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- International Entrepreneurship : The Intersection of Two Research Paths
- International entrepreneurship is one of the important newly emerging research thrusts in the field of international business, an increasing number of scholarly investigations into cross-cultural differences in entrepreneurial activity and into entrepreneurial firms that compete across national borders have enriched and broaden both international business and entrepreneurship research. As international...
- White papers 2000-10-01
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- Managing The Entrepreneurial Firm
- Defining 'Entrepreneurship' is problematic and contentious. Gartner's (1990) investigation of this issue amongst a number of fellow American academics and business leaders yielded 44 different definitions. This paper aims to contribute to these debates by presenting the results of a two-year long ethnography examining the working lives within an avo...
- White papers 2003-06-07
- Transformation of an entrepreneurial firm to a global service provider; the case study of Infosys
- Transformation of an entrepreneurial firm to a global service provider; the case study of Infosys; Nrupesh Mastakar and B. Bowonder; Int. J. Technology Management, Vol. 32, Nos. 1/2, 2005, pp. 34-56.Transformation of an entrepreneurial firm to a global service provider; the case study of Infosys; Nrupesh Mastakar and B. Bowonder;...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Strategy and IPO market selection: implications for the entrepreneurial firm. (initial public offering)(Special Section: Valuation and Initial Public Offerings)
- A number of causes have commonly been identified as central to small firm failure, including management inadequacy and poor access to distribution channels. However, one of the principal causes of new firm failure is the lack of financial resources (Bruno, Leidecker, and Harder 1986). Therefore, if...
- Research articles 1997-10-01
- The role of it management resources in the development of small entrepreneurial firm customer relationship capabilities
- ABSTRACT Minimal knowledge exists in regard to how IT is integrated into small entrepreneurial ventures to increase their customer focus. This article maintains that the IT resource management activities implemented by small firms influenced their abilities to build customer relationships. The importance of developing a customer-focused IT platform is...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Does The Leader Make A Difference? Relationship Between Executive Leader Personality And Entrepreneurial Firm Performance
- The purpose of this study was to expand research on personality and leadership by investigating the relationship between executive leader personality and firm performance. Drawing from research on the five-factor model of personality the Big Five, executive leader emotional adjustment low neuroticism and conscientiousness were hypothesized to be positively related...
- White papers 1999-01-01
- When Do Incumbents Learn From Entrepreneurial Ventures?: Corporate Venture Capital and Investing Firm Innovation Rates
- In this paper, one focuses on the potential innovative benefits to Corporate Venture Capital CVC, i.e. equity investments in entrepreneurial ventures by incumbent firms. This paper proposes that corporate venture capital programs may be instrumental in harvesting innovations from entrepreneurial ventures and thus an important part of a firm's overall...
- White papers 2005-04-28
- Entrepreneurial Intentions Subsequent To Firm Exit
- While a large literature has emerged focusing on nascent entrepreneurship, the propensity for ex-entrepreneurs to consider re-entering into entrepreneurship, or what we term here as renascent entrepreneurship, has been generally overlooked. According to the theory of selection and passive learning (Jovanovic, 1982), while there is a lot to be learned...
- White papers 2005-08-01
- Corporate Venture Capital and Incumbent Firm Innovation Rates
- This paper focuses on the potential strategic benefits to corporate venture capital, i.e. equity investments in entrepreneurial ventures by incumbent firms. The paper's investigation builds on two theoretical pillars. First, that incumbent firms operating in competitive markets are inclined towards introducing innovations. Second that the knowledge necessary to generate innovation...
- White papers 2002-03-25
- Strategic Alliances, Equity Stakes, and Entry Deterrence
- This paper shows how strategic alliances and their impact on future competitive incentives can motivate inter firm equity sales. In the model, an alliance between an entrepreneurial firm and an established firm improves efficiency for both. However, the requisite knowledge transfer heightens the established firm's incentive to enter one of...
- White papers 2005-11-30
- A Model of Entrepreneurial Finance
- A wealth-constrained entrepreneur seeks financing from a financial institution. Because the entrepreneur has a greater preference for continuing the firm over liquidating it, and for aggressive continuation strategies over conservative strategies, the institution must monitor the firm and exercise some control over its decisions. Convertible debt and active monitoring are...
- White papers 2003-05-01
- The Entrepreneurial Event Revisited: Firm Formation in a Regional Context
- This paper outlines the development of an entrepreneurial culture in the US Capitol region and the formation of a regional industrial cluster. The conditions that the literature associates with entrepreneurship lag rather than lead the development of the cluster. Supportive social capital, venture capital and entrepreneurial support services, as well...
- White papers 2001-11-30
- Entrepreneurial Orientation in Management Buy-Outs and the Contribution of Venture Capital
- This paper focuses on the development of entrepreneurial orientation EO after a management buy-out MBO and on the role played by venture capital firms in enhancing EO. It presents results of two exploratory case studies of divisional buy-outs with regard to their EO and the areas where the venture capital...
- White papers 2002-09-03
- Divestment, Entrepreneurial Incentives and the Decision to Go Public
- This paper develops a theory of the life cycle of the firm based on incentive constraints. The optimal sale of the firm is restricted by entrepreneurial moral hazard and a lack of commitment regarding future divestment. This leads to a dynamic inefficiency that causes the entrepreneur to delay and to...
- White papers 2002-05-01
- International Financial Integration And Entrepreneurial Firms Dynamics
- This paper explores the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a country. The results are robust to using various proxies for entrepreneurial activity such as entry, size, and skewness of the firm-size distribution; de jure and de facto measures of international capital integration; controlling...
- White papers 2006-12-01
- BioCrossroads' Indiana Future Fund Entrepreneurial Forum to Make Stop in Indianapolis; Event Will Showcase IU School of Medicine Research and Commercialization Opportunities to Venture Capitalists
- INDIANAPOLIS -- On Tuesday, January 17, 2006, the BioCrossroads life sciences initiative, Indiana University and the Indiana University School of Medicine will host the Indiana Future Fund Entrepreneurial Forum in Indianapolis. This is the fourth Entrepreneurial Forum that BioCrossroads has sponsored, with support from Indiana Future Fund professional management...
- Research articles 2006-01-11
- Private Equity Firm Triton Pacific Takes Hands-On Approach to Investing in "Under The Radar" Entrepreneurial Companies
- When you've been savvy enough to build a successful and profitable entrepreneurial company, but growth is beginning to plateau, competition is getting stiffer, or industry dynamics have changed, where do you turn for help? Well, one option might be to approach a private equity group for additional capital. ...
- Research articles 2008-02-20
- The Effect of Entrepreneurial Goal Setting and Self-Efficacy on Small Firm Performance: An Empirical Study of Founder-Managed Retail
- Using the framework established by Locke and Latham (23), the research reported in this paper examines the effects of entrepreneurial goal setting and self-efficacy on the performance of founder-managed natural food retail stores. Analysis supported the Locke and Latham model, providing evidence that higher goals and higher self-efficacy lead to...
- White papers 2004-05-21
- The Management and Performance of Technology Grafting Acquisitions
- The acquisition of entrepreneurial firms by established firms is becoming an increasingly important mode of technology transfer between them. Acquisitions differ from other modes of technology transfer because of the risk that the acquirer may end up destroying the organizational properties of the target firm that make it a source...
- White papers 2001-02-01
- The Choice Of IPO Versus Takeover: Private Investors And Empirical Evidence
- This paper studies the effect of private investor contractual governance on the likelihood of an entrepreneurial firm going public versus being acquired. On one hand, one may expect that the use of strong investor control contracts improves entrepreneurial firm governance and increases the probability of going public. On the other...
- White papers 2003-05-01
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