International Review of Entrepreneurship: Complete Collection, 2003 –: Recent submissions
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Entrepreneurial Engagement Levels in the European Union
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2005)A multinomial logit model and survey data from the 25 EU member states and the US are used to establish the effect of demographic and other variables on various entrepreneurial engagement levels. These engagement levels ... -
Strategic Organizational Development, Infrastructure, and Financial Performance: An Empirical Investigation
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2005)This paper builds upon previous research to develop and empirically test a model of organizational development at different stages of growth from an entrepreneurial start up to a large established business enterprise ... -
Against the Odds? A Case Study of Betfair.com
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2005)Betfair can claim to be Britain's greatest dot com success story. Launched in 2000 its radical innovation was that it enabled people to bet (wager) directly against each other thus cutting out the dominant bookmakers. ... -
Venture Capital Syndicate Formation and Competition: Evidence from Biotechnology
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2005)Venture capital firms (VCs) form syndicates that compete to invest in deals. Does more competition makes it less likely that VCs choose syndicate partners based on past ties? Using over 200,000 observations on how VCs ... -
The Transformation from Entrepreneurship to Professional Management at Countrywide Financial Corporation
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2005)This article describes the process undertaken to make the transformation from a small entrepreneurial venture to an entrepreneurially-oriented, professionally-managed organization. It is a case study involving a company ... -
Characteristics of China's Urban Entrepreneurs
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2005)What are the characteristics of China?s urban entrepreneurs? This paper seeks to address that question using survey data from five cities in China: Shanghai, Wuhan, Shenyang, Fuzhou, and Xian for the period 1996-2001. I ... -
Nurturing Corporate Entrepreneurship: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Organizational Elements That Foster Corporate Entrepreneurship
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2005)This study is a cross-cultural, empirical investigation to assess the relationship between organizational climate for corporate entrepreneurship and national culture values. National culture values regarding entrepreneurship ... -
Creating Bridges: The Vision of the UCLA-Oxford Empirical Research in Entrepreneurship Conference
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2005)During the past few decades, we have witnessed the beginnings of rise of many spectacularly successful entrepreneurial firms and perhaps even more spectacularly successful entrepreneurial failures. We have watched in awe ... -
Methodological issues in Researching Ethnic Entrepreneurship: African Entrepreneurship in London
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)Ethnic entrepreneurship in Britain is frequently treated with little regard to the diversity that exists among ethnic minority groups and their approaches to entrepreneurship. This lacuna is underpinned by a lack of ... -
Social Entrepreneurial Initiatives within the Sustainable Development Landscape
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)Over the last few years many business schools have been active in developing courses on social entrepreneurship. The case studies used are typically based on non-profit initiatives aimed at alleviating social problems in ... -
The Domain of Entrepreneurship Education: Key Issues
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)The present paper provides a conceptual framework to approach the domain of entrepreneurship education. First we offer a state of the art of the academic debate on entrepreneurship education. Then we identify and discuss ... -
The Types and Contextual Fit of Entrepreneurial Processes
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)This article argues that unlike the early research findings on individual and environmental characteristics that are conducive of entrepreneurship, the more recent research on entrepreneurship as behaviors in the process ... -
Spin-outs from Universities: Strategy, Financing, Monitoring and Incubation Models
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)Spin-outs of ventures from universities are growing in importance yet their process is little understood. This paper reviews evidence from the spin-out and university level relating to four key research questions: What ... -
The Renovo Story: Venture Capital at the Cutting Edge
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)The case explores the creation and venture capital financing of Renovo, a biotechnology start up created in 2000 at the University of Manchester, UK. The case examines a variety of issues central to the creation of university ... -
Chemdex: In Search of a Viable Business Model
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)The case uses the dramatic rise and fall of a Web-economy company from 1997 to 2002 to help students consider the meaning and design of business models. The company, formerly known as Chemdex, and then Ventro, is now known ... -
JML Optical at the Crossroads: Exploring Growth and Exit Strategies of a Family Business
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)The JML Optical case and related assignments are designed to promote a discussion exploring the potential impact of entrepreneurial motivation and exit strategies on firm growth and strategic change. The case recounts the ... -
Early Development of Entrepreneurial Qualities: The Role of Initial Education
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)The present study attempts to create a better understanding of the role of entrepreneurship education in developing entrepreneurial qualities by confronting theory and practice. It discusses the extent to which entrepreneurship ... -
The Rise and Fall of the Dot Com Enterprises
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)This paper looks at the dot com phenomenon drawing mainly on examples from the USA where the boom started and was most pronounced, but also from the UK which had a number of high profile dot coms. It starts by asking the ... -
A Model of the Entrepreneurial Economy
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)The present paper deals with the distinction between the models of the managed and entrepreneurial economies. It explains why the model of the entrepreneurial economy may be a better frame of reference than the model of ... -
An Appraisal of the SEED University Technology Small Firms Project in Industrial South Wales
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)The main purpose of the investigation is to focus on the specific needs of university-based technology small firms (UTSFs) making a case for UTSFs' particular contribution to the Welsh economy and why their needs are not ...
