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Entrepreneurship (Micro)


Clowning with parking meters (1/23/1999)

A clown irks the police but pleases shoppers by feeding expired parking meters for tips

Keywords: clown, entrepreneurship, parking meters

Mistaken Identity (2/2/2000)

A mistaken identity can confer temporary competitive advantage to a business because of insufficient information on the part of naïve customers.

Keywords: call forwarding, capacity, florists, identity, market signaling, property, theft, yellow pages

Squatters' Rights (1/23/1999)

Squatters move in when cost of accessing and hoarding scarce resources are low. They profit from charging others for the use of hoarded resources.

Keywords: 888, cybersquatters, entrepreneurship, property rights, squatters, toilet squatters, toll free numbers