Entrepreneurship frameworks and empirical investigations from forthcoming leaders of European research /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier JAI,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Advances in entrepreneurship, firm emergence, and growth ;
v. 9 |
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=167010 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Europe and Entrepreneurship Research
- References
- Habitual Entrepreneurs Experiencing Failure: Overconfidence and the Motivation to Try Again
- Failure, Overconfidence and the Motivation to try Again
- Research Method
- Sample, Data Collection and Respondents
- Sample Representation
- Measures
- Validity
- Reliability
- Results
- Discussion and Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgement
- References
- Meta-Analysis as a Tool for Developing Entrepreneurship Research and Theory
- The Advantages of a Meta-Analytical Approach to Entrepreneurship
- The Personality Approach to Entrepreneurship as an Example for Developing Entrepreneurship Research and Theory based on Meta-Analysis
- The Big Five Personality Traits
- Specific Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs
- Description of Meta-Analysis
- Theoretical Analysis of the Constructs under Investigation
- Location and Collection of Studies
- Creation of a Meta-Analytic Data Base
- Meta-Analytical Data Analysis
- Interpretation and Integration of Results
- Limitations and Critique to Meta-Analysis
- Meta-Analysis as a tool for Developing Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship
- Meta-Analysis as a tool for Developing Theory, Research, and Practice
- Theory Development
- Research
- Practice Recommendations
- Conclusion
- Note
- References
- An Empirical Test of Systematic Process Differences between the Bursting of Innovative Venture Initiatives and the Shaping Forces of Imitative Venture Initiatives
- Theory Development
- Variation in Progress in the Business Start-up Process as a Function of Venture Opportunity Variation
- Systematic Variation in the Business Start-up Process Predicted by Different Factors During Different Sequences in the Process due to Venture Opportunity Variation
- Resources
- Method
- Measures
- Control Variables
- Analysis Methods
- Results: A Formal Empirical test of Variation in the Nascent Business Start-up Process
- Discussion
- Notes
- References
- The Mechanisms and Processes of Entrepreneurial Networks: Continuity and Change
- Identifying Network Parameters: Observing Changing Structure, Content and Process Over Time
- Structure, Content and Process
- Contextual Contingencies
- Conceptual Issues and Understanding Network Practices
- Methodology
- Ego-Centred Discussion Networks
- The Sample and Setting
- The Quantitative Survey
- The Cross-Sectional Qualitative Survey
- The Longitudinal Qualitative Study
- Qualitative Method
- Quantitative Data Analysis
- Qualitative Data Analysis
- Findings
- Structure
- Content
- Process
- Contextual Contingencies
- Discussion and Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Characterising Innovation in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services
- The Nature of KIBS
- Implications for Innovation
- Data
- Some Brief Comments on 'Innovativeness'
- Multivariate Analysis
- Concluding Remarks
- Notes
- References
- A Resource-Based View on Organic and Acquired Growth
- The Empirical Observation
- Theory and Hypothesis Development
- The Relevance of the Resource-Based View of the Firm
- Organic Growth
- Acquired Growth
- Method
- Measures
- Sample II
- Measures II.