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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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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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Towards a Dynamic Theory for the Spatial Knowledge Economy

Karlsson, Charlie; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2004

literature does not provide a comprehensive picture and we are indeed lacking a “general theory” of the knowledge economy …

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Relating entrepreneurship to economic growth

Karlsson, Charlie; Friis, Christian; Paulsson, Thomas - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2004

The entrepreneur is an elusive character in economic theory due to the difficulty of providing an accurate description …. It appears impossible to produce a single definition of entrepreneurship and most theoretical approaches yield … concept. Numerous empirical studies have examined the effects of entrepreneurship, but few studies have been undertaken in …

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