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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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Leading Women Entrepreneurs of Thailand

Terjesen, Siri A.; Hatcher, Caroline A.; Wysocki, Tatiana; … - 2007

entrepreneurship in Thailand. Next, we describe relational theory in the context of female entrepreneurship, paying particular … Bruin, Brush & Welter 2006), particularly to highly successful "gazelle" entrepreneurs. Extant female entrepreneurship … entrepreneurship that take into account the role of culture (Hayton, George & Zahra, 2002) and are of a qualitative nature (Gartner …

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La Vita Imprenditoriale: Female and Male Entrepreneurs in Italy

Terjesen, Siri A.; Ratten, Vanessa - 2007

Female entrepreneurship is growing (OECD, 2000) with some estimates that this growth exceeds that of most economies …. This research answers calls for studies of gender and entrepreneurship (Brush, 1992; Bird & Brush, 2002), and the supply …

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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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Entrepreneurs and intertemporal decision making

Fitzsimmons, Jason R.; Davidsson, Per - 2006

This paper investigates the decision making behaviour of individuals with respect to attributes considered relevant to the assessment of potential venture opportunities. Using a decision making experiment, we were able to consider the behaviour of individuals taking into account their risk and...

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A Choice Modelling Approach to Predict Entrepreneurial Intentions from Attitudes and Perceived Abilities

Steffens, Paul R.; Fitzsimmons, Jason R.; Douglas, Evan J. - 2006

-choice modeling. The attributes in the model are based on the economic factors as previously identified in the entrepreneurship …

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