FRONTIERS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH 1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FRONTIERS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH 1997 TABLE OF CONTENTS |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. SPECIAL TOPIC: GROWTH ORIENTATION AND STRATEGY
II. SPECIAL TOPIC: RESOURCES AND GROWTH IMPLEMENTATION
III.SPECIAL TOPIC: MANAGEMENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF GROWTH
IV. OPPORTUNITY RECOGNITION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS
V. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ENTREPRENEUR
VI. WOMEN AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
VII. ETHNICITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
VIII. FIRM LIFE COURSE: START-UP TO MATURATION
IX. RESOURCE ACQUISITION AND USE
XI. FIRM PERFORMANCE
XII. BUSINESS ANGELS
XIII. BANK FINANCING, MICRO-LENDING, AND TRADE CREDIT
XIV. VENTURE CAPITAL
XV. PUBLIC EQUITY
XVI. INVESTMENT DECISION-MAKING
XVII. INTRAPRENEURSHIP AND CORPORATE SPONSORED NEW VENTURES
XVIII: FRANCHISING
XIX: STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
XXI. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, PUBLIC POLICY AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT SECTORS
XXII. MISCELLANEOUS
The Field of Entrepreneurship Over Time: Arnold C. Cooper, John A. Hornaday and Karl H. Vesper
NATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INDEPENDENT BUSINESS AWARD WINNING PAPER ON THE GENERAL TOPIC
Expected Consequences of Growth and Their Effect on Growth Willingness in Different Samples of Small Firms: Johan Wiklund, Per Davidsson, rederic Delmar and Magnus Aronsson
KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION AWARD WINNING PAPER ON THE SPECIAL TOPIC, GROWTH STRATEGIES-PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIPS
Valuing Employees: A Success Strategy for Fast Growth Firms and Fast Paced Individuals: Theresa M. Welbourne
I. SPECIAL TOPIC: GROWTH ORIENTATION AND STRATEGY
The Effects of Resource Availability and Entrepreneurial Orientation on Firm Growth: Terrence E. Brown and Bruce A. Kirchhoff
Proactiveness Versus Competitive Aggressiveness: Teasing Apart Key Dimensions of an Entrepreneurial Orientation: G. T. Lumpkin and Gregory G. Dess
SUMMARIES
Resource Acquisition Self-Efficacy: Measuring Entrepreneur's Growth Ambitions: Terrence E. Brown and Bruce A. Kirchhoff
The Adoption of a Customer Retention and Development Strategy as a Low Risk Growth Strategy for the Entrepreneurial Firm: Some UK Evidence From Business Service SMEs in West Yorkshire: Aftab Ahmed Dean, John Day and Paul L. Reynolds
What Affects Growth Expectations? William B. Gartner, Kelly G. Shaver, Kathleen R. Allen, Subodh Bhat and Elizabeth J. Gatewood
Growing "Super Gazelles": An Empirical Study of Entrepreneurial Training Strategies and Venture Hyper-Performance: Stuart R. Monroe, Courtney Price and Heidi Neck
Entrepreneurial Dominant Logics and Their Relationship to Organizational Growth: Timothy Pollock, Joseph Porac, and Leann Mischel
II. SPECIAL TOPIC: RESOURCES AND GROWTH IMPLEMENTATION
The Ambitious Entrepreneur: Attributes of Firms Exhibiting High Growth Strategies: Lisa K. Gundry and Harold P. Welsch
SUMMARIES
Growth and Performance for Technology-Based Entrepreneurial Firms: The Role of the Top Team and Board of Directors: Karen A. Bantel
The Evolution of Structure and Strategy in Fast-Growth Firms Founded by Entrepreneurial Teams: Thomas M. Cooney and William D. Bygrave
Growth in Entrepreneurial Firms: The Impact of Business Practices, Founder Characteristics, and Future Orientation: Pamela S. Lewis, Bruce R. Barringer, Foard F. Jones and Jeffery S. Harrison
Operation Proactiveness and Performance in Entrepreneurial Companies: Peter T. Ward
Formation and Development of Entrepreneurial Teams in Rapid Growth Businesses: Shailendra Vyakarnam, Robin C. Jacobs and Jari Handelberg
POSTER SESSION
An Empirical Assessment of Factors Influencing The Growth of Australian Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurial Ventures: L. Murray Gillin and Michael Hornsby
III. SPECIAL TOPIC: MANAGEMENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF GROWTH
Performance Strategies for High-Growth Entrepreneurial Firms: R. Duane Ireland and Michael A. Hitt
Financial Practices Among High-Growth Entrepreneurial Firms: J. William Petty and John D. Martin
What Do New Venture Boards Do?: Harry J. Sapienza, M. Audrey Korsgaard and Jeff Hoogendam
SUMMARIES
Challenges of Managing Rapidly Growing Companies: John H. Eggers, Kim T. Leahy and Al Makalachki
IV. OPPORTUNITY RECOGNITION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION
Entrepreneurial Intent Among Students: Testing an Intent Model in Asia, Scandinavia and in the U.S.A.: Erkko Autio, Robert H. Keeley, Magnus Klofsten and Thomas Ulfstedt
Cognitive Mechanisms in the Decision to Become an Entrepreneur: The Role of Counterfactual Thinking and the Experience of Regret: Robert A. Baron
The Relationship Between Socio-Cultural Dimensions and Interest in Starting a Business: A Multi-Country Study: Thomas M. Begley, Wee-Liang Tan, Asti Budi Larasati, Abdul Rab, Elvira Zamora, Gunapala Nanayakkara
Opportunity Recognition: Perceptions and Behaviors of Entrepreneurs: Gerald E. Hills, G. T. Lumpkin and Robert P. Singh
POSTER SESSION
New Venture Opportunity Creation: Researching New Linkages Between Intellectual Capital and Emerging Environmental Trends: John E. Bailey
Why Entrepreneurs Create Businesses: A Utility Maximizing Response: Evan J. Douglas and Dean Shepherd
The Riverdance Phenomenon: Barra O'Cinneide
V. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ENTREPRENEUR
Entrepreneurship: One More Time: Non-Cognitive Characteristics That Make The Cognitive Click: Daryl G. Mitton
Push/Pull Motivation: Does It Matter in Venture Performance?: Emeric Solymossy
Novice, Portfolio, and Serial Entrepreneurs: Are They Different?: Paul Westhead and Mike Wright
SUMMARIES
A Longitudinal Analysis of the Relationships Among Vision, Strategy, and Firm Financial Performance: Differences Between Entrepreneurs and Other Top Executives: Cecilia M. Falbe and Laurie Larwood
Socio-Anthropological Explanations of Entrepreneurial Learning: The Case of Young Graduates in the United Kingdom: David C. Mullen
Risk, Returns and Self-Employment: Theory and Evidence for the U.S. and U.K.: Simon C. Parker
From Knowledge to Competence to Entrepreneurship: Russell W. Wright
VI. WOMEN AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SUMMARIES
Performance in Entrepreneurial Ventures: Does Gender Matter? Robert D. Hisrich, Candida G. Brush, Deborah C. Good and Gita Desouza
Business Ownership as an Economic Option for Middle--Income Educated Urban Women in Bangladesh: Afreen Huq and Pat Richardson
VII. ETHNICITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Wealth Building and Entrepreneurship: Lessons from Pakistani/Ismaili Enterprises: John Sibley Butler and Patricia Gene Greene
SUMMARIES
Entrepreneurship in the Hispanic Community of Southeastern United States: Craig S. Galbraith, Donald R. Latham and Jacqueline Benitez Galbraith
Russian vs. American Entrepreneurs: Where Are The Ethics?: Robert D. Hisrich and Mikhail Gratchev
Factors Inhibiting Ethnic Participation in the Entrepreneurial Process: Sammis B. White and Paul D. Reynolds
VIII. FIRM LIFE COURSE: START-UP TO MATURATION
An Examination of the Nature of Business Closings: Are They Really Failures?: Julio O. DeCastro, Sharon A. Alvarez, James D. Blasick and Marina Ortiz
How Do Firms Come To Be? - Towards a Theory of The Entrepreneurial Process: D. K. Sarasvathy
The Effects of Managerial Problems on New Venture Start-Ups: Timothy M. Stearns, Diana L. Gilbertson and Paul D. Reynolds
SUMMARIES
Product-Market Evolution in Emerging Businesses: Richard N. Cardozo, Brian Harmon, Alexander A. Ardichvili and J. Tait Elder
Structural Development of Newly-Founded Companies, or: How To Become Well Established?: Peter B. Freier and Stephen Schrader
Success and Peripheral Entrepreneurs: A Scottish Perspective: Sarah L. Jack and D. Jane Bower
Three Forms of Entrepreneurship? The Case of Mobile Telephony in Sweden:
Bengt Molleryd
The Natural Business Development Process:
Jeffrey C. Shuman
POSTER SESSION
Processes in Ownership and Management in Growing Medium-Sized Entrepreneurial Companies: Hans Crijns and Hubert Ooghe
Celtic Cousins: Insights Into Small Business Maturation in Scotland and Ireland: William M. Mayfield, Barra O'Cinneide and Briga Hynes
IX. RESOURCE ACQUISITION AND USE
Resource Configurations Over the Life Cycle of Ventures: Candida G. Brush, Patricia G. Greene, Myra M. Hart and Linda F. Edelman
Salient Resources in New Ventures: A Longitudinal Study of the Composition and Changes of Key Organizational Resources in Three Entrepreneurial Firms: Benyamin Lichtenstein, Candida G. Brush
SUMMARIES
Resources in New and Small Ventures: Influences on Performance Outcomes: Candida G. Brush and Radha Chaganti
Leveraging Resources: Building an Organization on an Entrepreneurial Resource Base: Myra M. Hart, Patricia G. Greene and Candida G. Brush
Human Resource Management Practices and Organizational Life Cycles: Howard E. Aldrich and Nancy Langton
Motives, Use Patterns, and Effects of Contingent Resource Use in Entrepreneurial Firms: Sharon F. Matusik
SUMMARIES
The Context of Creativity: Implications for Strategic Human Resource Management and Competitive Advantage for Small Firms in Growing Industries: Terry C. Blum, Lucy L. Gilson and Christina E. Shalley
Initial Strategies and New Venture Growth: An Examination of the Effectiveness of Broad vs. Narrow Breadth Strategies: Charles E. Bamford, Thomas J. Dean and Patricia P. McDougall
Technology Strategies for Growth and Innovation: A Study of Biotechnology Ventures: Riitta Katila
Patterns of Growth and Performance: An Empirical Study of Young Growing Ventures in France, Ireland and Scotland: Jonathan D. Levie
Entrepreneurial Technology Firms: A Longitudinal Study of Strategy and Performance: Robert G. Schwartz, Richard D. Teach and Naveen Miglani
SUMMARIES
Organizational Location as a Determinant of Productivity and Performance: Joseph E. Coombs and David L. Deeds
CEO Self-Perception Accuracy and Entrepreneurial Organizational Performance: John H. Eggers, Kim T. Leahy and Neil C. Churchill
Entrepreneurial Growth Strategies and Venture Performance in the Software Industry: Richard T. Harrison and Colin M. Mason
The Impact of Mission Statements on the Performance of Entrepreneurial Work Groups: An Empirical Test of an Unproven Assumption: Gideon D. Markman, G. Dale Meyer and Joseph Rosse
SUMMARIES
The Early Stage Financing of High-Tech Entrepreneurs: John Freear, Roger Grinde and Jeffrey E. Sohl
The Effect of Personal Financial Sacrifice on Initial Funding and Subsequent Performance of New Firms: Brian Harmon, Alexander A. Ardichvili and Richard N. Cardozo
An Exploratory Survey of Australia's Informal Venture Capitalists: A Predicate to Theory Building in the Context of International Angel Research: Kevin G. Hindle and Robert Wenban
XIII. BANK FINANCING, MICRO-LENDING, AND TRADE CREDIT
Information Asymmetries, The Banking Relationship and The Implication for Business Growth: Christine T. Ennew and Martin R. Binks
Financial Bootstrapping in Small Businesses: A Resources-Based View on Small Business Finance: Joakim Winborg and Hans Landstrom
SUMMARIES
The Nagging Issue of Accessibility to Credit: An Assessment of a Popular Small Business Loan Program: Deborah Cain Good
The Impact and Effectiveness of Microcredit Organizations on New Business Formation in the United States: Margaret A. Johnson
The Entrepreneur and the Banker: A Comparative Study of Factors Affecting the Relationship: J. William Petty, Nancy B. Upton and Jack A. Griggs
The Demand for Trade Credit, Credit Rationing and the Late Payment of Commercial Debt: An Empirical Study of Growing Businesses: Nicholas Wilson, Carole Singleton and Barbara Summers
POSTER SESSION
Assessing the Importance of the Relationship Between Banks and Their Small Business Customers: Martin R. Binks and Christine T. Ennew
Banking Relationships and Financial Constraints to Growth: An Empirical Study of Small Businesses: Carole Singleton, Nicholas Wilson and Michael Peel
The Impact of Post-Funding Involvement by Venture Capitalists on Long-Term Performance Outcomes: Lowell W. Busenitz, Douglas D. Moesel and James O.Fiet.
Venture Capital and Characteristics of New Venture IPOs: Rodney C. Shrader, Lloyd P. Steier, Patricia P. McMcDougall and Benjamin M. Oviatt
SUMMARIES
Venture Capitalists, Rates of Return and Valuation: A Comparative Study of The U.S., U.K., France, Belgium and Holland: Sophie Manigart, Mike Wright, Philippe Desbrieres, Ken Robbie, Amy V. Beekman, Harry J. Sapienza and Koen de Waele
Partnerships Between Japanese and American Venture Capital Firms: An Exploratory Study: Mark P. Rice, Phillip G. Wickham, and Masaki Kuroki
Venture Capital Funding of Transition and Growth in Family-Owned Business: Nancy B. Upton and J. William Petty
The Monitoring of Venture Capital Firms: Ken Robbie, Mike Wright and Brian Chiplin
The Quest for Legitimacy: A Study of Biotechnology IPOs: David L. Deeds, Paul Y. Mang and Michael Frandsen
SUMMARIES
Financing Entrepreneurial Debt in the 2lst Century: Fernando Alvarez, Saugata Banerjee, William D. Bygrave, J. William Petty and Joel M. Shuman
New Firm Characteristics and the Market for Entrepreneurial Capital: J. Howard Finch and Thomas H. Payne
The Internationalization of the NASDAQ Equity Market: How Entrepreneurial Non-U.S. Firms Reach World Investors: Teresa Nelson and Dara Syliowicz
Legitimacy and the Initial Public Offerings of Biotechnology Firms: Monica A. Zimmerman and David L. Deeds
XVI. INVESTMENT DECISION-MAKING
The Syndication of Venture Capital Deals: Buy-Outs and Buy-Ins: Risk Sharing, Desire for Reciprocity or Need for Additional Resources: Brian Chiplin, Ken Robbie and Mike Wright
New Venture Entry Strategy: An Analysis of Venture Capitalists Decision Making: Dean A. Shepherd
SUMMARIES
Predicting the Nature of the Venture Capital Co-Investment Syndicate and Understanding the Effects of Syndicate Type on the Funded Venture: Douglas D. Moesel, Lowell W. Busenitz, James O. Fiet and Jay B. Barney
The Overconfidence Effect in the Venture Capitalist Investment Decision: Andrew L. Zacharakis
XVII. INTRAPRENEURSHIP AND CORPORATE SPONSORED NEW VENTURES
SUMMARIES
Entrepreneurship in Large Organizations: An Incentives Approach: Alice de Koning, Yrjo Koskinen and Daniel F. Muzyka
Opportunity Recognition: Defining the Attributes of Discontinuous Innovation as a Starting Point for New Business Formation: Mark P. Rice and Donna J. Kelley
Strategic Decision Making Regarding Investment in New-Venturing Activity by Senior Managers of Small to Mid-Size High Growth, Public Companies: An Exploratory Study: Mark P. Rice and William C. Stitt
Corporate Entrepreneurship: The Extreme Case of Top Executive Intrapreneurs and the Consequences for Organizational Learning About Innovations: Hubert S. Staudt
Towards a Strategic Implementation Model for Intrapreneurship: Jon Erik Svendsen
WORKSHOP
The Impact of Organizational and Managerial Practices on New Business Formation Related to the Development of Discontinuous Innovations in Established Firms: Richard P. Leifer
The Impact of Alliances on New Business Formation Related to the Development of Discontinuous Innovations in Established Firms: Lois S. Peters
Opportunity Recognition in the Domain of Discontinuous Innovations: Am Exploratory Study: Mark P. Rice and Donna J. Kelley
Marketing and Design Issues Related to Opportunity Recognition and New Business Formation Based on the Development of Discontinuous Innovations in Established Firms: Robert W. Veryzer
Paradoxes and Reaction Pairs in Franchising: Matti Koiranen, Kimmo Hyrsky Mika Tuunanen
Franchising Your Way to Riches? An Analysis of Value Creation in Public Franchisors: Sue Birley, Benoit Leleux and Stephen Spinelli, Jr.
Benefits of Technology Based Strategic Alliances: An Entrepreneurial Perspective: G. Dale Meyer, Sharon A. Alvarez and James D. Blasick
Strategic Alliances in New Ventures: Does Governance Structure Affect New Venture Performance?: Joette Wisnieski and Michael J. Dowling
SUMMARIES
SME Strategic Alliances In Mexico: Seeking Growth in a Turbulent Environment: John W. Barnes, David Luevano and Frank Hoy
Strategic Network Structures and Outcomes: Lessons Learned Among U.S. Entrepreneurs: Sherrie E. Human and Keith G. Provan
POSTER SESSION
A Multi-Country Exploration of the Role of Environmental Uncertainty and Entrepreneurial Orientations in Determining Alliance Structures: K. Mark Weaver and Pat H. Dickson
SUMMARIES
Entrepreneurial Management and Technology Transfer: Lois S. Peters and Nancy Miller Frank
Entrepreneurship: The New Paradigm of University Technology Transfer: Dennis R. Trune and Lewis N. Goslin
Entrepreneurship's Role in Discontinuous Innovation: Steven T. Walsh, Bruce A. Kirchhoff and Marylouise Dowd
XXI. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, PUBLIC POLICY AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT SECTORS
Why Does the Relative Share of Employment Stay Constant?: Zoltan J. Acs and Bruce D. Phillips
SUMMARIES
The Public Sector Entrepreneur - An Economic Model: Inger Boyett, Mark Casson, and Donald Finlay
On The Costs and Benefits of Paid Memberships in Entrepreneurial Peer Groups: Karl A. Egge and Norman J. Stoehr
The Structural, Support and Ideological Factors That Encourage the Creation of Cooperative Enterprises: Louis Jacques Filion
Self-Employment Programme In Slovenia: Evaluation of Results and an Agenda for Improvement: Miroslav Glas and Meta Cerar
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Government Intervention in Developing Entrepreneurship and Creating New Ventures: A Scottish Study: Russell Griggs and Richard Y. Weaver
Educating Entrepreneurs: Some Scottish Experiences: Sarah Williams and Andrew Turnbull
A Methodological Investigation of the Validity and Usefulness of Parametric and Non-Parametric Statistical Data Analysis Techniques for New Venture Research: Kenneth C. Robinson and Charles W. Hofer
SUMMARIES
Understanding the Field of Entrepreneurship: A Synthesis of the Most Often Quoted Contribution: Jean-Pierre Bechard
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