This conceptual paper examines the issue of integrating CSR at the start-up level with the aim of increasing the firm's ability to identify new opportunities. Both a constraint and an occasion to strengthen the company's legitimacy and competitive advantage, CSR principles and practices are a...

This article examines the performance of incubators because their economic model implies constantly finding external sources of financing. In order to evaluate the performance of incubators in France, we questioned 404 entrepreneurs in 80 incubators. The results show the social utility of...

Concerned by the high rate of failure in ventures, we embarked upon a process of identifying possible explanations for the failures. Combined literature and field research confirmed that the organizational capabilities of the entrepreneurs have been rather overlooked in comparing the successes...

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) target poor people, excluded from the banking system. By giving them starting capital, they should thus enable a greater number of women to create their own business, but also in sectors traditionally reserved for men due to the initial capital they require. Our...

The emergence and development of collaborative networks can be analyzed from different perspectives and different levels of complexity. Collaborative networks are formed and developed as a result of the strategic axes for increasing competitiveness. The dynamics and complexity of the business...

In south and eastern area of Europe impressive military infrastructures had been built during the 20th century which now are abandoned. Redundant army, naval and air force sites offer a range of opportunities to entrepreneurs and to local communities to reconvert old barracks and military sites...