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Narratives of enterprise : crafting entrepreneurial self-identity in a small firm
Down, Simon - 2006
Simon Down's timely ethnographic study takes a philosophically reflective and empirically detailed look at the way in which enterprising people use narrative resources to construct their identity as entrepreneurs. The book draws on a wide range of intellectual sources, from naturalistic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851516
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Entrepreneurship, sustainable growth and performance : frontiers in European entrepreneurship research
Landström, Hans (contributor) - Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business … - 2008
entrepreneurship. It focuses on four themes, each of which illustrates a key dimension in the overall theme: entrepreneurs and their … role in entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in family businesses, performance of new ventures and entrepreneurial processes …pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Entrepreneurs and their role -- pt. 3. Entrepreneurship in family firms -- pt. 4 …
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The Economics of Small Businesses : An International Perspective
Calcagnini, Giorgio - 2011
Is small still beautiful? The recent economic and financial crisis has shown that developed countries in which firms are smaller suffered the biggest GDP plunges. Today, economic growth depends more than in the past on sound and well-organized firms, which means more innovation, a better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015239
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Small Businesses in the Aftermath of the Crisis : International Analyses and Policies
Calcagnini, Giorgio - 2012
Preface -- 1 SME and Entrepreneurship Policies After the Crisis -- 2 The Italian Small- and Medium-Sized Firms in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016014
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Patents and the measurement of international competitiveness : new data on the use of patents by universities, small firms, and individual inventors
Kingston, William - 2006
This highly original book represents a major advance in the use of patents to compare countries' technological competitiveness. It tabulates and analyses 280,000 United States patents from countries across the world over a ten year period. Specifically, these patents were granted to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851655
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Innovative Start-Ups and the Distribution of Human Capital : The Role of Regional Knowledge
Aamoucke, Ronney - 2016
This book contributes to our understanding of the reasons for the uneven geographic emergence and distribution of innovative start-ups and human capital, analyzing the role of the regional knowledge base and specifically academic knowledge. Using extensive datasets from West German regions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398174
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State of Literature on Small to Medium-Size Enterprises and Entrepreneurship in Low-Income Communities
Acs, Zoltán J.; Kallas, Kadri - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
, entrepreneurship and low income (LI) communities, needs to be put into perspective and that is not simple. So, let us start with a … simpler question: Does entrepreneurship impact communities in general, and, if so, how?.. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864728
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Innovation, strategic renewal and its effect on small firm performance
Folkeringa, Mickey; Meijaard, Joris; Stel, Adriaan J. van - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2005
In this paper, we investigate the relationship between strategic renewal and the performance of smaller firms (less than 100 employees). We use a panel of micro data on about 1000 Dutch firms. The dataset contains information on aspects of strategic renewal, including process innovation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864983
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Trust and entrepreneurship : a West-East perspective
Welter, Friederike (contributor);  … - 2005
multi-disciplinary approach in researching trust and its importance in entrepreneurship …
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