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Profiling The International New Venture -A Literature Review Of The Empirical Evidence, Natasha Evers
Profiling The International New Venture -A Literature Review Of The Empirical Evidence, Natasha Evers
The ITB Journal
International New Ventures (INVs) are defined as "business organisations that, from inception, seek to derive significant competitive advantage from the use of resources and the sale of outputs in multiple countries" (McDougall et al., 1994: 470). Globalisation, the dismantling of trade barriers, and the pervasive impact of new technologies have created unprecedented opportunities for young firms to go international early in their life cycle. This is also evidenced by the large number of long established firms that have recently internationalised. In light of these global trends, size of the firm is no longer a key determinant of internationalisation as it …
The Process And Problems Of Business Start-Ups, Natasha Evers
The Process And Problems Of Business Start-Ups, Natasha Evers
The ITB Journal
“… there is little known about the initial phases of the process (of entrepreneurship). The conception, birth and early development of new ventures are very much an uncharted territory”. (Reynolds and White, 1997:1). This paper sets out to examine the process and problems encountered by new business start-ups. A didactic overview, based on past and current literature in the field, identifies the most common theoretical frameworks frequenting the academic literature and assesses their contribution to explaining and understanding the Process and Problems of New Venture Creation. The founding of a new organisation is not instantaneous and the process is a …
Who Wants To Be An Entrepreneur?, Maura O Connell
Who Wants To Be An Entrepreneur?, Maura O Connell
The ITB Journal
So you want to be an Entrepreneur? What does it take? Are you suited to entrepreneurial life? Have you got the required personality characteristics and what social factors influence whether or not you become an entrepreneur? While many studies have tried to answer these questions the results are somewhat mixed.