property invention plays. Then we examine the role of Internetand communications technologies and comment on innovation in this … entrepreneurship and technical and business innovations. Finally, weexplore in more depth review the role that ethnic diaspora play in … encouragingentrepreneurship in developing nations, as well as within the global heart of Internetinnovation and entrepreneurship itself, Silicon …

innovation and entrepreneurship. It compares a current curriculum in product design with a new speculative curriculum, discusses … needed.Innovation is essential to a modern society and, though not a new phenomenon, without it the world in which we live … ways of conceiving innovation and practising it (Bruce, 2007). These new ways need to be catalyzed from a design education …

availability, knowledge and education, risk preferences, profitability, and credit constraints receiving much attention. This paper … explored in panel data for Ethiopia. Historical rainfall distributions are used to identify the counterfactual consumption risk …

assessments of risk and benefit. The results indicate that this relationship is consistent across a variety of products and … product categories. Together, these findings challenge traditional conceptualizations of innovation adoption decision making … and suggest that cognitive models alone are insufficient to explain innovation adoption decisions. The second essay …

Principal topic: Effectuation theory suggests that entrepreneurs develop their new ventures in an iterative way by … already within the firm may be a constraint that is not conducive to innovation, or at least not to a radical innovation …. While it has been suggested that effectuation strategy is more likely to be used by innovative entrepreneurs (Sarasvathy …

(from Introduction): It is often said that if entrepreneurs are the engines that drive new companies, then financing is …

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the integration of entrepreneurship and strategy to develop a conceptual framework … of strategic entrepreneurship. The framework is developed through an analysis of theory and refined through an … compare and contrast strategic entrepreneurship in practice. Findings: The findings reveal distinct elements within the four …

the early stage, more risk orientated business endeavours. This study explores and identifies the investment criteria used … capitalists can enhance their decision-making process and entrepreneurs can adjust their preparation for venture capital … application to maximise their success rate. By alerting entrepreneurs of these criteria, some potentially flawed proposals can be …

background of entrepreneurs, as well as in business and structural variables related to the small- to medium-sized enterprises … to female entrepreneurs and evaluates the advice and support services specifically targeted at female business owners …