Examines the internal corporate venturing process by comparing trial-and-error learning with action persistence. The model developed focuses on two key concepts – uncertainty and ambiguity. To examine numerous hypotheses that result from this model, data were gathered from a venture within a...

Evaluates the factors influencing the successful startup of new firms from three different perspectives: entrepreneurial, organizational, and ecological. Firm performance and development stages of the new ventures are also examined. Data are drawn from on-site interviews with and questionnaire...