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Entrepreneurship training, risk aversion and other personality traits: Evidence from a random experiment
Fairlie, Robert W.; Holleran, William - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 33 (2012) 2, pp. 366-378
A growing literature examines the relationship between personality traits and entrepreneurship, but no previous studies … explore whether personality or psychological traits predispose individuals to benefit more from entrepreneurship training. To … address selection issues, we use novel data from the largest-ever randomized control experiment providing entrepreneurship …
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The performance of young firms: patterns of evolution in the growth-profitability space
Steffens, Paul R.; Davidsson, Per; Fitzsimmons, Jason R. - 2006
The aim of this paper is to provide a better understanding of the evolution of small firm performance. We do so by studying performance changes on a two dimensional "growth– profitability performance space". It is well established that both growth and profitability are important dimensions of...
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Growth and Profitability in Small and Medium Sized Australian Firms
Fitzsimmons, Jason R.; Steffens, Paul R.; Douglas, Evan J. - 2005
This study investigated the longitudinal behaviour of growth rates and profitability for a large sample of Australian firms. Similar to previous studies, growth rates were found to be much more volatile than profitability measures. Using a regression equation with lagged profit and growth...
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Why, how, what for? : motivations, actions and expectations in habitual entrepreneurship
Gordon, Scott R.; Steffens, Paul R. - 2009
Principal topic: Is habitual entrepreneurship different? Answering this is important to the field, however there is … entrepreneurship may be motivated by a desire for growth. While idea driven motivations might not delineate a distinction during … finding informs practitioners considering entrepreneurship for the first time. …
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Novice vs habitual entrepreneurship : differences in motivations, actions and expectations
Gordon, Scott R.; Davidsson, Per; Steffens, Paul R. - 2009
This research examines habitual entrepreneurship as undertaken by those currently creating a new firm and those who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437641
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The comprehensive Australian Study of entrepreneurial emergence (CAUSEE) high potential nascent entrepreneurs : some preliminary findings
Senyard, Julienne M.; Davidsson, Per; Gordon, Scott R.; … - 2009
, Patent and Trademark Attorneys, Government Awards and Industry Awards in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Industry lead …
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Introduction to Australian Study of Entrepreneurship Emergence (CAUSEE)
Davidsson, Per; Steffens, Paul R.; Gordon, Scott R. - 2008
This study utilizes the Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE) to examine the entrepreneurial process of nascent entrepreneurs in internet-based ventures (IBVs) compared to other start-ups, here called brick & mortar ventures (BMVs). Internet-based firms are a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437695
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Operationalising the resource based view for nascent and young firms : development of a scale for resource advantage and disadvantages
Steffens, Paul R. - 2008
opportunity for researchers to better operationalise RBV theory in studies within the domain of entrepreneurship. Cost (4 items; 0 … opportunity for researchers to better operationalise RBV theory in studies within the domain of entrepreneurship … increasingly drawn on within Strategic Management. While theoretical contributions appling RBV in the domain of entrepreneurship …
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Attractiveness of venture ideas : a conjoint study
Semasinge, Dissanayake; Davidsson, Per; Steffens, Paul R. - 2010
Principal Topic : According to Shane & Venkataraman (2000) entrepreneurship consists of the recognition and … venture ideas is at the heart of entrepreneurship research. Substantial research has been done on venture ideas in order to … ideas. Sarasvathy's (2001) Effectuation theory proposes a high degree of relatedness between venture ideas and the resource …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437968
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Do strategy choices matter for nascent firms? A study on effectuation and causation impacts on new ventures outcomes
Garonne, Christophe; Davidsson, Per; Steffens, Paul R. - 2010
Principal Topic : Nascent entrepreneurship has drawn the attention of scholars in the last few years (Davidsson, 2006 … the predictions of effectuation theory is effectuation is more likely to be used by entrepreneurs early in the venture … that this study is important to the field of entrepreneurship as it provides some much needed insights on the processes …
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