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Performance configurations over time : implications for growth and profit oriented strategies
Steffens, Paul R.; Davidsson, Per; Fitzsimmons, Jason R. - 2009
Strategic entrepreneurship can be described as simultaneous opportunity seeking and advantage seeking. Younger firms are generally more flexible and therefore enjoy 'discovery advantages', whereas established firms tend to be resource rich and more experienced and consequently enjoy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483219
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Empirical analysis of growth factors using Swedish data
Davidsson, Per; Kirchhoff, Bruce; Hatemi-J, Abdulnasser; … - 2002
Empirical research conducted on economic sectors in the U.S., Germany, Australia and Scotland has shown that factors such as age, size, location, legal form, and industry are related to business growth rates. Much of this research has focused on manufacturing firms thus providing little...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437729
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Philo : PharmaInnovationsLotse ; ihr Weg zum erfolgreichen Open Innovation Management
Adelhelm, Silvia; Braun, Andreas; Müller, Elisabeth; … - 2011
Innovationsmanager in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) der Pharmaindustrie bei der Einführung des Open Innovation Managements zu … Berücksichtigung der Anforderungen von Pharma-KMU zu analysieren und (2) daraus abgeleitet ein Konzept zur Implementierung von Open … Innovation bei Pharma-KMU zu entwickeln.Der Ausgangspunkt des Projektes war die Erkenntnis, dass die Life Sciences-Branche im …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449047
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Barriers to Innovation in SMEs: Can the Internationalization of R&D Mitigate their Effects?
Tiwari, Rajnish; Buse, Stephan - 2007
Technological advancements, especially in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have enhanced greatly the competition spurred by the globalization of the world economies. Even small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are no more immune to the challenges that the globalization brings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457681
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Wirkung föderaler Strukturen in der staatlichen Innovationsförderung ; Effects of federal structures on public innovation support
Becker, Lasse - 2015
Ländern erreicht dabei KMU als Unternehmen mit Problemen bei der Innovationstätigkeit signifikant besser als andere Ebenen …
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Interpreting Performance in Research on Independent Entrepreneurship
Davidsson, Per - 2007
The performance of the often young and independent businesses studies in entrepreneurship research is not only difficult to assess (Brush & Vanderwerf, 1992) and hard to predict (Cooper, 1995), but also a challenge to interpret. Is discontinuation a sign of failure, and always a worse outcome...
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Intrapreneurship in Australian Firms
Fitsimmons, Jason R.; Douglas, Evan J.; Antoncic, Bostjan; … - 2004
This paper reports on the nature and extent of intrapreneurship (or corporate entrepreneurship) practiced by Australian businesses. We examined the relationship between measures of corporate entrepreneurship and firm growth and profitability, and utilized measures devised by earlier 3...
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Firm Size Expectations of Nascent Entrepreneurs
Delmar, Frederic; Davidsson, Per; Aronsson, Magnus - 1999
The purpose of this paper was to examine the factors affecting the future firm size expectations of nascent entrepreneurs. This was done by testing a decision model on a unique data set composed of a random sample of nascent entrepreneurs. The proposed model is based on four different components...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438334
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The effect of credit on growth and convergence of firms in Kenyan manufacturing
Nkurunziza, Janvier Désiré - 2005
Although some recent studies have analysed issues relating to credit in African manufacturing, they have not directly tested for the effect of credit on firm growth. The use of bank credit can affect firm growth in two opposite ways. The effect may be positive if credit allows a firm to address...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441506
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Pengaruh Karakteristik Perusahaan Terhadap Struktur Modal (Studi Empiris Pada Perusahaan Manufaktur Yang Terdaftar Di Bursa Efek Indonesia Periode 2007-2009)
Putra, Pasca Dwi - 2011
This research aims to examine the influence of firm Growth, Investment Opportunity Set, Profitability, Business Risk, Firm Size, Structure Assets, and Operating Leverage on the capital structure in the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2007 to 2009. This type of research was the hypothesis testing...
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