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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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The strategy of small firms : strategic management and innovation in the small firm

Mazzarol, Tim; Reboud, Sophie - 2009

Throughout the book, the authors offer a conceptual framework supported by original case study data to explain how and why a small firm should approach strategic planning, the forces influencing the planning process, and the nexus between innovation and planning. The majority of all businesses...

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Managing complexity and change in SMEs : frontiers in European research

Poulfelt, Flemming (contributor); … - 2006

The process of founding new enterprises and making them grow and prosper is a far more convoluted undertaking than it was just a few decades ago. This book explores the complexity faced by today's entrepreneurs. Institutional boundaries, evolutionary perspectives and the intricacies of...

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Diversity in the knowledge economy and society : heterogeneity, innovation and entrepreneurship

Kaloudis, Aris (contributor); … - 2008

The key message of this book is that heterogeneity should be seen as an intrinsic and indispensable element of knowledge systems. The authors address the concept of heterogeneity in a multi-disciplinary fashion, including perspectives from evolutionary economics and innovation system studies,...

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Entrepreneurship, cooperation and the firm : the emergence and survival of high-technology ventures in Europe

Ulijn, J. M. (contributor); Drillon, Dominique (contributor) - 2007

Pt. 1. The role of the individual versus that of the institution -- Pt. 2. The econo-geographic aspects of emergence, cooperation and survival -- Pt. 3. The cultural levels of nation, gender, profession, sector and region in emergence, cooperation and survival.

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A theory of local entrepreneurship in the knowledge economy

Julien, Pierre-André - 2007

pt. 1. Context : the knowledge economy and different dynamics -- pt. 2. The main actors : entrepreneurs, organizations and milieux : their capacity to develop knowledge -- pt. 3. The factors : information, networks and innovation : necessary and sufficient conditions for entrepreneurship -- pt....

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The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship

Acs, Zoltán J. (contributor) - 2010

James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao (1994), 'Expropriation and Inventions: Appropriable Rents in the Absence of Property Rights', American Economic Review, 84 (1), March, 190-209 -- Lynne G. Zucker, Michael R. Darby and Marilynn B. Brewer (1998), 'Intellectual Human Capital and the Birth of U.S....

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Handbook of social capital and regional development

Westlund, Hans (contributor); Larsson, Johan P. (contributor) - 2016

1. Social capital and regional development: an introduction / Hans Westlund and Johan P. Larsson -- 2. Social capital and networks in spatial economies / Börje Johansson -- Part I aspects of entrepreneurship -- 3. Local social entrepreneurship and social capital / Niels Bosma, Veronique...

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Cases in technological entrepreneurship : converting ideas into value

Petti, Claudio (contributor) - 2009

The book examines from different perspectives a number of fundamental issues in the process of transforming technological innovations into profits. Key cases and field insights from distinguished contributors show the role and the practices of government bodies, universities, private investors...

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Innovation and entrepreneurship in biotechnology, an international perspective : concepts, theories and cases

Hine, Damian - 2006 - Pbk. ed

The biotechnology industry across the globe is growing dramatically in line with rapidly emerging scientific and technological developments. This book explores both the theoretical and practical aspects of entrepreneurship in the biotechnology industry, focusing on the innovation processes...

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