Entrepreneurship and its economic significance, behavior and effects / Maria V. Bradshaw and Patricia T. Carrington, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bradshaw, Maria V.

Carrington, Patricia T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Entrepreneurship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new organizations or revitalizing mature organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities. This book presents the latest thinking in this vibrant and essential area.

Contents:

""Entrepreneurship and Its Economic Significance, Behavior and Effects""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Family Matters: Differences in Having Self-employed Parents between Black and White Entrepreneurs""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Literature Review and Research Hypotheses""; ""Research Methods""; ""Results""; ""Discussion""; ""Limitations""; ""Future Research""; ""Concluding Thoughts""; ""References""; ""A Comparative Study of Entrepreneurial Attitudes and Attributes of Turkish and Kyrgyz Entrepreneurs""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Background and Literature Review""

""Context for Entrepreneurship""""Methodology""; ""Analysis and Results""; ""Conclusions""; ""Limitations and Future Research""; ""References""; ""Entrepreneurship Policies: A Multiple Case Study in a Highly Entrepreneurial Spanish Region""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Bridging Entrepreneurship Policy and Local Development with Institutional Theory""; ""Research Design""; ""Case Studies""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Strategic Entrepreneurship: Integration Support Journals""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""

""I. Strategic Entrepreneurship: Scope, Development and Complementarities""""II. Research Methodology""; ""III. Results: Journals in Strategic Entrepreneurship""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Nascence to Newness: The Influence of Internal and External Factors on the Likelihood of First Sale""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Nascence to Newness""; ""Factors Influencing First Sale""; ""Methodology""; ""Results""; ""Discussion""; ""Research Limitations""; ""Implications and Conclusions""; ""Appendix 1. Measures Used in the Study""; ""References""

""Time and Risk Entrepreneurial Characteristics of Growth: The Case of Persistent Light Industrial Prototypes""""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Entrepreneurship, Social Capital and Growth""; ""Entrepreneurship and Risk""; ""The Entrepreneurial Perception of Time""; ""Entrepreneurship, Time and Risk""; ""Structural Change, Time and Risk""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Business Incubators and the Emergence of the Entrepreneurial University: Lessons Learned from Portugal""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""

""U-I Cooperation Modes via Business Insubators: Qualitative Analysis of the Literature""""Overview of Business Incubation in Portugal""; ""Methodology""; ""Answers to the Research Questions""; ""A Portugese Entrepreneurial University Model""; ""Policy Implications of the Model""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Source of Information in International Entrepreneurship Process""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Information in the Firm's Internationalisation Process: A Theoretical Framework""; ""Empirical Application""; ""Results""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""

""Entrepreneurial Innovation, Economic Growth and the Stigma of Failure""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60876-567-9

OCLC:

593295539