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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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SME Internationalization Processes in a Transitioning Entrepreneurial Economy
Cruz-Carreon, Gilbert - 2006
Researchers need to re-conceptualize their thinking on the internationalization process of smaller firms (Bell, et al 2003). It is therefore the purpose of this study to generate a theoretical contribution to the growing field of International entrepreneurship with a specific focus on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437590
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A resource-based view on organic and acquired growth
McKelvie, Alexander; Wiklund, Johan; Davidsson, Per - 2006
Understanding the sources of business growth is central to both the fields of entrepreneurship and strategy. This is a logical endeavor given the positive macro-level outcomes of firm growth, such as the creation of new jobs, an increase in tax revenues, the provision of innovations, and overall...
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Entrepreneurship as Growth; Growth as Entrepreneurship
Davidsson, Per; Delmar, Frederic; Wiklund, Johan - 2002
Business growth has become a major theme in the rapidly expanding field of entrepreneurship research. Entrepreneurship researchers are not alone, however, in showing an interest in business growth. Therefore, there is reason to ask whether and under what conditions the study of growth really...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438049
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Marketing Buzz: Towards a Framework for Entrepreneurs
Fitzsimmons, Jason R.; Douglas, Evan J.; Steffens, Paul R. - 2007
Despite the increasing recognition of the importance of word of mouth as an integral component of a firms’ marketing efforts, there has been little emphasis on developing suitable guidelines for entrepreneurs who wish to leverage scarce resources by pursuing more innovative marketing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438338
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Territorial organisation of business incentive system in Lithuania (1998-2008)
Smagurauskienė, Ligita - 2011
Disertacijos tikslas – atskleisti verslo skatinimo sistemos teritorinės organizacijos ypatumus Lietuvoje 1998 – 2008 m. Tyrimo objektas – teritorinė verslo paramos sistemos struktūra, jos elementai, formavimosi ir veikimo ypatumai. Šis darbas – mėginimas geografo akimis pažvelgti...
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Territorial organization of business incentive system in Lithuania(1998-2008)
Smagurauskienė, Ligita - 2011
The aim of the dissertation is to reveal the features of the territorial organization of the business support system in Lithuania in 1998 – 2008. The object of the research is the territorial structure of the business support system, its elements, features of its formation and performance....
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Why Don't Well-Educated Adults Understand Accumulation? A Challenge to Researchers, Educators, and Citizens
Cronin, Matthew A.; Gonzalez, Cleotilde; Sterman, John D. - 2008
Accumulation is a fundamental process in dynamic systems: inventory accumulates production less shipments; the national … of simple stock–flow systems. In a series of experiments we demonstrate that poor understanding of accumulation, termed … phenomenon that appears to be rooted in failure to appreciate the most basic principles of accumulation, leading to the use of …
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Essays on High Frequency and Behavioral Finance
Rezania, Omid - 2011
The thesis consists of empirical studies on currency market as well as US equity market. A new volatility estimator …
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Sources of Funding for Australia's Entrepreneurs
Terjesen, Siri A.; Frederick, Howard - 2007
(from Introduction): It is often said that if entrepreneurs are the engines that drive new companies, then financing is the fuel that propels them. The best sources of funding for the newest firms in Australia are bootstrapping (creative ways of launching a business), informal investment...
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