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European explorers, entrepreneurial selection and environmental thresholds

Clydesdale, Greg - In: Prometheus 23 (2005) 1, pp. 47-61

light of modern theories on entrepreneurship. These were Schumpeter-type entrepreneurs who revolutionised the world of trade …

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THE NORMATIVE BIAS IN ENTREPRENEURIAL THEORY

JAKEE, KEITH; SPONG, HEATH - In: Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC) 03 (2011) 02, pp. 81-105

analysing entrepreneurship from a non-teleological approach that decouples the entrepreneurial act from the complex and … should open up a range of new areas to explore under the rubric of "entrepreneurship". We also hope to stimulate discussion … between entrepreneurship and new classical theorists, since, as we argue, there appear to be affinities between the approaches …

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The Impact of Uncertain Intellectual Property Rights on the Market for Ideas: Evidence from Patent Grant Delays

Gans, Joshua S.; Hsu, David H.; Stern, Scott - In: Management Science 54 (2008) 5, pp. 982-997

This paper considers the impact of the intellectual property (IP) system on the timing of cooperation/licensing by start-up technology entrepreneurs. If the market for technology licenses is efficient, the timing of licensing is independent of whether IP has already been granted. In contrast,...

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Swift and Smart: The Moderating Effects of Technological Capabilities on the Market Pioneering-Firm Survival Relationship

Franco, April M.; Sarkar, MB; Agarwal, Rajshree; … - In: Management Science 55 (2009) 11, pp. 1842-1860

We extend the concept of first-mover advantage to the context of high-technology industries with multiple product generations, and propose that the notion of first-mover advantage needs to be viewed not only through a dynamic lens, but also in conjunction with technological capability. Our main...

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Overoptimism and the Performance of Entrepreneurial Firms

Lowe, Robert A.; Ziedonis, Arvids A. - In: Management Science 52 (2006) 2, pp. 173-186

Recent theoretical and empirical research on cognitive bias in decision making suggests that overoptimism critically influences entrepreneurs' decisions to establish and sustain new ventures. We investigate whether such cognitive bias influences entrepreneurial venture performance using data on...

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Technology Regimes and New Firm Formation

Shane, Scott - In: Management Science 47 (2001) 9, pp. 1173-1190

At least since Schumpeter (1934 and 1942), researchers have been interested in identifying the dimensions of technology regimes that facilitate new firm formation as a mode of technology exploitation. Using data on 1,397 patents assigned to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the...

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Scanning the Commons? Evidence on the Benefits to Startups Participating in Open Standards Development

Waguespack, David M.; Fleming, Lee - In: Management Science 55 (2009) 2, pp. 210-223

This paper contributes large-sample evidence to an emerging discussion on open innovation and firm strategy. We ask why a startup should participate in an open standards community. We propose four ways that participation might increase a startup's chances of a liquidity event: gaining...

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When Do Employees Become Entrepreneurs?

Hellmann, Thomas - In: Management Science 53 (2007) 6, pp. 919-933

This paper examines an economic theory of when employees become entrepreneurs. It jointly addresses the two fundamental questions of when employees generate innovations, and whether these innovations are developed as internal ventures or outside the firm. The model shows that if generating...

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Management, Strategy, and Industry Structure As Influences on the Success of New Firms: A Structural Model

Keeley, Robert H.; Roure, Juan B. - In: Management Science 36 (1990) 10, pp. 1256-1267

This study develops and tests a model examining the interrelationships and relative importance of management characteristics, business strategy and industry structure as influences on the performance of new, technology based companies. For a sample of 36 companies the founding managers had a...

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Hybrid Entrepreneurship

Folta, Timothy B.; Delmar, Frédéric; Wennberg, Karl - In: Management Science 56 (2010) 2, pp. 253-269

In contrast to previous efforts to model an individual's movement from wage work into entrepreneurship, we consider …

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