Entrepreneurship and the creation of small firms empirical studies of new ventures

This timely study focuses on the important issue of new venture creation. Using a variety of data sources, methods and theories, the authors demonstrate the factors that aid or hinder new venture creation in a number of settings. The empirical context for this research is Sweden- a small open econom...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holmquist, Carin
Other Authors: Wiklund, Johan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham Edward Elgar c2010
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • a real options perspective / Karl Wennberg
  • New ventures' entry strategies : a comparison of academic and non academic business startups / Sari Roininen, Håkan Ylinenpää
  • How human capital affects self employment among the science and technology labor force / Johan Wiklund, Frédéric Delmar, Karin Hellerstedt
  • Framing of new business concepts in established corporations : an explanatory investigation / Christian Czernich, Ivo Zander
  • Refueling or running dry : entrepreneurs' energetic resources and the start up process / Anders Landberg
  • International entrepreneurship and the theory of effectuation / Svante Andersson
  • Learning from Swedish entrepreneurship research / Carin Holmquist, Johan Wiklund..