Posts Tagged ‘Growth’

Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms

August 9th, 2010

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What characterizes the phenomenon of (small) firm growth, and how can it best be studied? Why and how do firms grow – and why don’t they? Is firm growth externally determined or the result of managers’ visions and actions? What are the different paths that firms follow in order to achieve high growth? Is growth evidence of entrepreneurship – and is growth always desirable? In this book, three leading scholars have integrated some of their most important research in … More >>

Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms

Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy: Prelude to a Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship

June 30th, 2010

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With this selection of previously published articles, Professor Acs provides a guided tour to the leading ideas in knowledge spillover theory. The volume not only includes some of the foundational writings on the use of knowledge in business and industry, but also brings us right up to date with some seminal articles illustrating the latest thinking on entrepreneurship, the knowledge spillover theory and the knowledge filter. Professor Acs has written a new, author… More >>

Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy: Prelude to a Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship Strategy: Changing Patterns in New Venture Creation, Growth, and Reinvention

May 11th, 2010

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In this engaging and practical book, authors Lisa K. Gundry and Jill R. Kickul uniquely approach entrepreneurship across the life cycle of business growth-offering entrepreneurial strategies for the emerging venture, for the growing venture, and for sustaining growth in the established venture. Written from the point of view of the founder or the entrepreneurial team, the book offers powerful and practical tools to increase a venture’s potential for success and gr… More >>

Entrepreneurship Strategy: Changing Patterns in New Venture Creation, Growth, and Reinvention