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Entrepreneurship programs, operational efficiency and growth of small businesses

Ayinla Alarape, Aderemi - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 1 (2007) 3, pp. 222-239

entrepreneurship programs on operational efficiency and growth of small businesses. Design/methodology/approach – It is a cross … businesses, whose owner‐managers who have the experience of participating in entrepreneurship programs, exhibited superior … entrepreneurship programs on performance of small businesses. Practical implications – There is a need to improve the managerial …

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Overcoming entrepreneurship development constraints: the case of Bangladesh

Chowdhury, Mohammed S. - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 1 (2007) 3, pp. 240-251

) in Bangladesh and suggests measures to remove the constraints to entrepreneurship development. Design … does not include a region comprising many cities. Originality/value – Built on theories and researches on entrepreneurship … identification of implementable strategies and approaches necessary for the promotion and strengthening of entrepreneurship in …

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Environmental uncertainty and vertical integration in a small business network

Charlebois, Sylvain; Camp, Ronald D. - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 1 (2007) 3, pp. 252-267

Purpose – The paper intends to identify and explain key managerial principles for vertical integration in the cattle industry during a key period of environment uncertainty. Design/methodology/approach – Following Yin's advice on using case studies for exploratory theory development, this...

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Walking a tightrope between artistry and entrepreneurship

Berglund, Karin; Dahlin, Maria; Johansson, Anders W. - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 1 (2007) 3, pp. 268-284

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to challenge a traditional image of the content of entrepreneurship, which is … observations. Taking this story as the point of departure, an alternative image of entrepreneurship is suggested. Findings – First … illustrative to the content of entrepreneurship than finding the true identity of the hero entrepreneur. Third, discovery …

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Challenges faced by rural/remote tourism businesses on Vancouver Island: an exploratory study

Siemens, Lynne - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 1 (2007) 4, pp. 308-320

Purpose – This paper seeks to explore the challenges faced by tourism businesses and the methods used by the business owners to respond to these within rural areas of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and nearby smaller islands. There has been little consideration of both the...

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Seeds to Success: tough business decisions in a non‐profit environment

Samaras, Steven A. - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 1 (2007) 4, pp. 352-381

organizations and how social entrepreneurship can lead to creative solutions. Design/methodology/approach – The information …

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Entrepreneurial and market orientation relationship to performance

Todorovic, Zelimir William; Ma, Jun - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 2 (2008) 1, pp. 21-36

Purpose – First, this paper aims to examine the role culture plays on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and market orientation (MO) and its consequent impact on firm organizational performance. Second, the nature of the EO‐MO correlation itself and its effect on...

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Factors influencing entrepreneurial intensity in communities

Heilbrunn, Sibylle - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 2 (2008) 1, pp. 37-51

communities in terms of frequency, degree and intensity of entrepreneurship. Organizational size and age have an impact on … environments and entrepreneurship. The major research limitation of this paper constitutes the fact that only Kibbutz communities … of community entrepreneurship. …

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Resource configuration and creative practices of community entrepreneurs

Jarl Borch, Odd; Førde, Anniken; Rønning, Lars; … - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 2 (2008) 2, pp. 100-123

entrepreneurship. It seeks to emphasize the social context as critical for gaining access to the resources needed by a community … contributes to the field of entrepreneurship by studying community entrepreneurs and their entrepreneurial ventures. Further, an …

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Membertou First Nation indigenous people succeeding as entrepreneurs

Johnstone, Harvey - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 2 (2008) 2, pp. 140-150

to the literature of entrepreneurship and small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises. Design/methodology/approach – The paper … development. It then considers their objective to further promote entrepreneurship within in the community. Findings – The … foresee some potential barriers and underscore the real complexity of issues that arise when development and entrepreneurship …

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