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Successful entrepreneurship : confronting economic theory with empirical practice
Praag, Mirjam van - 2005
Mirjam van Praag compares and contrasts the economic theory of entrepreneurship with determinants of successful … entrepreneurship derived from empirical evidence, in an attempt to discover what makes for an accomplished entrepreneur. The author …'s state-of-the-art historical, theoretical and empirical research on successful entrepreneurship--all from an explicit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851869
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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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Entrepreneurship and business culture
Casson, Mark - 1995
raised in this important volume include cultural perspectives on economic issues, entrepreneurship in a cultural context and … the political economy of national culture. Entrepreneurship and Business Culture presents a state-of-the-art analysis of … entrepreneurship and the social structures in which it is embedded. Together with its companion volume, The Organization of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473751
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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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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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The cutting edge : innovation and entrepreneurship in New Europe
Welter, Friederike (contributor); Aidis, Ruta (contributor) - 2008
diversification and internationalization / Kate Bishop -- 3. 'Matter-of-fact' entrepreneurship : FILKAB joint stock company, Bulgaria …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851911
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Firm mobility and organizational networks : innovation, embeddedness and economic geography
Knoben, Joris - 2008
Joris Knoben illustrates that the number of firm relocations has grown steadily and considerably over the last decade and, at the same time, relationships between organizations have become more important to firm performance. It is often argued that these relationships require geographical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473778
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Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development
Smallbone, David (contributor); Virtanen, Markku (contributor) - 2016
development -- 4. Entrepreneurship and industrial policy in Ireland / Colm O'Gorman and Declan Curran -- 5. Towards Europe: the … becoming better home for "born globals"? / Tõnis Mets -- Part III entrepreneurship and SME policy -- 7. Entrepreneurial …Entrepreneurship and innovation are arguably the main drivers of economic development today. This book explores the two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419809
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A research agenda for entrepreneurship and context
Welter, Friederike (contributor);  … - 2016
. Erin Powell -- 5. The temporal dimension of context / Stephen Lippmann and Howard E. Aldrich -- 6. Entrepreneurship in … conceptualization of context and the real-time emergence of entrepreneurship processes / Denise Fletcher and Paul Selden -- 8 …. Theorizing entrepreneurship in context / Erik Stam -- 9. Methodological approaches towards context-sensitive entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419821
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Research handbook on entrepreneurial teams : theory and practice
Ben-Hafaïedh, Cyrine (contributor);  … - 2017
/ Jean-François Lalonde -- 12. Women empowerment through Government Loaned Entrepreneurship Teams (GLETs) in Kenya / Mary … Wanjiru Kinoti, Moses Kibe Kihiko and Thomas M. Cooney -- 13. Entrepreneurial teams in social entrepreneurship: when team …. Research Handbook on Entrepreneurial Teams expands the boundaries of entrepreneurship literature by examining essential issues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419915