The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of entrepreneurial networking and innovation in fostering the … entrepreneurial networking and innovation are significant predictors of small business performance. Results also indicate that … innovation partially mediates the relationship between entrepreneurial networking and the performance of small businesses. As …

innovations on entrepreneurs' competencies and the sustainability of SMEs in Tanzania. The study applied a cross-sectional design … equation modeling (SEM) in doing a confirmatory factor analysis and a path analysis. The findings show that entrepreneurs …' competencies have positive and significant effects on entrepreneurial innovations, and the effects of entrepreneurial innovation on …

investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … entrepreneurship are on the right track, but investment in knowledge-based capital could be made a more dynamic source of growth and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains …

innovation premium among large firms. A battery of tests shows that this innovation premium among small firms is explained by … risk. Our findings, which are based on a simple measure to identify innovative firms, are in contrast with previous papers … that attribute higher returns to innovation to investor underreaction. We argue that an innovation premium exists among …

criteria for the selection of Prize candidates and Award Winning contributions. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Research …The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research was instituted in 1996, and it is now firmly … further: The name is changed to The Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, the Prize sum is roughly doubled to 100 …