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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851822
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850685
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851121
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851342
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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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Necessity entrepreneurs : microenterprise education and economic development
Brewer, Jeremi (contributor); Gibson, Stephen W. (contributor) - 2014
'This groundbreaking exploration of the concept of necessity entrepreneurship cuts to the heart of the culture wars … entrepreneurship, microenterprise education and long-term economic development. An estimated one billion individuals in both developed … respective nations. This volume is the foundation upon which the budding discipline of necessity entrepreneurship can be built …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850816
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Handbook of microcredit in Europe : social inclusion through microenterprise development
Stein, Alex (contributor); Jayo Carboni, Barbara (contributor) - 2010
1. The microcredit sector in the United Kingdom : the role of CDFIs / Niamh Goggin, Karl Dayson and Sarah McGeehan -- 2. Microcredit in France : financial support for social inclusion / Stefanie Lämmermann -- 3. The microcredit sector in Italy : small initiatives in a dynamic scenario / Simone...
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