Competitive analysis and new venture performance: understanding
the impact of strategic uncertainty and venture origin *.
Understanding the competition is important for success in
today's marketplace (Chen, 1996; Youngblood, 1998). This is
especially true among new ventures (companies that have been in
existence for . . .
Help one another, use one another: toward an anthropology of
family business *.
Anthropological kinship theory is explored for potential
contributions to a theory of family business. This article considers the
costs and benefits of a role for kinship in business. Both derive . . .
Extending the theoretical horizons of family business
research.
Family-owned firms account for a large percentage of the economic
activities in the United States and Canada. Estimates run from 40 to 60
percent of the U.S. gross national product (Neubauer & . . .
Editor's note.(Editorial)
The publication of "Roustam Tariko (A): Russian
Entrepreneur" by INSEAD's Manfred Kets de Vries and Elizabeth
Florent-Treacy marks a change in editorial policy that I want to call to
our readers' . . .
Early retirees as the next generation of entrepreneurs.
In this article, we combine perspectives from labor economics and
entrepreneurship to examine early retirees' decision to become
self-employed. Many individuals leave career employment before . . .
Foreign sales and small firm growth: the moderating role of the
management team.
Introduction
What enables small firms to manage foreign sales effectively?
Although business owners enter foreign markets to serve growth
objectives (Jones, 1999; McDougall, Shane, & Oviatt, . . .
Nothing thicker than blood? Commentary on "Help One Another,
Use One Another: Toward an Anthropology of Family Business"
*.
In this commentary, the received definitions of kin-based business
are expanded in a way that allows application of the concept to a wider
variety of cultures. Three types of kin-based enterprise . . .
Managing resources: linking unique resources, management, and
wealth creation in family firms.
The appropriate resources are necessary but insufficient to achieve
a competitive advantage. Resources must also be managed effectively.
Herein, we develop a resource management process model . . .
Roustam Tariko (A): Russian entrepreneur.
First Impressions
Professor Manfred Kets de Vries had worked with people from nearly
every country in Europe and the Americas in his Challenge of Leadership
(COL) program at INSEAD, a business . . .
Competitive strategy and performance of exporting SMEs: an
empirical investigation of the impact of their export information sea
The SMEs' limited capacity to acquire information and use
sources is a major factor explaining their low level of involvement and
performance on export markets. Nonetheless, a small amount of . . .
The family: the missing variable in organizational research
*.
Few studies in the mainstream management literature have included
the family as a variable. The focus of this article is to describe (1)
why there is a dearth of research using family as a . . .
Creating wealth in family firms through managing resources:
comments and extensions.
Sirmon and Hitt (2003) do an excellent job of describing the
pivotal role that resources unique to a family firm can play in a
company's survival and success. Grounded in the resource-based . . .
Case study: Roustam Tariko; Russian entrepreneur. (Note to
Instructors).
This case looks at entrepreneurial leadership and business
development on several levels. It addresses issues that typically arise
in new ventures and "bricks to clicks" transformation,
including . . .
What do they think and feel about growth? An expectancy-value
approach to small business managers' attitudes toward growth
(1).
This study focuses on small business managers' motivation to
expand their firms. More specifically, we examine the relationships
between expected consequences of growth on the one hand, and . . .
Gender, microenterprise success and cultural context: the case of
South Asia.(research on businesswomen)(Statistical Data
Includ
This paper demonstrates weaknesses in the ability of orthodox
microenterprise development theory to represent issues relevant to
women's success in the sector. Researchers tend to use gender
simply . . .
Legitimizing family business scholarship in organizational
research and education.
Where to begin and where to end? The overlapping domains of
organizational research and family business encompass huge bodies of
literature and a myriad of subtopics. The study of organizations is . . .
Agency problems in large family business groups.
Greater managerial ownership in family firms need not mitigate
agency problems, especially when each family controls a group of
publicly traded and private firms, as is the case in most . . .
Roustam Tariko (B): the measure of the man.
Professor Manfred Kets de Vries was looking forward to seeing
Roustam Tariko, the Russian entrepreneur who was participating in
Manfred's Challenge of Leadership (COL) seminar. Manfred had come
to . . .
IPO underpricing: a meta-analysis and research synthesis.(initial
public offerings)
Initial public offerings (IPOs) have been a prominent focus of
academic and popular press attention, especially in recent years. Much
of this attention can be attributed to the increase in IPO . . .
The moderating effect of national culture on the relationship
between entrepreneurial orientation and strategic alliance portfol
This study examines the influence that national culture has on the
relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and strategic alliance
formation. Using a sample of small- to medium-sized . . .
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