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Entrepreneurial small businesses : a resource-based perspective
Shepherd, Dean A. - 2005
The authors of this comprehensive study address why it is that some small firms perform well and others don't, and whether high-performing firms share characteristics that distinguish them from low-performing firms. By exploring bundles of resources and their interaction with other factors, the...
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Handbook of research on family business
Smyrnios, Kosmas (contributor);  … - 2006
: an exploratory study / Kristin Cappuyns -- Family and cultural forces : shaping entrepreneurship and SME development in … Habbershon, Mary Williams, and Ian C. MacMillan -- The family's dynamic role within family business entrepreneurship / Ramona K …
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Does Financing Spur Small Business Productivity? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Krishnan, Karthik - 2014
We analyze how increased access to financing affects firm total factor productivity (TFP) by exploiting a natural experiment following interstate banking deregulations which increased access to bank financing. We find that firms' TFP increases after their states implement these deregulations....
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SME performance : separating myth from reality
Watson, John - 2010
researchers and practitioners. This enlightening book investigates the pitfalls which have affected the assessment of SME …pt. 1. Background -- pt. 2. SME performance -- pt. 3. Comparing the performance of female- and male-controlled SMEs … -- pt. 4. Growth financing for SMEs -- pt. 5. Networking and SME performance -- pt. 6. Conclusions …
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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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Managing complexity and change in SMEs : frontiers in European research
Poulfelt, Flemming (contributor);  … - 2006
sustainability as situated entrepreneurship / Ted Fuller and Lorraine Warren -- 7. Extreme entrepreneurs : challenging the …
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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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Falling Rates and Rising Superstars
Kroen, Thomas; Liu, Ernest; Mian, Atif; Sufi, Amir - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Do low interest rates contribute to the rise in market concentration? Using data on firm financials and high frequency monetary policy shocks, we find that falling interest rates disproportionately benefit industry leaders, especially when the initial interest rate is already low. Falling rates...
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Choosing between Growth and Glory
Belenzon, Sharon - 2018
Prior work has established that the financing environment can impact firm strategy. We argue that this influence can shape the earliest strategic choices of a new venture by creating a potential tradeoff between two objectives: rapid growth and reaping the benefits of a positive reputation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480556
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Firm Dynamics and Financial Development
Arellano, Cristina - 2009
This paper studies the impact of cross-country variation in financial market development on firms' financing choices and growth rates using comprehensive firm-level datasets. We document that in less financially developed economies, small firms grow faster and have lower debt to asset ratios...
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