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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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This article discusses the problem of making practical use of research on entrepreneurship. The introduction deals with … differences can be bridged. Regarding entrepreneurship research specifically it is argued in the following section that there are … side are also to blame. In the next section it is suggested that entrepreneurship research can actually do "A lot of harm …
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empirical instrument for assessing a firm’s degree of entrepreneurship. Our instrument should open up opportunities for … researchers to further evaluate entrepreneurship in existing firms. …
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H. H. Stevenson suggests that firms’ management practices range along a spectrum from highly entrepreneurial to highly administrative. At the entrepreneurial end are promoter firms with a focus on new opportunities and at the administrative end are trustee firms with an inward focus on...
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Edith Penrose’s theory of firm growth postulates that a firm’s current growth rate will be influenced by the adjustment costs of, and changes to a firm’s productive opportunity set arising from, previous growth. Although she explicitly considered the impact of previous organic growth on...
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The research presented here addresses the following problems that we perceive in research on the development of young firms. First, we feel there is a lack of holistic, yet quantifiable and generalizable ways to assess the state of newly started firms. Quantitative research typically relies on...
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This paper investigates the decision making behaviour of individuals with respect to attributes considered relevant to the assessment of potential venture opportunities. Using a decision making experiment, we were able to consider the behaviour of individuals taking into account their risk and...
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