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The price of everything, and the value of nothing? Stories of contribution in entrepreneurship research
Sarah Drakopoulou Dodd, Paul Jones, Gerard McElwee, Mohamed HaddoudThe purpose of this paper is to report findings from the first stage of a study that focusses on research in the domain of entrepreneurship as a process of knowledge creation and…
Distinguishing micro-businesses from SMEs: a systematic review of growth constraints
Cristian Gherhes, Nick Williams, Tim Vorley, Ana Cristina VasconcelosMicro-businesses account for a large majority of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). However, they remain comparatively under-researched. The purpose of this paper is to take…
Identification and prioritization of factors affecting venture capitalists’ investment decision-making process: An analytical hierarchal process (AHP) approach
Monika Dhochak, Anil Kumar SharmaThe purpose of this paper is to identify and rank critical factors influencing investment decisions of venture capitalists.
“Opportunistic” spin-offs in the aftermath of an adverse corporate event
Declan Curran, Colm O’Gorman, Chris van EgeraatThe purpose of this paper is to explore the inter-organisational dynamics, in terms of the triggers to spin-off formation and the genealogical inheritance of spin-offs, between a…
Enabling nanotechnology entrepreneurship in a French context: Towards a holistic theoretical framework
Anna Glaser, Sonia Ben Slimane, Claire Auplat, Régis CoeurderoyThe purpose of this paper is to build a holistic theoretical framework of enabling factors contributing to the development of enterprise in nanotechnology-related industries, in a…
Venture capital and the financial crisis in Portugal: the VC managers’ viewpoint
Carlos Cabral-Cardoso, Maria Céu Cortez, Luísa LopesThe purpose of this paper is to examine, from the venture capital (VC) managers’ perspective, the impact of the international financial and sovereign debt crises on the VC…
Investigating dynamic capabilities of family businesses in China: a social capital perspective
Yong WangDynamic capabilities are regarded as the bedrock of businesses that survive in a dynamic environment. Building upon the social capital theory, the purpose of this paper is to…
What influences ethnic entrepreneurs’ decision to start-up: Some evidence from Aberdeen, Scotland
Farid Ullah, Md Zillur Rahman, Robert Smith, Ahmed BeloucifThe purpose of this paper is to explore some key factors that influences ethnic entrepreneur’s decision in starting-up a new business in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Quality management (QM) leads to healthier small businesses
William H. Murphy, Denis LeonardThe purpose of this paper is to add to the current knowledge of how and why small businesses should engage in quality management (QM) by providing insights from small business…
An investigation of social entrepreneurial intentions formation among South-East European postgraduate students
Kostas Politis, Panayiotis Ketikidis, Anastasios D. Diamantidis, Lambros LazurasThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the formation of social entrepreneurial intentions (SEIs) in postgraduate students in the South-East European region.
Predicting entrepreneurial intentions of final year Saudi university business students by applying the theory of planned behavior
Wassim J. AloulouThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to the entrepreneurial intention literature by applying the theory of planned behavior to Saudi context and determining the factors that…
From strategic orientation to social media orientation: Improving SMEs’ performance on social media
Vincent Dutot, François BergeronThe purpose of this paper is to develop and test a framework of small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) strategic orientation (SO) and its impact on social media performance…
R&D resources development in life sciences ventures: a dynamic capabilities perspective
Jon CarrickThe purpose of this paper is to examine the development of R&D resources in early stage life sciences firms. It looks at how young firms use dynamic capabilities to develop R&D…
SMEs, public credit guarantees and mutual guarantee institutions
Lorenzo Gai, Federica Ielasi, Monica RossoliniThe purpose of this paper is to focus on public guarantees granted to micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by the Italian national credit guarantee programme (Fondo…
Brand-building efforts in high and low performing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Raphael OdoomThe purpose of this paper is to examine brand-building efforts within small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in an attempt to understand the extent to which such efforts are…
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