International Review of Entrepreneurship: Recent submissions
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Using E-learning technologies to bridge the gap between international entrepreneurship education and practice
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2010)This paper seeks to address the emergent needs of international entrepreneurship scholars and in doing so it aims to identify the needs of international firms operating in culturally dynamic market spaces. The paper ... -
Developing entrepreneurs through experiential learning: the Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology program at the University of Waterloo, Canada
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2010)Literature on entrepreneurship education identifies experience as a critical aspect of entrepreneurial development. Entrepreneurs learn by problem-solving, experimenting and making mistakes. This mode of learning is ... -
Issues in experiential entrepreneurship education - Introduction to the special edition
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2010)Experiential and self directed learning pedagogies can help improve the self-efficacy of potential entrepreneurs, as well as provide insights from exposure to role models, markets, networks and business processes that can ... -
Entrepreneurial Capital and Firm Performance: Gendered Experiences in North and South Europe
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)This paper explores the relationship between gender, entrepreneurial capital and firm performance. Two comparable surveys (Scotland, Spain), each comprising thirty matched pairs of business owners (30 male, 30 female) drawn ... -
Impact of a Simulation-Based Pedagogy in Entrepreneurship Education: Comparative Insights from Germany, Spain, Thailand and China
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)The objective of the present paper is to evaluate an entrepreneurship education pedagogy that involves computer-based start-up simulations. In a longitudinal study with 163 university students in Germany, Spain, China, and ... -
The Effects of Collegiate Entrepreneurship Education on Post- Graduation Startup of New Ventures: A First Look
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)The questions related to why some individuals choose to start a business while others do not are often studied in Entrepreneurship literature. While extensive research has been performed regarding when, why, and how ... -
Identifying Entrepreneurial Potential? An Investigation of the Identifiers and Features of Entrepreneurship
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)The paper reports a study of entrepreneurship potential amongst students at one university using a quantitative instrument to measure three of the most commonly cited predictors: access to entrepreneurial role models; ... -
EasyFinance: Developing the Capacities for Growth
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)EasyFinance is a Chinese training company founded in 2004, focusing on finance training. It was set up by two trainers, and Marshall Ma joined in 2005, as the third partner. EasyFinance has experienced rapid growth since ... -
Filming Entrepreneurship
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)In this article, we propose a method for teaching entrepreneurship as a dynamic, real-life phenomenon by challenging students to produce a film that 'captures' entrepreneurship in this way. In introducing the teaching ... -
The Management of Corporate Culture in Entrepreneurial Firms
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)It has been recognized that corporate culture is of critical importance to organizational success. For some companies, a strong positive culture is a true "asset." For others, their corporate culture is a true economic ... -
Social Interaction and Students' Perception of Entrepreneurship in the Context of Authentic Enterprise Exposures
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)In researching entrepreneurship education, more attention needs to be given to exploring the educational context and processes involved. With this focus, this study aims to answer two research questions: firstly, do students ... -
Scientist Entrepreneurship: The Role of Policy
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)This paper identifies the role that scientist entrepreneurship from universities can play in generating innovation and economic growth. An important role for policy to promote scientist entrepreneurship is developed. -
Patent and Non Patent Strategies in R&D Based Entrepreneurship: A 4 Step Test
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)In this paper we challenge a common view that patenting is always a 'good thing' for R&D based entrepreneurs to do. We note that in an attempt to provide some simple generic advice to all entrepreneurs that government ... -
"Commercial" versus "Legal" Approaches: Alternative Strategies to Resolving Third-Party IPR Issues Confronting New Ventures
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)For many technology-based ventures, whether classic start-ups or corporate ventures, the viability of the business rests on intellectual property rights (IPR), and external investors will consider these as crucial factors ... -
Academic Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Technology Transfer Ventures
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)This paper draws on literature relating to a series of studies at university, spin-out, and individual academic scientist level to examine key issues in the creation and development of academic entrepreneurship. Different ... -
Open Innovation: An Evolving Entrepreneurial Technique
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)As internet penetration continues to grow across the globe, the potential pool of skilled and talented individuals and organizations that can be contacted or engaged in a commercial or professional arrangement expands. ... -
Web 2.0: New World or Old Hype?
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)Web 2.0 was added to the complex vocabulary of the Internet in the first decade of the new millennia. It is a nebulous term which has been used to describe some of the most prominent recent entrepreneurial ventures of the ... -
First-Generation Internet Banking - Bankers' Perceptions of the Threat
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)This paper is based on contemporaneous surveys of the banking industry in the UK and eurozone during the period 1999-2001. The study looks at the development of first-generation standalone Internet banks and the threat ... -
Will the Old Venture Model Work with New Web-Based Start-Ups?
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)This paper suggests that the traditional venture capital industry, evolved for relatively capital intensive start-ups like semiconductor firms, is a poor fit for the next generation of webbased start-ups. However, the same ... -
Web 2.0 and the Open Source Movement: Liberating Text Books
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2009)The open source movement is a prominent aspect of the Web 2.0 phenomenon, driven as it is by the ability to network and collaborate easily, seamlessly and at low cost. This article considers open source production and ...
