BUSINESS TACTICS FOR CONFRONTING ECONOMIC RECESSION AND PLANNING FOR RECOVERY
BUSINESS TACTICS FOR CONFRONTING ECONOMIC RECESSION AND PLANNING FOR RECOVERY ~ A primary economic indicator declared that the US was in recessionas of February 2001. Managers’ responses during this downturn should beinfluenced by the cyclical nature of their industry and by the extent to whichthe roll of the recession is effecting their competitive environments.Depending on [...]
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GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP MONITOR 2005 Executive Report Finland
GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP MONITOR 2005 Executive Report Finland ~ Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2005 tutkimuksen Suomeakoskevat keskeiset tulokset ovat tiivistetysti… GEM-tutkimus tarkastelee vuodesta 2005 alkaen aikuisväestönyrittäjyysaktiivisuutta kolmella, aiempien vuosien tarkastelustahieman eriytyneemmällä tasolla: a. uusien yritysten perustaminen, b. vakiintunut yrittäjyys ja c. kokonaisyrittäjyys.Uutena mittarina ’vakiintunut yrittäjyys’ mahdollistaa aikaisempaatarkemmin eritellyn kuvan yrittäjyysaktiivisuudesta kussakin GEM-maassa. Suomessa työikäisen aikuisväestön aktiivisuus [...]
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UNDERSTANDING THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
UNDERSTANDING THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ~ Recently, a growing competitive environment has heightened the importance of therelationship between the university and the small business community. However, the perceivedvalue of that relationship to small business owners and academe has been unclear. The purposeof the present study was to explore how universities might better [...]
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Regional Development Agencies and the knowledge economy : harnessing the potential of universities
Regional Development Agencies and the knowledge economy : harnessing the potential of universities ~ Abstract. The authors explore the bases for regional engagement by universities in the light ofstructural change within higher education and ongoing debates about the nature of regional economicdevelopment. They focus on the implications for a university’s relationship with its region of [...]
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Entrepreneurship and Regional Development Policies
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development Policies ~ Policies to promote ‘knowledge based economies’ (those directly based on theproduction, distribution and use of knowledge and information) have sought tocombine entrepreneurship and Information and Communication Technology (ICT)industries (OECD, 1997a, 1998). ICT developments and entrepreneurship havesignificant spatial links as regions increasingly become focal points for knowledge creation and learning [...]
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Institutions, Entrepreneurship, and Regional Differences in Economic Growth
Institutions, Entrepreneurship, and Regional Differences in Economic Growth ~ This paper takes an institutional approach to explaining differences in the levels of entrepreneurship and economic growthacross U.S. states. The institutional approach to growth arguesthat political and economic institutions influence the productivity of resource use. We hypothesize that institutions influenceeconomic growth primarily through their effect on [...]
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Organizing ‘the firm’ in industrial geography I: networks, institutions and regional development
Organizing ‘the firm’ in industrial geography I: networks, institutions and regional development ~ I want to begin the first of my three annual progress reports on industrial geography byclaiming that industrial geography, at least as I know it, has done very well within thegeographical and, perhaps even, the wider social scientific discourses. I am pleased [...]
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Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development ~ The aim of this paper is to theoretically contextualize entrepreneurship in the periphery, examine its special circumstances, and inform the reader of the nature of interventions, trends andinnovations in the last decade. Beginning with a theoretical context for entrepreneurship’s role indeveloping regions, two theoretical models were chosen: the Schumpeter model [...]
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LOCUS OF CONTROL AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE RUSSIAN REPUBLIC
LOCUS OF CONTROL AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE RUSSIAN REPUBLIC ~ Since Rotter (1954) first introduced his theory of social learning, there has developed anextensive body of research surrounding the central construct of locus of control. Perceivedinternal locus of control is defined as the personal belief that one has influence over outcomesthrough ability, effort, or skills; [...]
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RATE OF BUSINESS FAILURES : AN ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS
RATE OF BUSINESS FAILURES : AN ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS ~ The prospect of business failure is of significantconcern to the entrepreneur as a number of findings suggestthat many new businesses end in failure. While there hasbeen speculation about how and which factors are related tobusiness failure, little systematic work has been done to teaseapart [...]
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Some Fundamental Issues in International Entrepreneurship
Some Fundamental Issues in International Entrepreneurship ~ This paper explores four fundamental issues that deserve additional attention from scholarsinterested in international entrepreneurship. First, a reformulated definition of internationalentrepreneurship is presented that is consistent with the recent definition of entrepreneurshipproposed by Shane and Venkataraman (2000). Second, several theoretical models andframeworks useful to the further development of [...]
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The Determinants of New Venture Performance : An Extended Model
The Determinants of New Venture Performance : An Extended Model ~ This article argues that new venture formation is a speciai case of strategic managementtheory. Thus, Sandberg & Hofer’s (1987) model of new venture performance, which statesthat new venture performance is a function of industry structure, venture strategy, and thefounding entrepreneur, must be extended to [...]
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