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Networking Activities and Growth of Newly Founded Firms under Incubation
Demirgil, Hakan; Karaoz, Murat; Baptista, Rui; Sungur, Onur - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The network approach to entrepreneurship has become a notable theoretical perspective within the literature. Networking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111044
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Financing the Start-up and Operation of Immigrant-owned Businesses: the path taken by African Immigrants in the Cape Town Metropolitan Area of South Africa.
Tengeh, Robertson Khan; Ballard, Harry; Slabbert, Andre - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Drawing a sample of 135 successful African immigrant-owned businesses, this paper sets out to investigate how their owners acquired the necessary capital for start-up and growth thereafter. The paper was designed within the quantitative and qualitative research paradigms, in which a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259174
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The way things are done here – Polish entrepreneurship - having endowned heritage or burden?
Starnawska, Marzena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Using case study analysis based on in-depth interviews we aim to extend the entrepreneurship research in transition … context in Poland. Entrepreneurship models build in America and Western Europe do not picture the specifics of … entrepreneurship in transition economies. The author reviews concepts and theses on entrepreneurship in this context and argues that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259343
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Capital-as-a-Service?
Rosa, Frederico - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The global financial crisis of 2007-2008 changed the landscape of financing a business, affecting all projects that are looking for growth based on access to capital. Non-bank finance and new forms of equity access started to emerge not only for attractive born-global start-ups but also for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259491
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Balanced skills among nascent entrepreneurs
Stuetzer, Michael; Obschonka, Martin; Schmitt-Rodermund, Eva - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper examines the effects and origins of balanced skills among nascent entrepreneurs. In a first step we apply Lazear’s jack-of-all-trades theory to investigate performance effects of a balanced skill set. Second, we investigate potential sources of balanced skills, thereby testing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260930
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"Trying" to be Entrepreneurial
Brannback, Malin; Krueger, Norris; Carsrud, Alan; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
If we are to understand how entrepreneurial intentions evolve, we must embrace theories reflecting the inherent dynamics of human decision making. While the dominant model of entrepreneurial intentions remains invaluable, capturing the dynamics is necessary to advance our understanding of how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260177
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Entrepreneurship: what´s happening?
Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Much has been said lately about entrepreneurship, so it seems important to leave here some personal analysis on this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009211239
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Entrepreneurship: some considerations
Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In this work it is presented some considerations about entrepreneurship. Most of these questions are linked with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009211241
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Nanotechnology and business opportunities: scenarios as awareness instrument
Knol, Erik - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
For a few years now, nanotechnology has been recognised as a promising new growth innovator. This leads to a shift from the exploration of nanotechnology knowledge towards a phase of exploitation. The coming years this commercialisation of nanotechnology will be extended. Nanotechnology is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644774
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Financial Development, Gender and Entrepreneurship
Llussá, Fernanda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
: access to financial services. We use a dataset with entrepreneurship rates by opportunity and by need from the Global … Entrepreneurship Monitor and indicators of financial institutions from Beck, Demirgüç-Kunt and Levine (2000) for 41 developed and … entrepreneurial activity, is unlikely, by itself, to contribute to bring male and female entrepreneurship rates closer together …
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