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The importance of gestation process dynamics
Gordon, Scott R. - 2010
entrepreneurship by examining its key antecedents and its consequences for new venture emergence. In doing so we take a behavioural … nascent entrepreneurship we conduct an empirical study of ventures start-ups. Data is drawn from a screened random sample of … gestation process antecedents, we examine specific human capital measured as successful prior experience in entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437616
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The role of human capital and strategic intent in internationalisation scope of new technology-based firms
Coeurderoy, Regis; Davidsson, Per; Tywoniak, Stephane - 2008
This paper explores the internationalization scope of new technology based firms (NTBFs) during their early years of operation. Internationalization is considered as a growth strategy in its own right whose successful implementation requires relevant resources and capabilities. We focus on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437808
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Balanced skills among nascent entrepreneurs
Stuetzer, Michael; Kaya, Maria - 2011
This paper examines the effects and origins of balanced skills among nascent entrepreneurs. In a first step we extend Lazear’s jack-of-all-trades theory to formally model performance effects of balanced skills. In a second step we investigate potential sources of balanced skills related to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437822
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The Hierarchical Structure of the Firm: A Geometric Perspective
Yanes, L. J.; Tang, K.K. - 2006
This paper incorporates hierarchical structure into the neoclassical theory of the firm. Firms are hierarchical in two respects: the organization of workers in production and the wage structure. The firm’s hierarchy is represented as the sector of a circle, where the radius represents the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448598
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A "ruggedised" method for measuring entrepreneurial activity in developing countries
Frederick, Howard - 2010
In July 2009, a team of 38 researchers carried out the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) survey in the Kingdom of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483783
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Finding and filling the gaps in the Australian governments' innovation and entrepreneurship support spectra
Yencken, John; Hindle, Kevin - 2005
thinking about entrepreneurship as the commercialisation component of Australia’s innovation system. The paper explores the … gaps in the support available for the entrepreneurship phase involving the act of new entry. This gap is covered by … servants and politicians about the nature and operation of entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483821
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Entrepreneurship and economic growth : why is New Zealand an outlier? A preliminary analysis
Frederick, Howard - 2005
The literature indicates that entrepreneurship and economic growth are closely and positively associated. For four … if it were to emulate other countries. We make use of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data set, including nascent … entrepreneurship rates for 45 countries over the 2000-2004 period as well as variables from standardised national statistics. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483962
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Innovationen – Performancetreiber undnachhaltiger Wirtschaftsmotor in Deutschland? Festschrift zum 5. Würzburger Wirtschaftssymposium
Schwaneck, Stefan; Glos, Michael; Bofinger, Peter; … - 2008
5. Würzburger Wirtschaftssymposium, 20.11.2008Deutsche Erfindungen verändern die Welt - heute wie vor 500 Jahren. Von Buchdruck, über Dieselmotor, Glühbirne bis hin zu Airbag, Aspirin, Dübel, Fernseher und mp3-Format. Alleine dieser bescheidene Überblick des Phänomens “Made in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433712
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HUMAN CAPITAL AND LABOR FLOWS OUT OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR: EVIDENCE FROM SLOVENIA
Bojnec, Stefan; Dries, Liesbeth; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - 2003
This paper analyses of determinants of agricultural labor flows and the role of human capital in this process on the basis of the Slovenian Labor Force Surveys for the years 1993 to 1999. The household heads living in larger households, having a larger farm size, and working full-time (more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442445
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Knowledge management: Exploring the relationship between human capital and organisation structure capital
Al-Halak, A; Al-Karaghouli, W; Ghoneim, A; Koufopoulos, D - 2010
Human capital and its impact on the organisation structure capital are of paramount importance in the modern business organisations. This research in progress, which investigates and analyses the role that human capital plays in the determination of the organisation structure capital. The study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465564