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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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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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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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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 …

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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 Russel - 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 (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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Sustaining growth and performance in East Asia : the role of small and medium sized enterprises

Lee, Boon-Chye (contributor); Harvie, Charles (contributor) - 2004

This third book in the series focuses on how small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute to achieving and sustaining growth and performance in their economies, as well as the ways in which governments can assist and enhance that contribution. This is of particular concern given the...

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