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Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development
Smallbone, David (contributor); Virtanen, Markku (contributor) - 2016
development -- 4. Entrepreneurship and industrial policy in Ireland / Colm O'Gorman and Declan Curran -- 5. Towards Europe: the … becoming better home for "born globals"? / Tõnis Mets -- Part III entrepreneurship and SME policy -- 7. Entrepreneurial …Entrepreneurship and innovation are arguably the main drivers of economic development today. This book explores the two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419809
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Productive, Unproductive and Destructive Entrepreneurship:A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration
Sauka, Arnis - William Davidson Institute <Ann Arbor, Mich.> - 2008
Drawing on Baumol’s concepts of productive, unproductive and destructiveentrepreneurship and relevant amendments, this thesis aims to contribute to theentrepreneurship literature by developing a conceptual framework which allowsoperationalising the concepts for empirical assessment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418714
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WHY ARE OPTIMISTIC ENTREPRENEURS SUCCESSFUL?AN APPLICATION OF THE REGULATORY FOCUS THEORY
Aidis, Ruta; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Sauka, Arnis - William Davidson Institute <Ann Arbor, Mich.> - 2008
Does entrepreneurial optimism affect business performance? Using a unique data setbased on repeated survey design, we investigate this relationship empirically. Ourmeasures of ‘optimism’ and ‘realism’ are derived from comparing the turnovergrowth expectations of 133 owners-managers with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418715