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The performance of young firms: patterns of evolution in the growth-profitability space

Steffens, Paul R.; Davidsson, Per; Fitzsimmons, Jason R. - 2006

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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Determinants of the prevalence of start-ups and high-growth firms

Davidsson, Per; Henrekson, Magnus - 2002

include: missing arenas for entrepreneurship in the care sectors and for household-related services, taxation of …

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Staffing Practices in Australian ICT Micro-Firms: growing virtual?

Twyoniak, Stephane; Burrows, Terrena M. - 2007

Human Resource Management (HRM) research, theory and practice overwhelming views the staffing of firms as a series of discrete functional activities, such as recruitment, selection and training. In this study, we investigate how organisation theory, specifically transaction cost economics (TCE),...

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Leading Women Entrepreneurs of Thailand

Terjesen, Siri A.; Hatcher, Caroline A.; Wysocki, Tatiana; … - 2007

Bruin, Brush & Welter 2006), particularly to highly successful "gazelle" entrepreneurs. Extant female entrepreneurship … entrepreneurship that take into account the role of culture (Hayton, George & Zahra, 2002) and are of a qualitative nature (Gartner … entrepreneurship in Thailand. Next, we describe relational theory in the context of female entrepreneurship, paying particular …

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New Venture Survival: Ignorance, External Shocks, and Risk Reduction Strategies

Shepherd, Dean A.; Douglas, Evan J.; Shanley, Mark - 2000

Although scholars have long recognized the increased mortality risk that new ventures face in terms of a "liability of newness," most of the discussion around this risk has been in terms of the contextual constraints that new ventures face and the difficulties that managers have in overcoming...

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Why Reinvent the Wheel? The Efficacy of the Systematic Problem Solving Method 'TRIZ' and it Value for Innovation in Engineering and Implications for Engineering Management

Thomond, Peter N.; Filmore, Paul R. - 2005

The engineering industry needs to be more innovative. A case study of a recent breakthrough innovative development by Michelin is discussed. The influence of prior training with systematic problem solving method TRIZ, on the innovation team, is assessed using a questionnaire. The questionnaire...

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Disruptive Innovation: Enabling Practitioners to Tackle the "Innovators Dilemma" With Graphical Techniques - A Focus on Resource Allocation

Thomond, Peter N.; Lettice, Fiona; Herzberg, Torsten - 2004

This paper presents the findings of part of a 30 month investigation, conducted to better understand the persistent failure of management practitioners to fund potentially disruptive innovations. A Mode 2 case study strategy was employed. The iterative transfer of knowledge, between four...

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Valuing technology investments: use real options thinking but forget real options valuation

Steffens, Paul R.; Douglas, Evan J. - 2007

Real options valuation (ROV) has recently been proposed as a promising solution to the deficiencies of traditional valuation methods when facing risky technology investments or ventures. Indeed ?real option thinking? - the managerial flexibility to capitalise on opportunities when they arise...

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Organic and acquisitive employment growth : re-examining,testing and extending Penrose's Growth Theory.

Lockett, Andy; Wiklund, Johan; Davidsson, Per; Girma, … - 2011

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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Why, how, what for? : motivations, actions and expectations in habitual entrepreneurship

Gordon, Scott R.; Steffens, Paul R. - 2009

Principal topic: Is habitual entrepreneurship different? Answering this is important to the field, however there is … entrepreneurship may be motivated by a desire for growth. While idea driven motivations might not delineate a distinction during … finding informs practitioners considering entrepreneurship for the first time. …

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