Entrepreneurship, growth and economic development frontiers in European entrepreneurship research
1. Introduction : entrepreneurship, growth and economic development / Mário Raposo ... [et al.] -- 2. Are firm growth and performance the same or different concepts in empirical entrepreneurship studies? : an analysis of the dependent and independent variables / Niklas Kiviluoto, Malin Brännback and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Northampton, Mass
Edward Elgar Pub
2011
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| Summary: | 1. Introduction : entrepreneurship, growth and economic development / Mário Raposo ... [et al.] -- 2. Are firm growth and performance the same or different concepts in empirical entrepreneurship studies? : an analysis of the dependent and independent variables / Niklas Kiviluoto, Malin Brännback and Alan Carsrud -- 3. Developing and testing a typology of growth strategies of entrepreneurial IT service firms / Olivier Witmeur and Alain Fayolle -- 4. Understanding the start-up funding process in venture capital-backed and non-venture capital-backed firms / Teresa Hogan and Elaine Hutson -- 5. A new approach to testing the effects of entrepreneurship education among secondary school pupils / Jan Lepoutre ... [et al.] -- 6. Effects of regional human capital structure on business entry : a comparison of independent start-ups and new subsidiaries in different industries / Kenta Ikeuchi and Hiroyuki Okamuro -- 7. Cross-border cooperation between enterprises as a form of international entrepreneurship / David Smallbone, Mirela Xheneti and Friederike Welter -- 8. The entrepreneurship potential within Swiss regions : a comparison based on cluster analysis / Katharina Becker, Franz Kronthaler and Kerstin Wagner -- 9. A theoretical model of competitiveness and its application in the Hungarian SME sector / László Szerb and József Ulbert -- 10. The emergence of a knowledge-intensive industry : a study of the RFID industry / David Finn and Colm O'Gorman -- 11. Toward a hermeneutical methodology for entrepreneurship research in a radical subjectivist paradigm / Christoph Streb and Vishal Gupta This timely book presents contemporary research on the key role of entrepreneurship in firm growth and development strategies. The contributors reveal that a high level of entrepreneurial activity contributes to economic growth, innovative activities, competition, job creation and local development |
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| Physical Description: | x, 298 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9780857934901 9780857934673 |