How corporate entrepreneurs learn from fledgling innovation
initiatives: cognition and the development of a termination
script.
Through a parallel examination of literatures on new product
development termination and entrepreneurial cognition, this study
explores a specific form of human capital development: learning . . .
Homeboy industries: an incubator of hope and businesses.(Company
overview)(Case study)
This case presents the story of Homeboy Industries, which was
founded by Father Greg Boyle, S.J. to offer employment opportunities to
former gang members in East Los Angeles. Homeboy Industries . . .
Correlates of board empowerment in small companies.
This study seeks to advance the understanding of board empowerment
in small companies. Predictions based on agency and resource dependency
theories were used to examine how contingency factors . . .
Marshaling resources to form small new ventures: toward a more
holistic understanding of entrepreneurial support.(Statistical
da
This article makes two contributions to our understanding of the
core entrepreneurial activity of assembling resources to pursue an
opportunity. First, a conceptual framework is presented to . . .
The influence of university R & D expenditures on new
business formations and employment growth.
Since new firms generally lack the resources necessary to compete
with their larger, older counterparts in the knowledge development
process, we argue that they often rely on spillovers to fuel . . .
The role of human capital in technological
entrepreneurship.
This special issue addresses the role that the human capital
characteristics of individuals and teams play in the complex process of
technological entrepreneurship. In this article, we position the . . .
Deciding on an entrepreneurial career: a test of the pull and
push hypotheses using the Panel Study Of Entrepreneurial Dynamics
The Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics data were used to
analyze if the potential for increased life satisfaction pulls or job
dissatisfaction pushes individuals toward an entrepreneurial . . .
Note to instructors for Dealer Trade Group: high-tech venturing
in a low-tech industry.
This case provides a rare insider's perspective on the
situation of a high-tech company (Dealer Trade Group: DTG) attempting to
upset the existing institutions, practices, and norms of the . . .
A note on strategic renewal and corporate venturing in the
subsidiaries of multinational enterprises.
The corporate entrepreneurship literature has recently been
enriched by Birkinshaw's research on subsidiary initiatives in
multinational enterprises (MNEs). In this article, we extend that work
by . . .
Alternative knowledge strategies, competitive environment, and
organizational performance in small manufacturing firms.(Table)
This study examines the relationship between knowledge strategy
(exploration or exploitation) and performance, and the possible
moderating role of external environment variables. Results from a . . .
Homeboy industries: an incubator of hope and businesses--a note
to instructors.(Case study)
This case presents the story of Homeboy Industries, which was
founded by Father Greg Boyle, S.J. to offer employment opportunities to
former gang members in East Los Angeles. Homeboy Industries . . .
Beyond the single-person, single-insight attribution in
understanding entrepreneurial opportunities.
This article helps develop the creativity perspective within
entrepreneurship in two ways. First, it elaborates on the nature of
opportunity as a creative product. Rather than viewing opportunities . . .
Dealer Trade Group: high-tech venturing in a low-tech
industry.(Carter Crockett)
Early one morning in August 2001, Carter Crockett groaned as he
pulled his rickety Honda Accord into the parking lot at 6:53 A.M. Todd
Greenway' s new, oversized bright red truck was already . . .
From opportunity insight to opportunity intention: the importance
of person-situation learning match.(opportunity development)
Within the context of opportunity development as a learning
process, this paper explores the intentionality that drives the early
stages of this process, from the initial occurrence of an idea to . . .
Special issue of entrepreneurship theory and practice:
transnational entrepreneurship and global reach.
The concept of transnational entrepreneurship (TE) as a distinct
attribute of globalization has attracted considerable attention in
social science disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, . . .
Technology entrepreneurs' human capital and its effects on
innovation radicalness.
Radical innovations transform existing markets, create new markets,
and stimulate economic growth. This study investigates how the
experience, education, and prior knowledge of technology . . .
Examining the technical corporate entrepreneurs' motivation:
voices from the field.
Prior research has proposed five conditions that support corporate
entrepreneurship: rewards, management support, resources including time,
organizational structures (at the macro level), and risk . . .
Toward a theory of social venture franchising.
This article examines the relevance of the two main theories used
to understand business format franchising--resource scarcity theory and
agency theory--for social venture franchising through an . . .
The past, present, and future of entrepreneurship research: data
analytic trends and training (1).
Competent data analysis is essential to entrepreneurship research
and to the discipline's progression. A three-study design was used
to evaluate quantitative analytic trends and the adequacy . . .
Exploring the role of industry structure in new venture
internationalization.
While we have gained considerable knowledge since the late 1980s
regarding the phenomena of international new ventures, less is known
about the influence of industry structure on these ventures. In . . .
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