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Entrepreneurship in a global context / edited by Sue Birley and Ian C. MacMillan.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Global Conference on Entrepreneurial Research
- Global Conference on Entrepreneurial Research (4th : 1994 : Fontainebleau, France)
- Series:
- Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; 5.
- Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International business enterprises--Management--Congresses.
- International business enterprises.
- Entrepreneurship--Congresses.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 189 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1997 (2000 printing)
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Employing a multidisciplinary approach, the chapters cover all aspects of current entrepreneurship theory in multinational, economics, organizational sociology, marketing and finance. Other issues discussed include gender and networking, strategies in entrepreneurial growth, job satisfaction and franchising.
- Contents:
- chapter 1 STRONG TIES, WEAK TIES AND STRANGERS
- Do women owners differ from men in their use of networking to obtain assistance? / Howard E. Aldrich
- chapter 2 THE DETERMINATION OF OPTIMAL MARKETING EXPENDITURES
- An application of option theory / Saugata Banerjee
- chapter 3 UNFINISHED BUSINESS: OBSTACLES TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE REFORM OF STATE- OWNED ENTERPRISES IN CHINA AND VIETNAM
- Obstacles to entrepreneurship in the reform of state-owned enterprises in China and Vietnam / Max Boisot
- chapter 4 CREATING VALUE ON THE BALANCE SHEET: CAPITAL STRUCTURES OF NEW BUSINESSES and Alexander Ardishvili
- Capital structures of new businesses / Richard N. Cardozo
- chapter 5 COPING WITH INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION
- The case of the Italian tannery industry / Paola Dubini
- chapter 6 EXTRAORDINARY FEATS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ENTERPRISE
- Strategies for rapid, sustained growth / Thomas D. Kraemer
- chapter 7 TEAM PROCESSES AND PROGRESS IN INNOVATION
- The role of job satisfaction at project level / Atul A. Nerkar
- chapter 8 REGIONAL BUSINESS CREATION AND PUSH FACTORS
- The case of Quebec / Gilles Roy
- chapter 9 AN INVESTIGATION OF CONFLICT IN THE FRANCHISEE-FRANCHISOR RELATIONSHIPS
- Findings of the pilot study / Steven Spinelli Jr.
- Notes:
- Selected papers from the Fourth Annual Global Conference on Entrepreneurial Research, held in 1994 at INSEAD, France.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-78991-2
- 0-429-23168-7
- 1-134-78992-0
- 1-280-31925-9
- 0-203-43516-8
- 9780429231681
- OCLC:
- 58996342
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