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Research Conference held in Washington, D.C., in 2008. The paper has three objectives. First, to discuss the importance of the three stages of economic development, the factor-driven stage, the efficiency-driven stage and the innovation-driven stage. Second, to examine the empirical evidence on the relationship between stages of economic development an…
What does “entrepreneurship” data really show
In this paper, we compare two datasets designed to measure entrepreneurship: The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) dataset and the World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey (WBGES) dataset. We find a number of important differences when the data are compared. First, GEM data tend to report significantly higher levels of early stage entrepreneurship in developing economies than do the World Bank business entry data, while the World Bank busines…
A Model of Destructive Entrepreneurship
The research on entrepreneurship as an economic phenomenon often assumes its desirability as a driver of economic development and growth. However, entrepreneurial talent can be allocated among productive, unproductive and destructive activities. This allocation has important implications in the developing world, particularly for countries hosting conflict or recovering from conflict. The allocation of entrepreneurship is theorized as driven by in…
Economic effects of terrorism
The economic effects of terrorist attacks are difficult to assess, in part because terrorism is highly local. Local dimensions are crucial for policymakers who are increasingly interested in resilience to terrorism, yet they have a very small body of scholarship from which to derive operationally relevant guidance. Spatial and local dimensions of terrorism are central to understanding the nature and magnitude of economic effects. This paper provi…
Small business and poverty
The relationship between small business and poverty is inadequately substantiated, despite being an important economic and social nexus. We test the direct impact of small business on poverty, and of poverty on small business. Using panel data across 115 post-Soviet cities in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine, we examine early (1995–2002) and later (2003–08) transition periods. The findings show small business can…
Entrepreneurship, economic development and institutions
This paper is an introduction to the special issue from the 3rd Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Research Conference held in Washington, D.C., in 2008. The paper has three objectives. First, to discuss the importance of the three stages of economic development, the factor-driven stage, the efficiency-driven stage and the innovation-driven stage. Second, to examine the empirical evidence on the relationship between stages of economic development an…
What does “entrepreneurship” data really show
In this paper, we compare two datasets designed to measure entrepreneurship: The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) dataset and the World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey (WBGES) dataset. We find a number of important differences when the data are compared. First, GEM data tend to report significantly higher levels of early stage entrepreneurship in developing economies than do the World Bank business entry data, while the World Bank busines…
A Model of Destructive Entrepreneurship
The research on entrepreneurship as an economic phenomenon often assumes its desirability as a driver of economic development and growth. However, entrepreneurial talent can be allocated among productive, unproductive and destructive activities. This allocation has important implications in the developing world, particularly for countries hosting conflict or recovering from conflict. The allocation of entrepreneurship is theorized as driven by in…
Ownership and Allocation of Capital
In an efficient economy, capital should be quickly (re)allocated from declining firms and sectors to more profitable investment opportunities. This process is affected by the concentration of corporate control, which in turn is affected by market institutions. We employ a panel of 11,984 firms across 44 countries to estimate the functional efficiency of capital markets. We adapt a measure for the efficiency of capital allocation using the acceler…
Entrepreneurship and economic development in cities
Creativity, entrepreneurship and economic development
Taxes, corruption, and entry
Institutional drivers of high-growth firms
Economic effects of terrorism
The economic effects of terrorist attacks are difficult to assess, in part because terrorism is highly local. Local dimensions are crucial for policymakers who are increasingly interested in resilience to terrorism, yet they have a very small body of scholarship from which to derive operationally relevant guidance. Spatial and local dimensions of terrorism are central to understanding the nature and magnitude of economic effects. This paper provi…
Corruption, Entrepreneurship, and Social Welfare
A Viewpoint on Research for Social Business Entrepreneurship
This Viewpoint essay outlines key considerations for research on entrepreneurship, and for social business entrepreneurship specifically, considering the wide range of forms and essentially heterogeneous nature of this broad set of businesses. Themes related to practical research and key questions are outlined, along with considerations for researchers as the social business entrepreneurship space continues to evolve
Refugee entrepreneurship
Small business and poverty
The relationship between small business and poverty is inadequately substantiated, despite being an important economic and social nexus. We test the direct impact of small business on poverty, and of poverty on small business. Using panel data across 115 post-Soviet cities in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine, we examine early (1995–2002) and later (2003–08) transition periods. The findings show small business can…
The role of institutions in latent and emergent entrepreneurship
Necessity or opportunity? Government size, tax policy, corruption, and implications for entrepreneurship
Government size, corruption, and tax policy can influence allocation towards necessity or opportunity-driven entrepreneurship. Using a comparative multi-source sample across 52 countries during 2005–2015, we apply a mixed-process estimation of the simultaneously unrelated system of equations and unpack these heterogeneous and complex effects. Interestingly, our results show that the influence of tax policy and corruption on necessity and opportun…
Stickiness of entrepreneurs
Filtering or facilitating productive entrepreneurship
There is a paucity of knowledge on the conditions which enable productive entrepreneurship, particularly those which are policy-amenable like regulations. Rooted in opposing theories of public choice and public interest, we investigate the effect of several types of business regulation on productive entrepreneurship, accounting also for importance of corruption. First, we propose a composite measure of productive entrepreneurship based on three c…
Economics (14 works) · Entrepreneurship (14 works) · Business (11 works) · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Geography (6 works) · Market economy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economic geography (5 works) · Firm Innovation and Growth (5 works)