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Entrepreneurship support for the unemployed is one of the most common entrepreneurial policy tools for small start-ups. Usually, this tool is aimed at simultaneously promoting entrepreneurship as well as reducing unemployment. The aim of this paper is to examine in detail the effects of such an instrument in one of the least developed regions of the European Union (EU). At the same time, however, this region has been very effective in reducing the unemployment rate at the time of the research. The paper focuses, in particular, on entrepreneurship survival after support and compares it with maintenance of employment, in general. Our results, based on probit and bivariate probit regression, suggest that gender, age, economic development of the region and the amount of support are among the most important factors affecting the survival of start-ups after support. The differences between more developed and less-developed sub-regions are particularly pronounced for certain socio-economic groups such as women with tertiary education or married couples. We have also illustrated some aspects that artificially prolong the survival of supported entrepreneurship, such as the use of entrepreneurship as a substitute for dependent or part-time work.
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Faculty of National Economy of the University of Economics in Bratislava

One-way ticket from unemployment to entrepreneurship? Evaluation of allowance for self-employment in least developed regions

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Ekiti State government enacted a new tax policy, the taxation of buildings and landed properties, in order to ensure sustainable development and boost its revenue profile. Although increasing tax revenue represents a vital aspect of developmental policy, knowledge, motivation, and compliance activate tax for inclusive economic development. In line with the fiscal social contract theory and using an exploratory–descriptive research design, this study specifically assesses the citizens’ knowledge and their motivation to pay property tax, and how it affects their level of compliance. Multi-stage, stratified random, and simple random sampling techniques with questionnaires and key informant interviews were engaged. Findings suggested that citizens are not unaware of the property tax and the law backing it up, but due to their lack of trust in the government, their motivation and compliance cannot be improved. However, the government needs to set up practical actions in fulfilling their own part of the contract in order to gain citizens’ trust.
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Lecturer at Bamidele Olumilua University of Education

Bamidele Olumilua University of Education

Property Tax and Sustainable Development in Ekiti State: Citizens’ Perspective

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The Czech Republic experienced a significant transformation of health care as a consequence of society-wide changes which started 30 years ago. The article aims to identify factors of successful and unsuccessful processes in giving a legislative anchor to the new organisational–legal form of Czech hospitals after 2000. There were several attempts to change the organisational–legal structure of hospitals. Just two of them succeeded to enter the decision-making phase in the Parliament, and only one led to successful approval of the Act.
In the article, we use the Multiple Stream Framework (MSF) to explain how different streams (policy, politics and problem stream) couple and open a policy window that allows a policy change. We chose modified MSF, which broadens the concept by including the agenda-setting as well as decision-making processes and offers two coupling processes. In a comparison of two cases of the policy process, we identified the factors that cause closing the window before the agenda is set.
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Reforms of Czech Hospitals in Multiple Streams Perspective: The Cases of Success and Failure

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The objective of this study is twofold: on one hand, to analyze the current conceptual theories about e-government, e-participation, and social media. On the other hand, to analyze the cooperation among the most influential authors and its organizations where they belong. We will use different bibliometric software such as CitNetExplorer and SciMAT. Conceptual theories and cooperation among the most influential authors and its organizations will help us understand how the last trends in e-government and social media and the dynamics of the academic community work in the area. As interesting results, we can highlight that the technology acceptance model and the unified model of electronic government adoption are motor themes. Additionally, the analysis of the most influential authors and organizations shows that researchers such as Dwivedi from the University of Maryland and Jaeger from the Arizona State University in social media and e-government are the most significant authors. Furthermore, countries such as USA and Spain are leading the research on three topics, where Spanish researchers are growing considerably especially in social media related to e-government.
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Strategic Conceptual Theories and Sustainable Cooperation Among Stakeholders in E-government, E-participation, and Social Media

Michal Plaček, František Ochrana, Milan Jan Půček, Juraj Nemec: Fiscal Decentralization Reforms: The Impact on the Efficiency of Local Governments in Central and Eastern Europe, Springer Nature, 2020 (ISBN 978-3-030-46757-9).

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