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Differentiation, Property Rights, and Performance Among Micro-entrepreneurs

Research Note
Published on 10 April 2015

Abstract

In contexts where ownership as a mode of access to productive assets is limited, research shows that leasing has a strong positive impact on micro-entrepreneur performance and differentiation from competitors.

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