This research examines the innovation process that includes sources, development, and uses of innovation in the field of modern biotechnology. Based on existing literature and primary qualitative data collected from 39 young, small American biotechnology firms we show how biotechnology...

The book explores various aspects of cognitive and motivational psychology as they impact entrepreneurial behavior. Building upon the 2009 volume, Understanding the Entrepreneurial Mind, the editors and contributors explore the cognitions, motivations, passions, intentions, perceptions, and...

The marketplace has rapidly moved into the marketspace. Many companies are rushing to be present without a comprehensive strategy or without a real idea of what can or cannot be done. One of the reasons is that a paradigm shift in marketing and information technology is taking place. Moreover,...

Many of the challenges faced by family-owned businesses develop after the firm has reached a stage of maturity, when the first generation is faced with issues concerning the role of their children in the business and the long-term future of the enterprise. This collection of case studies from...

Chapter 1 Where Have We Been and Where We Should Be Going in Family Business Research -- Chapter 2 Family Business: A Global Perspective from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor -- Chapter 3 Intentions in the Family Business: The Role of Family...

This paper reports on preliminary findings on a study of the relationship of growth and profitability among small privately held Finnish Life Science firms. Previous research results concerning growth and profitability are mixed, ranging from strongly positive to a negative relationship. The...

Introduction -- Reading a Family Business Case -- Case One: Bacardi Limited - A growing family’s firm in a consolidating industry -- Case Two: Thai-Rolls Restaurants - Growth and Delegating Control to Non-Family Management -- Case Three: Seattle Homes and the Waterman Family - Transitions in...

1 Introduction -- 2 How Did Growth Become So Interesting? -- 3 Entrepreneurship, Growth, and High-Growth in Research and Policy -- 4 Measuring growth -- 5 Growth and profit -- 6 Conflicting agendas: Stakeholders, Growth and Profit -- 7 Do Experts Know What Growth Is? Two studies on perception --...