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The Antecedents of Workaholism and other Work Behaviors

Douglas, Evan J.; Morris, Robyn J. - 2006

This paper presents a conceptual model of the work effort decision of individuals and thereby advances our understanding of workaholism and other patterns of high or low work involvement and high or low work enjoyment. Researchers have categorized eight main types of work behaviors using the...

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Clarifying the Business Model Construct

Abd Aziz, Sumaiyah; Fitzsimmons, Jason R.; Douglas, Evan J. - 2008

is now being emphasized in the entrepreneurship literature. Much of the research on business models has focused on …

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The performance of young firms: patterns of evolution in the growth-profitability space

Steffens, Paul R.; Davidsson, Per; Fitzsimmons, Jason R. - 2006

The aim of this paper is to provide a better understanding of the evolution of small firm performance. We do so by studying performance changes on a two dimensional "growth– profitability performance space". It is well established that both growth and profitability are important dimensions of...

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Growth and Profitability in Small and Medium Sized Australian Firms

Fitzsimmons, Jason R.; Steffens, Paul R.; Douglas, Evan J. - 2005

This study investigated the longitudinal behaviour of growth rates and profitability for a large sample of Australian firms. Similar to previous studies, growth rates were found to be much more volatile than profitability measures. Using a regression equation with lagged profit and growth...

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Entrepreneurial Intentions towards Individual vs. Corporate Entrepreneurship

Fitzsimmons, Jason R.; Douglas, Evan J. - 2005

engage in individual entrepreneurship or corporate entrepreneurship having different attitudinal antecedents, with one of the …

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The Simple Analytics of the Principle-Agent Incentive Contract

Douglas, Evan J. - 1989

The traditional theory of the firm, as presented in virtually all economics textbooks, implicitly treats the firm as an …

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New Venture Survival: Ignorance, External Shocks, and Risk Reduction Strategies

Shepherd, Dean A.; Douglas, Evan J.; Shanley, Mark - 2000

Although scholars have long recognized the increased mortality risk that new ventures face in terms of a "liability of newness," most of the discussion around this risk has been in terms of the contextual constraints that new ventures face and the difficulties that managers have in overcoming...

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The Impact of Debt and Equity on the Decision to be Self-employed – an Economics Perspective

Douglas, Evan J.; Shepherd, Dean - 2003

This paper substantially extends recent work on the decision to become a self-employed entrepreneur rather than to be an employee of an organization. To enter self-employment typically requires access to financial capital. This article investigates the costs and benefits of different sources of...

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Intrapreneurship in Australian Firms

Fitsimmons, Jason R.; Douglas, Evan J.; Antoncic, Bostjan; … - 2004

This paper reports on the nature and extent of intrapreneurship (or corporate entrepreneurship) practiced by Australian … businesses. We examined the relationship between measures of corporate entrepreneurship and firm growth and profitability, and … utilized measures devised by earlier 3 researchers attempting to assess corporate entrepreneurship, viz: new business venturing …

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Marketing Buzz: Towards a Framework for Entrepreneurs

Fitzsimmons, Jason R.; Douglas, Evan J.; Steffens, Paul R. - 2007

Despite the increasing recognition of the importance of word of mouth as an integral component of a firms’ marketing efforts, there has been little emphasis on developing suitable guidelines for entrepreneurs who wish to leverage scarce resources by pursuing more innovative marketing...

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