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The role of the marketing function in operations of a construction enterprise: misconceptions and paradigms
Cicmil, Svetlana; Nicholson, Andrew - In: Management Decision 36 (1998) 2, pp. 96-101
Elaborates on specific realities of the construction environment, and of management and operations of growing … inherent inward‐oriented management attitudes with increased understanding of the complex and changing construction environment …
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Entrepreneurial firms as suppliers in business‐to‐business e‐commerce
Mullane, John V.; Peters, Michael H.; Bullington, Kimball E. - In: Management Decision 39 (2001) 5, pp. 388-393
Business‐to‐business (B2B) e‐commerce activity provides many growth opportunities for firms willing to explore this new approach. While B2B is often considered the domain of larger firms, the potential benefits of access to new clients, access to new global markets, and product line...
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Business plans for new or small businesses: paving the path to success
Hormozi, Amir M.; Sutton, Gail S.; McMinn, Robert D.; … - In: Management Decision 40 (2002) 8, pp. 755-763
Planning plays an important role in determining the degree of success realized by a new or small business. Essential elements to business success are identification of goals, followed by development of strategies to meet those goals. A business plan is an effective tool used by businesses to...
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The representativeness heuristic in judgements involving entrepreneurial success and failure
Wickham, Philip A. - In: Management Decision 41 (2003) 2, pp. 156-167
The representativeness heuristic generates a decision‐bias encouraging over‐estimation of the probability of low likelihood events when they are associated with strongly context representative propositions. An experimental investigation into decision making by final year business...
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Entrepreneurship research
Audretsch, David - In: Management Decision 50 (2012) 5, pp. 755-764
Purpose – With the rapid emergence of scholarly thinking and analysis about entrepreneurship has come a multiplicity of … heterogeneous with respect to approaches, methodologies and even the understanding about what exactly constitutes entrepreneurship …. The purpose of this paper is to try to reconcile the different approaches and views about entrepreneurship that are …
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The role of market and technological knowledge in recognizing entrepreneurial opportunities
Siegel, Donald S.; Renko, Maija - In: Management Decision 50 (2012) 5, pp. 797-816
Purpose – Opportunity recognition is an important aspect on entrepreneurship, especially for technology‐based ventures …
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Entrepreneurship and open innovation in an emerging economy
Chaston, Ian; Scott, Gregory J. - In: Management Decision 50 (2012) 7, pp. 1161-1177
Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine the performance of firms in Peru in relation to entrepreneurial orientation and involvement in open innovation. Design/methodology/approach – Data were acquired through a survey of middle and senior managers employed in Peruvian companies....
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Perception of entrepreneurial opportunity: a general framework
Renko, Maija; Shrader, Rodney C.; Simon, Mark - In: Management Decision 50 (2012) 7, pp. 1233-1251
is developed, based on previous literature and insights from entrepreneurship, economics, psychology and related …
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Transnational and Immigrant Entrepreneurship in a Globalized World
Carmona, Pedro - In: Management Decision 50 (2012) 8, pp. 1500-1502
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014933291
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Economic freedom and entrepreneurial activity
Carlos Díaz‐Casero, Juan; Ángel Manuel … - In: Management Decision 50 (2012) 9, pp. 1686-1711
Entrepreneurship Monitor) reports and from the Index of Economic Freedom published by The Heritage Foundation from 1995 to 2009. The … indicates that entrepreneurship by opportunity increases in the group of Innovation‐Driven Economies with smaller “government …
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