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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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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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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...

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Navigating entrepreneurial contexts : frontiers in European entrepreneurship research

Cannavacciuolo, Lorella (ed.); Costa, Sílvia (ed.); … - 2024 - First

"Navigating Entrepreneurial Contexts highlights the critical importance of understanding and adapting entrepreneurship … nuanced interplay between entrepreneurship and context, illustrating how entrepreneurs not only shape and construct their … discovery of hidden aspects crucial for advancing entrepreneurship studies. Chapters delve into contextual factors that drive …

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Research handbook on alternative finance

Allen, Franklin (ed.); Qian, Meijun (ed.) - 2024

"Promoting a comparative perspective, this comprehensive Research Handbook aids in the understanding of alternative finance and its values in a global setting. Readers are encouraged to view alternative finance through the lens of economic mechanisms rather than terminology. Providing a holistic...

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Fast growing firms in a slow growth economy : institutional conditions for innovation

Visintin, Francesca (contributor); … - 2016

for SMEs growth / D. Lauto G. Pittino and F. Visintin -- Part I the context -- 2. Entrepreneurship and technological …. Micro-context and institutional entrepreneurship: multiple case studies and innovative start-ups / D. Giacomini, C. Muzzi, S …. 'reassembling the social', in entrepreneurial innovation and academic entrepreneurship studies: the 'amphibious scientists …

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Handbook of research on European business and entrepreneurship : towards a theory of internationalization

Dana, Leo Paul (contributor) - 2008

book identifies patterns and builds a theory of international entrepreneurship in Europe …

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Innovation strategies and performance in small firms

Baldwin, John R. - 2003

John Baldwin and Guy Gellatly find that the strategic decisions young firms make play a critical role in determining their odds for survival and growth. New small firms survive by developing a core set of business skills – skills related inter alia to management, human resources, marketing and...

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Internationalization, entrepreneurship and the smaller firm : evidence from around the world

Jones, Marian V. (contributor) - 2009

1. Introduction. SME internationalization : current themes of study and modern challenges / Marian V. Jones ... [et al … -- 13. International new ventures : a new organizational form? / Rod B. McNaughton -- 14. Conclusion. SME …

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