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Enhancing Corporate Governance in High-Growth Entrepreneurial Firms

Ahn, Mark J. - In: International Journal of Innovation and Technology … 11 (2014) 06, pp. 1450038-1

This study explores how new ventures access advice to achieve high growth and sustainable performance. A relational model of three important themes — compliance (regulatory and legal governance), contacts (networks of suppliers, customers, investors), and content (strategic insights) —...

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Palveluyrittäjyys kasvaa nopeimmin ja työllistää eniten

Rouvinen, Petri; Ylä-Anttila, Pekka - 2004

This report studies start-ups and entrepreneurship particularly in services. The report is largely based on a survey targeted to Finnish businesses established in October 2003. The Finnish total entrepreneurial activity is relatively low in international comparison. Furthermore, established...

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Diversity as a motive for entrepreneurship?: The case of gender, culture and ethnicity

Alexandre-Leclair, Laurice - In: Journal of Innovation Economics n°14 (2014) 2, pp. 157-175

Diversity is increasingly considered as a motive for entrepreneurship. In our article, we set the hypothesis that … diversity positively affects self-employment. In order to validate our hypothesis, we discuss two literature reviews: the first … one about the link between culture, ethnicity and entrepreneurship and the other one about gender and entrepreneurship. We …

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Corporate governance practices of Malaysian Chinese family owned business

Goh, Kian Seng - 2008

This research focused on the Chinese family owned businesses listed on the Bursa Malaysia?s Main Board, Second Board and Mesdaq. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches, this research was largely exploratory in nature. The objectives were to determine the adequacy of...

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Une approche critique de la gouvernance d'entreprise : les chaebols coréens entre gouvernance familiale et gouvernementalité

Pluchart, Jean-Jacques - In: Vie & sciences de l'entreprise : VSE ; la revue de … 198 (2014), pp. 115-136

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Corporate Governance and the Praxeology of the Owner-Capitalist-Entrepreneur. Recollecting Thoughts from the Modern Austrian School of Economics

JORA, Octavian-Dragomir; IACOB, Mihaela - In: REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF … 13 (2012) 3, pp. 353-365

Traditional literature regarding “corporate governance” finds the “tension between ownership and management” (as it was shaped by the agency theory) to be a node in the logic of what should be the answer to the question “how the structure of the corporation property can be designated...

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Italian industrial districts: crisis or evolution?

Iannuzzi, Elio; Berardi, Massimiliano - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 1, pp. 23-36

Since the 1980s, many Italian industrial districts have pointed out a loss of competitiveness, a slow down of growth and even a lack of resources, which were not entirely due to mere negative market business cycles. The research paper, after a brief introduction concerning the main features of...

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Entrepreneurial Access and Absorption of Knowledge Spillovers: Strategic Board and Managerial Composition for Competitive Advantage

Audretsch, David B; Lehmann, Erik E - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

The resource theory of the firm implies that knowledge is a key resource bestowing a competitive advantage for entrepreneurial firms. However, it remains rather unclear up to now, how new ventures and small business can access knowledge resources. The purpose of this paper is to suggest two...

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Raising Greece's Potential Output Growth

Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki; Ziegelschmidt, Helmut - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005

This Working Paper looks at structural policies which would improve Greece’s long-term economic performance and help speed economic and social convergence with average European Union member countries. It focuses on a number of key areas which are particularly important for rapid growth as they...

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Debt or Equity? The Role of Venture Capital in Financing the New Economy in Germany

Audretsch, David B; Lehmann, Erik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Using a dataset of the firms listed on the Neuer Markt in Germany, this Paper demonstrates that venture backed firms differ from firms with other financial resources, especially debt. Thus, the results of this study provide evidence for the hypothesis that small and innovative firms are more...

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