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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RUSSIA
Aidis, Ruta; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - School of Slavonic and East European Studies <London> - 2008
This paper presents an account of the environment faced by entrepreneurs in Russia. Insection one we give a brief introduction to the country which is followed by theoverview of a public policy on small and medium enterprises in the next section. Thecurrent state of SMEs and some particularities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005868081
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GROWTH EXPECTATIONS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCEOF SMALL BUSINESSES. EVIDENCE FROM LATVIA
Aidis, Ruta; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Sauka, Arnis - Centre for Comparative Economics <London> - 2010
By applying regulatory focus theory, this paper investigates the impact of both initialconfidence and of exactness of growth expectations on subsequent financialperformance of the small firms. Drawing on the unique data set based on the repeatedsurvey design, we make one of the first attempts to...
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Entrepreneurship in Transition Countries:A Review
Aidis, Ruta - Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Change in … - 2005
illustrates that as the transition process progresses, entrepreneurship development intransition countries is a story of … increasing divergence. The transitional context providesunique opportunities for entrepreneurship activities to develop. However …-based entrepreneurship as the free-market system matures within acontext with low levels of SMEs and inherited negative views towards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005868155
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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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Research handbook on entrepreneurial finance
Hussain, Javed G. (ed.); Scott, Jonathan M. (ed.) - 2015
technological entrepreneurship : the case of government-backed venture capital in China / Jun Li -- 12. Informal lenders and small …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850962