FRONTIERS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH 1999
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FRONTIERS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH 1999 TABLE OF CONTENTS |
NATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INDEPENDENT BUSINESS AWARD WINNING PAPER ON THE GENERAL TOPIC
TAYLOR AND FRANCIS PUBLISHERS AWARD WINNING PAPER ON VENTURE CAPITAL
I. ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: SELECTED TOPICS
II. ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: MOTIVATION, INTENTIONS
III. ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: DECISION-MAKING
IV. ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: GENDER
V. ENTREPRENEURIAL SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS: SOCIAL NETWORKS
VI. ENTREPRENEURIAL SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS: ETHNICITY
VII. CONTEXTUAL EFFECTS ON NEW FIRMS: GEOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS
VIII. CONTEXTUAL EFFECTS ON NEW FIRMS: GOVERNMENT, LEGAL VARIATIONS
IX. CONTEXTUAL EFFECTS ON NEW FIRMS: TRANSITION ECONOMIES
X. CREATIVE BUSINESS IDEAS: OPPORTUNITY RECOGNITION, DEVELOPMENT
XI. CREATIVE BUSINESS IDEAS: INNOVATION
XII. CREATIVE BUSINESS IDEAS: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
XIII. NEW FIRM FINANCING: EQUITY—SEARCH FOR FUNDS
XIV. NEW FIRM FINANCING: EQUITY—ANGELS, PRIVATE SOURCES
XV. NEW FIRM FINANCING: EQUITY—ENTREPRENEUR-INVESTOR-SPONSOR RELATIONSHIPS
XVI. NEW FIRM FINANCING: DEBT—BANKS, FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
XVII. NEW FIRM FINANCING: EQUITY—INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS MARKET PERFORMANCE
XVIII. VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS: LONG-TERM IMPACT ON NEW FIRMS
XIX. VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS: ASSESSING INVESTMENT SUCCESS
XX. VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS: INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
XXI. VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS: DECISION-MAKING
XXII. FIRMS AND STRATEGY: GENERAL ISSUES
XXIII. FIRMS AND STRATEGY: INTERNATIONALIZATION
XXIV. FIRMS AND STRATEGY: STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
XXV. FIRMS AND STRATEGY: FRANCHISING
XXVI. FIRMS AND STRATEGY: ISSUES IN FAMILY OWNED FIRMS
XXVII. NEW FIRMS: MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE, PROCESS AND PERFORMANCE
XXVIII. NEW FIRMS: HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
XXIX. NEW FIRMS: ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
XXX. NEW FIRMS: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
XXXI. NEW FIRMS: SURVIVAL AND GROWTH—LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH AND ISSUES
XXXII. NEW FIRMS: GROWTH—TRANSITIONS AND MOMENTUM
XXXIII. CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: STRATEGIC RE-ORIENTATION
XXXIV. CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: NEW VENTURE CREATION AND MANAGEMENT
XXXV. SOCIETAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
XXXVI. EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
XXXVII. ENTREPRENEURIAL RESEARCH: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
NATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INDEPENDENT BUSINESS (NFIB) AWARD WINNING PAPER ON THE GENERAL TOPIC
The
Trouble with Gurus: Responses to Dependence and the Emergence of Employment Practices in
Entrepreneurial Firms
Ted Baker and Howard E. Aldrich
International
Diversity by Entrepreneurial Firms: Cooperative Relationships, Core Competencies and
Performance
Kendall W. Arrz, R. Duane Ireland, and Michael A. Hitt
TAYLOR & FRANCIS PUBLISHERS AWARD WINNING PAPER ON VENTURE CAPITAL
A
Comparison of Business Angel and Venture Capitalist Investment Procedures: An Agency
Theory-Based Analysis
Mark van Osnabrugge
I. ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: SELECTED TOPICS
The Role of Social Skills in Entrepreneurs’ Success:
Evidence from Videotapes of Entrepreneurs’ Presentations
Robert A. Baron and Candida G. Brush
When the Going Gets
Tough . . . Toward a Psychology of Entrepreneurial Failure and
Re-Motivation
Melissa S. Cardon and Rita Gunther McGrath
Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy: The Development of a
Measure and Its Relationship to Entrepreneurial Action
Alex F. De Noble, Dong Jung, and Sanford B. Ehrlich
Summaries
Five Factor Theory of Personality: A New &
Useful Lens to Explore Entrepreneurial Action or Another Useless Dead-End?
John H. Eggers
Antecedents to Entrepreneurship: Beliefs, Attitudes
and Background
Phillip H. Phan, Chee Leong Chong, Clement Wang, and Poh Kam Wong
II. ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: MOTIVATION, INTENTIONS
Firm Size Expectations of Nascent Entrepreneurs
Frédéric Delmar and Per Davidsson
Motivation Structure and Entrepreneurial Intentions
Jukka Vesalainen and Timo Pihkala
Summaries
Entreprenuerial Narratives and the Dominant Logics of High
Growth Firms
Yuri Mishina, Timothy Pollock, Joseph Porac, and S. Michael Camp
The Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Motivation and
Satisfaction: An Empirical Study
Mika Tuunanen
Entrepreneurial Goal Orientations: A Comparative Exploration of
U.S. and Russian Entrepreneurs
Wayne Stewart, JoAnn Carland, James Carland, and Warren Watson
III. ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: DECISION-MAKING
Cognitive Mechanisms: Potential Differences
Between Entrepreneurs and Non-Entrepreneurs
Robert A. Baron and Gideon D. Markman
The Creative Entrepreneur: A Study of the
Entrepreneur’s Creative Processes
Robert Beattie
Entrepreneurship as a Career Choice:
Attitudes, Entrepreneurial Intentions, and Utility Maximization
Evan J. Douglas
Summary
Studying Entrepreneurial Decision Making Using
Think Aloud Verbal Protocols
Saras D. Sarasvathy
IV. ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: GENDER
Exploration of the Venture Capital Industry: Is
Gender an Issue?
Patricia G. Greene, Candida G. Brush, Myra M. Hart, and Patrick Saparito
Summaries
Exporting Behavior: The Case of Women Business
Owners
Deborah Cain Good and Barbara K. Mistick
Perceptions of Business Growth by Women
Entrepreneurs
Dominic G. Kamau, Gary N. McLean, and Alexander Ardishvili
The Growth Pattern of Women Run Enterprises: An
Empirical Study in India
Reshmi Mitra
Poster Summary
Women Business Owners and Their Value Systems: A
Comparative Analysis
Deborah Cain Good and Barbara K. Mistick
V. ENTREPRENEURIAL SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS: SOCIAL NETWORKS
The Impact of Personal Network Characteristics on
Perceived Environmental Uncertainty: An Examination of Owners / Managers of New High
Technology Firms
Olukemi O. Sawyerr and Jeffrey E. McGee
Summaries
Internal and External Network Persistence:
Differentiating Network Demise from Network Failure
Sherrie E. Human, Charles H. Matthews, Keith G. Provan, and K. Scott Guy
Entrepreneurship in a Life Course Perspective
Lene Foss
Entrepreneurial Networks—A Cross-Country
Comparison
Paul Friga, Hugh O’Neill, and Thomas Bateman
Railbirds, Scouts, and Independent Book Sellers:
The Role of Social Networks in New Business Creation
Marc Weinstein
Poster Summary
Learning Networks—A Metaphor for Inter-Organizational Development Joakim Tell
VI. ENTREPRENEURIAL SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS: ETHNICITY
Summaries
How Different Are Ethnic Entrepreneurs? A Study
of Involvement in Ethnic Community, and Personal and Business Characteristics?
Radha Chaganti and Patricia G. Greene
Entrepreneurial Behavior of Freed Slaves: Post
Civil War Southern States
Craig S. Galbraith and Curt Stiles
VII. CONTEXTUAL EFFECTS ON NEW FIRMS: GEOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS
Summaries
The Production of Prestige: An
Entrepreneurial Viagra
Alistair R. Anderson and Sarah L. Jack
Determining the Incremental Impact of
Legitimizing Tactics on Home-Based Businesses Located in Rural Areas
Dale A. Henderson
The Spatial Distribution of Entrepreneurial Activity: The
Case of Rural Italy
Maria Minniti
VIII. CONTEXTUAL EFFECTS ON NEW FIRMS: GOVERNMENT, LEGAL VARIATIONS
Summaries
The Process of Enterprise Creation: A Look
into the “Black Box” of Entrepreneurship Evaluation. Evidences from the European
“Best Practices”
Andrea Rea, Giulio Maggiore, and Ivo Allegro
Enabling Entrepreneurship: The Role of
Personal and Corporate Bankruptcy Legislations in Europe, USA and Japan
Bernard Surlemont, Benoît Leleux, and Sabine Denis
IX. CONTEXTUAL EFFECTS ON NEW FIRMS: TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Summaries
The Role of Intrapreneurship in Transition
Economies: Insights from a Comparative Study
Bostjan Antoncic and Robert D. Hisrich
Living in Their Shoes: A United States-Based
Look at the Managerial Processes in Locally Owned, Eastern European Entrepreneurial
Organizations
Amy L. Kenworthy and William J. Bigoness
X. CREATIVE BUSINESS IDEAS: OPPORTUNITY RECOGNITION, DEVELOPMENT
Opportunity Recognition as a Creative Process
Gerald E. Hills, Rodney C. Shrader, and G. T. Lumpkin
Opportunity Recognition Through Social Network
Characteristics of Entrepreneurs
Robert P. Singh, Gerald E. Hills, Ralph C. Hybels, and G. T. Lumpkin
Opportunity Knocks—Or
Does It Hide? An Examination of the Role of Opportunity
Recognition in Entrepreneurship
Charlene Zietsma
Summaries
Entrepreneurial Discovery and the Global Economy
Zoltan J. Acs and Bernard Yeung
Opportunity Formation from a Socio-Cognitive
Perspective
Alice J. de Koning
Opportunity Emergence: The Evolution of Strategic
Vision
Norris Krueger, Jr.
Distinguishing Characteristics of Opportunity
Recognition: An Empirical Examination of CEOs in Family and Non Family Enterprises
Claudio Romano, George Tanewski, and Kosmas Smyrnios
Perceiving Opportunity “Through a Fog of
Uncertainty”: Haworth, Inc. (1948–1976)
William R. Sandberg and Thomas J. Hench
Poster Summaries
Opportunity Recognition and Revenue Generation in
Electronic Commerce: Perspectives of Regulators and Trade Negotiators
Alan L. Carsrud
Identifying Growth Opportunities: Testing a
Personal ‘Entrepreneurial Orientation’
Norris Krueger, Jr.
XI. CREATIVE BUSINESS IDEAS: INNOVATION
Summaries
Innovation and Growth in Manufacturing SMEs
Mark S. Freel
Sustaining Innovation in the New Firm: The Role
of Technology Portfolios and Alliance Formation
Donna Kelley and Mark P. Rice
Evaluation of Innovation Centres in Germany
Christine Tamásy266
Exogenous Disruptive Technologies: From
Invention to Market
Steven T. Walsh and Bruce A. Kirchhoff
XII. CREATIVE BUSINESS IDEAS: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Summaries
Leadership Practices Common to Entrepreneurs
in Technology Transfer Start-Ups
Thomas J. Boyle
The Impact of a Research University in
Silicon Valley: Entrepreneurship of Alumni and Faculty
Thomas Byers, Robert Keeley, Anthony Leone, and George Parker
Creating an International High Technology
Incubator: The Case of the UCLA Venture Development Program
Alan L. Carsrud, Elwin Svenson, and Lloyd Gilbert
Geographic Proximity: A Stimulus for Greater
Knowledge Transfer and Technological Outcomes in Industry-University Relationships
Joseph E. Coombs and Michael Santoro
Entrepreneurship: A Better Opportunity
for University Technology Transfer
Dennis R. Trune and Lewis N. Goslin
Poster Summary
US University Based Entrepreneurial Firm
Development: Faculty Research Commercialization Programs
Robert G. Schwartz, Richard D. Teach, and C. Michael Cassidy
XIII. NEW FIRM FINANCING: EQUITY—SEARCH FOR FUNDS
Days of Reckoning: New Equity Markets and
Added Volatility
Daniel Muzyka, Benoît Leleux, and Christopher Zott
How Early Stage Entrepreneurs Evaluate
Venture Capitalists
D. Gordon Smith
Summaries
The Global Search for Equity: The Shaping
of Entrepreneurial Behavior
Teresa Nelson and Dara Szyliowicz
A Comparison of Companies Seeking Venture
Capital Over the Internet in the USA, UK and Germany
Isabella Nittka
XIV. NEW FIRM FINANCING: EQUITY—ANGELS, PRIVATE SOURCES
The Syndication of Venture Capital Investment
Andy Lockett and Mike
Wright
The Informal Venture Capital Market in Norway—Investor Characteristics, Behavior and Preferences
Björnar Reitan and Roger Sörheim
Summaries
The Interface Between Business Angels and
Venture Capitalists in Scottish Technology-Based Companies
Nicola Campbell
The Formation and Organization of Mega-Angel
Syndicates
William M. Mayfield and William D. Bygrave
XV. NEW FIRM FINANCING: EQUITY—ENTREPRENEUR-INVESTOR-SPONSOR RELATIONSHIPS
CEO vs Board Typologies in Venture
Capital-Entrepreneur Relationships
Řystein Fredriksen and Magnus Klofsten
Summaries
Do ‘External’ Directors and / or
Mentors Add Value?
David Deakins, Patrick Mileham, and Eileen O’Neill
When Can Conflict Be Constructive and / or
Harmful Between the Venture Capitalist and Entrepreneurial Team in the UK?
Hiro Higashide and Sue Birley
A Behavioral View of Partnership Formation in
Investor-Entrepreneur Dyads
Harry J. Sapienza, M. Audrey Korsgaard, Rob Folger, Chris Sagrera, and Clement Zhang
The Affect of “Anchoring and
Adjustment” on Entrepreneur-Investor Negotiations
Dean A. Shepherd and Andrew L. Zacharakis
Why New Venture Stakeholders Perceive Newness as
Liability: A Verbal Protocol Analysis
Young-Rok Choi and Terri Standish-Kuon
XVI. NEW FIRM FINANCING: DEBT—BANKS, FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
Small Firms’ Use of Financial Leverage:
Evidence from the 1993 National Survey of Small Business Finances
Susan Coleman and Richard Cohn
Entrepreneur / Banker
Interaction in Young Growing Firms: A Large Scale International Study
Julian Lange, Jan P. Warhuus, and Jonathan Levie
XVII. NEW FIRM FINANCING: EQUITY—INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS MARKET PERFORMANCE
Underpricing and the Long Run Financial
Performance of IPOs: Information Asymmetry and Firm Inventive Capability
Michael B. Heeley, Ajay Khorana, and Sharon F. Matusik
Stock Price Performance of Internet Firms:
Identification of Key Drivers
Kathleen Seiders and Elizabeth G. Riley
Summary
The Performance of Initial Public
Offerings in the Software Industry
Todd A. Finkle
XVIII. VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS: LONG-TERM IMPACT ON NEW FIRMS
Venture Capital Firm Resources and
Their Long-Term Effect on Venture Disposition
Lowell W. Busenitz and James O. Fiet
Post-Investment Evolution of Belgian
Venture Capital Backed Companies: An Empirical Study
Sophie Manigart and Wim Van Hyfte
XIX: VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS: ASSESSING INVESTMENT SUCCESS
Venture Capital High-Tech Investments: Can We
Differentiate The Best from the Worst?
William D. Bygrave, Gregory Johnstone, Michael Matchett, and James Roedel
A Longitudinal Study of Portfolio Investment
Strategies in the Finnish Venture Capital Industry
Dirk De Clercq, Mikko Kumpulainen, Manu Mäkelä, and Philip Goulet
The Rates of Return from Informal Venture
Capital Investments: Some UK Evidence
Colin M. Mason and Richard T. Harrison
XX. VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS: INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
Summaries
Japanese Venture Capital: An Industry in
Transition
Masaki Kuroki, Mark P. Rice, and Pier A. Abetti
Community Development Venture Capital: Balancing
Financial and Social Objectives
Julia S. Rubin
XXI. VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS: DECISION-MAKING
Summaries
“Deal-Makers”: A Reputation That
Attracts Quality
Peter Kelly and Michael Hay
Entrepreneur’s Experience and Likely
Venture Success: An Investigation of VCs’ Contingent Decision Policies
Andrew L. Zacharakis and Dean A. Shepherd
XXII. FIRMS AND STRATEGY: GENERAL ISSUES
Human Resource Slack and Venture Growth:
An Exploratory Analysis of Growing Employees at a Faster Rate Than Sales
Theresa M. Welbourne, Heidi M. Neck, and G. Dale Meyer
Summaries
The Use of Technology as a Competitive
Strategy in High Growth, Entrepreneurial Companies
Kathleen R. Allen and Dennis P. Slevin
A Longitudinal Analysis of the
Relationship Between Planning and Performance in Australian Small Firms
Brian Gibson and Gavin Cassar
The Resource Based View: Strategy’s
Contribution to Entrepreneurship
Bill Norton
Poster Summary
Networking with Stakeholders as a Survival
Strategy for Entrepreneurial Firms
Daniel W. Greening and Bruce R. Barringer
XXIII. FIRMS AND STRATEGY: INTERNATIONALIZATION
Summaries
Enacting Globalisation and Mapping
Growth in Small Entrepreneurial Firms
Denise Fletcher and Shailendra Vyakarnam
Factors Affecting the Globalisation
Tendencies of British Entrepreneurs: A Critical Overview
Harry Matlay
International Market Selection by New
and Small Firms
Paul Westhead, Mike Wright, and Deniz Ucbasaran
Poster Summary
International Involvement,
Organizational Change and Market Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis of New Ventures
Joseph E. Coombs
XXIV. FIRMS AND STRATEGY: STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
Summaries
Entrepreneurship and the Technological
Strategic Alliance Between Competitors: Transaction Cost Economics and Common Knowledge as
Core Competencies (An Empirical Analysis)
Boualem Aliouat and Olivier Masclef
Technology Based Strategic Alliances: Are
They Good for Entrepreneurial Firms?
Sharon A. Alvarez and G. Dale Meyer
XXV. FIRMS AND STRATEGY: FRANCHISING
Summaries
Growth Strategies for Small Firms: The Case
of Franchising
David Kirby and Anna Watson
An Empirically Supported Transaction-Cost
Perspective of the Tolerance Zone in Franchising
Steve Spinelli and Sue Birley
XXVI. FIRMS AND STRATEGY: ISSUES IN FAMILY OWNED FIRMS
Summaries
The Organizational Consequences of
Altruism in Family Firms: Theory and Evidence
William S. Schulze, Michael Lubatkin, Richard Dino
Reconceptualizing Business Performance
Theory Within the Family Business Context: Helping High Growth Firms Remain Competitive in
Global Markets
Ramona K. Z. Heck and Kathryn Stafford
XXVII. NEW FIRMS: MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE, PROCESS AND PERFORMANCE
Entrepreneurial Team Heterogeneity and
the Moderating Effects of Environmental Volatility and Team Tenure on New Venture
Performance
Michael D. Ensley and Allen C. Amason
Effects of External Contacts and
Internal Make-Up on Entrepreneurial Team Performance
Maw-Der Foo, Deborah Ancona, and Jean Jacques Degroof
Summaries
Managerial Practices and Core
competencies of Entrepreneurs: A Contingency Framework of Performance
Boualem Aliouat, Caty Camion, and Yvon Gasse
Organizational Rejuvenation: The
Relationship Between Self-Managed Teams: Creativity and Performance
Terry C. Blum, Lucy L. Gilson, and Christina E. Shalley
Management Buy-Outs and Entrepreneurial
Orientation: Evidence from Dutch Case Studies
Hans Bruining and Remco Berrevoets
High Growth Firms in the Software
Industry: Comparing Ireland with America Through Structure, Strategy, and Entrepreneurial
Teams
Thomas M. Cooney and Aidan O’Driscoll
Entrepreneurial Top Management Team
Demography, Team Process and Organizational Performance: Five Models on the Impacts of
Management Team on Organizational Performance
Jari Handelberg and Shailendra Vyakarnam
The Influence of the Founding
Entrepreneurial Team on the Performance of Rapidly Growing New Ventures
Elisabeth J. Teal and Charles W. Hofer
Poster Summaries
Entrepreneurs’
and Managers’ Visions of Success in Small Firms: A
Comparative Analysis
Corinne Morel d’Arleux
Legitimacy and the Growth of New
Ventures: The Legitimacy of the Top Management Team and Its Influence Upon the Growth of
New Ventures
Monica A. Zimmerman and Stephen K. Callaway
XXVIII. NEW FIRMS: HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
A Genealogy and Taxonomy of
High-Technology New Venture Creation within an Entrepreneurial System
Heidi M. Neck, Boyd D. Cohen, and Andrew C. Corbett
New Technology-Based Firms in the
Evolution of a Technological Field—The
Case of Biomaterials
Annika Rickne
Informal Communication, Formal
Collaboration, and the Growth of Research-Intensive Entrepreneurial Firms in the
Biotechnology Industry
Kelvin W. Willoughby
National Federation of Independent Business Paper of
Distinction
Social Capital,
Relational Learning, and Knowledge Distinctiveness in Technology-Based New Firms
Helena Yli-Renko,
Erkko Autio, Harry J. Sapienza, and Michael Hay
Poster Summary
New Product Performance in Small
Technology Firms: The Role of Product, Process, Entrepreneurial, Environmental and
Organizational Characteristics
B. Elango and Susan M. Houghton
XXIX. NEW FIRMS: ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
Summaries
Organizational Culture: How It Forms and
Evolves in Entrepreneurial Companies
Robert Keeley, Robert Knapp, James Rothe, and Sandra Keeley
Coping with the “Liability of
Newness”: Profiles of the Managerial and Structural Characteristic of New Ventures
Colm O’Gorman
XXX. NEW FIRMS: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Summary
Human Resources in Initial Public Offering
Firms: Do Venture Capitalists Make a Difference?
Linda A. Cyr, Diane E. Johnson, and Theresa M. Welbourne
XXXI. NEW FIRMS: SURVIVAL AND GROWTH—LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH AND ISSUES
A Longitudinal Model of Growth for the Inc.
500 Firms
Moren Lévesque and Kenneth R. MacCrimmon
The Sustainability of the Entrepreneurial
Orientation-Performance Relationship
Johan Wiklund
Summaries
Is Growth Profitable? A Study of Inc.
500 Fast Growth Companies
William B. Gartner and Gideon D. Markman
A Dynamic Model for Operationalizing Stage
Transitions in New and Small Organizations
Benyamin M. Bergmann Lichtenstein
Entrepreneurial Persistence: A 3-Year
Longitudinal Study
Nancy Yanchus, Kelly G. Shaver, Elizabeth J. Gatewood, and William B. Gartner
Poster Summary
Determinants of Economic Performance of
Small Firms: A Statistical Analysis of Industry and Resources Effects in the Computer
Industry
Grégory Denglos
XXXII. NEW FIRMS: GROWTH—TRANSITIONS AND MOMENTUM
Breaking the Entrepreneurial Growth
Barrier: The Role of Venture Capital and Acquisitions for the Emergence of Medium-Sized
Technology-Intensive Firms
Rögnvaldur J. Saemundsson and Ĺsa Lindholm Dahlstrand
Summaries
Achieving and Maintaining Rapid-Growth:
How Rapid-Growth Firms Lessen the Managerial Capacity Problem
Bruce R. Barringer and Donald O. Neubaum
Engines of Entrepreneurial Growth and
Performance: The System Dyanamics of Transformative Change in New and Small Ventures
Benyamin M. Bergmann Lichtenstein and Peter Stroh
Poster Summaries
High-Tech Entrepreneurial Teams—Managing the Challenges of Growth
Anne Flynn and Briga Hynes
Generating Strategies for Firm Growth: A Learning
Goal Model
Terry W. Noel
XXXIII. CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: STRATEGIC RE-ORIENTATION
Summaries
Strategic Investing in Schumpeterian Environments:
The Case of Enron
Karen L. Belanger
Understanding Factors That Trigger Entrepreneurial
Behavior in Established Companies: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Michael H. Morris, John W. Altman, and Shaker Zahra
Creating Value Through Internationalization: The
Case of the APP Group
Miroslav Pivoda, Eduard Mika, and Frank Hoy
Entrepreneurship Systems, Cooperation and
Corporate Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Dutch Firms
Aart Willem Saly
Poster Summary
A Corporate Entrepreneurship Program: Case Study
Part II
Newell Gough
XXXIV. CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: NEW VENTURE CREATION AND MANAGEMENT
Corporate Start-Up Funding: Are the Criteria
Different for Projects Obtaining More Than One Million Dollars?
Peter A. Koen
The Implications of Parent Firm Ownership for
Competence Development in Divested New Ventures
Annaleena Parhankangas, Pia Arenius, and Tomi Laamanen
Summaries
Knowledge Relatedness, Learning, and Growth of Young
Industrial Spin-Off Firms
Erkko Autio and Annaleena Parhankangas
Solving the Global-Entrepreneurial Paradox: Exploring
Highly Autonomous Entrepreneurial Units Within Large Multinational Organizations
Steven H. Hanks and Douglas W. Lyon
Corporate Entrepreneurship Through Strategic
Entrepreneurial Units (SEUs)
Joel M. Shulman, U. Srinivasa Rangan, and Frank S. Streeter
Potential and Evaluation Criteria for Intrapreneurial
Projects: Seeking a Basis for Measuring Effects of Public Support
Jon Erik Svendsen and Niels Jřrgen Andersen
XXXV. SOCIETAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Summaries
High Growth Firms, Internationalisation and Job Creation
in Sweden
Svante Andersson
High Growth SMEs and Regional Prosperity: Evidence from
the North East of England
Pooran Wynarczyk
XXXVI. EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Summaries
Exploratory Study to Assess the Effects of
Entrepreneurship Programs on Student Entrepreneurial Behaviors
Alain Fayolle and Isabel Servais
Short-Term Results Evaluation of a
Competence-Based-Training for Entrepreneurs—EMPRETEC Program
Rose Mary Almeida Lopes
The Impact of Exporting a U.S.-Based Entrepreneurial
Development Model on South Australia’s High-Growth Firms
Courtney Price and Gregory Loudoun
Poster Summary
Entrepreneurs Do It for Free! Beginning to Understand
the Contributions of Entrepreneurs to the Teaching of Entrepreneurship in Scotland
Sarah Williams and Andrew Turnbull
XXXVII. ENTREPRENEURIAL RESEARCH: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
Summaries
Predicting Financial Performance in Firm Growth:
Problems Associated with and Recommendations for Using Large Databases
S. Michael Camp, Boris Nenide, Robert W. Pricer, and Donald Sexton
Cross-National Comparisons of Entrepreneurial
Sector Experts: A Five-Country Methodological Test
Jonathan Levie, Yoash Avrahami, Pia Arenius, Claus Otten, and Isabel Servais
An Investigation into the Volume and Impact of
Business Acquisition Activity in the United States: 1990–1994
Alicia Robb and Catherine Armington
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