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Making Growth Happen: Learning From First Generation Entrepreneurs; By S J Phansalkar, New Delhiu: Response Books (Sage), 1998, D Sampath

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

Business Librarians' Interest Group Spring 2000 Program, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Publications

Short newsletter article advertising the spring 2000 program of the Business Librarians' Interest Group of ACRL/New England Chapter, "Starting a Business Information Needs and Sources."

The Quarterly Speaker - Winter 2000, Nova Southeastern University

The Quarterly Speaker

No abstract provided.

Are The Common Myths Of Entrepreneurship All That Common? A Test Of Entrepreneurs And Non-Entrepreneurs, Kevin W. Sightler

Faculty Articles

It has been suggested that there is general misunderstanding in the business and academic communities as to the definition, form, and substance of entrepreneurship. Common myths of entrepreneurship have been advanced such as "Entrepreneurship involves starting and running a small business" and "Entrepreneurship requires a lot of money." A sample of 163 subjects revealed overall disagreement with the stated myths. Evidence supported a hypothesized divergence of opinion about entrepreneurship myths between entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs, but there was no difference of opinion between less successful and more successful entrepreneurs. Implications of the findings are discussed.

Business Ownership Patterns Among Black, Latina, And Asian Women In Massachusetts, Russell E. Williams

Trotter Review

Using data from the most recently released Survey of Minority Businesses, this article explores the significance of businesses owned by minority women in Massachusetts. I describe the number of such businesses, the rates at which the number of such businesses are expanding, and the average sales and receipts of women-owned businesses — and I compare these statistics for White, Black, Latino and Asian businesses.

The Meaning Of Black Entrepreneurship In Constructing Community, Stacey Sutton

Trotter Review

The small business sector in the United States has traditionally been viewed as a strong source of economic growth and prosperity, as entrepreneurship epitomizes the quintessential American fantasy of rugged individualism. Given the myths about larger-than-life entrepreneurial heroes, business development has historically been touted as a viable trajectory toward economic and social mobility for immigrant groups and marginalized people. Stories about "great" American businessmen such as John D. Rockefeller, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs among others, often highlight rags-to-riches myths about innumerable possibilities within American capitalism given diligence, fierce competition, and an uncompromising work ethic. The work values of small business …

E-Commerce As A Competitive Advantage For Small Businesses: Overcoming Privacy And Security Issues, Ron Lennon, Julisse Oquist

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

The Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) trend have captivated people in every corner of the world. The presence of both individuals and businesses on the Internet grows every day. For example, in 1998 businesses' presence on the Internet grew so much that many described 1998 as the ".com" year. But why is it that the Internet is so attractive to all of us? The reason lies in the ease of use of the Internet, the speed of obtaining results, the amount of information available, and the global reach that the Internet has. For all these reasons, the Internet …

The Development Of The Business Plan For The Real Estate Appraisal Group, Michele L. Suwe

Theses

This thesis will focus on the study of developing a business plan for a small home-based real estate appraisal company.

Studies indicate that a large percentage of business ventures fail due to a lack of planning . Many entrepreneurs believe that developing a business plan is not necessary if they do not require financing or have adequate personal expertise to operate a business . Although common to large business ventures , a business plan for the start- up and operations of a small business have been widely overlooked.

In today' s market, entrepreneurs are beginning to take business plans more …

Microdata Panel Data And Public Policy: National And Cross-National Perspectives, Robert Carroll, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Harvey S. Rosen, Mark Rider

Center for Policy Research

This paper investigates the effect of entrepreneurs' personal income tax situations on the growth rate of their enterprises. We analyze the personal income tax returns of a large number of sole proprietors before and after the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and determine how the substantial reductions in marginal tax rates associated with that law affected the growth of their firms as measured by gross receipts. We find that individual income taxes exert a statistically and quantitatively significant influence on firm growth rates. Raising the sole proprietor's tax price (one minus the marginal tax rate) by 10 percent increases receipts …

The Influence Of Cognitive Make-Up On New Venture Success, Matthew H. Roy, B. Elango

WCBT Faculty Publications

One of the major challenges in the development of a new venture is the need for different thinking styles over time. The growing body of research on entrepreneurship has largely ignored the influence of cognition during the evolution of the new venture. In this paper, we develop a conceptual model which shows how cognitive make-up may influence the success of the new venture growth process. This line of inquiry may prove fruitful in explaining why many creative ideas and once successful ventures fail to succeed. Also, matching task demands and thinking styles should increase entrepreneurial satisfaction and the chances of …

Entrepreneurial Infrastructure In Singapore: Developing A Model And Mapping Participation, Teck Meng Tan, Wee Liang Tan, John E. Young

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Entrepreneurial infrastructure, as the term is used in this article, represents the facilities and services present within a given geographic area which encourage the birth of new ventures and the growth and development of small- and medium- sized enterprises. The model of entrepreneurial infrastructure developed here and applied to the nation of Singapore suggests that they provide support to poten tial new business owners, owners of small growing businesses, and existing small- and medium-sized enterprises by way of assisting them with tasks, physical and monetary resources, information and knowledge. This article also develops a map ping function to predict the …

Business Plan Formulation : Managerial Issues In Strategic Business Planning, Muhammad Solleh Ramli

Student Works (2000-2009)

Malaysia's current economic situation has led to major corporate restructuring and organizational consolidations for many major companies as well as small and medium sized industries. These firms have to grow to take advantage of new market opportunities while at the same fine-tune their management strategies and practices. One of the management strategies available for steering these firms is formal business planning. The importance of planning to performance is a central feature in the entrepreneurship and strategic management literature. The business plan is regarded an essential element of a successful start-up process. Business plan is an on-going planning effort that is …

The Marketing Orientation Of Small And Medium Enterprises: An Australian Study, Venkateswara S. Venkatesan

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The market orientation construct has emerged as a key marketing theme in the 1990's. While the concept of being focussed on the market (customers and competitors) has been known since the early 1950's (e.g. Drucker,1954), putting the concept into practice through a set of specific actions has eluded many organisations and academics. As a result, market orientation (also termed market focus, customer focus and competitor focus) had remained a business philosophy (Bennett & Cooper, 1979: Felton, 1959; Konopa & Calabro,1971) more than a strategic approach. While there have been sporadic attempts at defining or operationalisinga marketing or customer orientation in …

Using Strategic Partnerships To Create A Sustainable Competitive Position For Hi-Tech Start-Up Firms, Arnoud De Meyer

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

In most cases these companies chose or were forced to engage in a technology partnership in order to develop and survive. As one would expect, some of these partnerships succeeded whilst others failed. With hindsight it occurred to the author that success or failure was not necessarily a random event, or idiosyncratic to one particular company, but that there seemed to be a pattern. Some partnerships failed because they were a strategic misfit, others probably because they were badly implemented. Based on these clinical case studies, The author addresses these questions: when and under what conditions a partnership is needed; …

Playing In The Giant's Field: Strategies For Effectively Competing In The Global Marketplace, Carolan Mclarney

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This article inversitgates how a smaller, less resource-rich competitor can successfully out-maneuver a stronger opponent.

Entrepreneurial Marketing By Networking, Audrey Gilmore, David Carson

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This article advocates that networking is an inherent tool of marketing that is wholly compatible with entrepreneurial decision-making characteristics in relation to marketing activities in SMEs.

Motivations For Self-Employment: The Case Of Maori In New Zealand, Mark Fox

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This article adds to the knowledge of ethnic entrepreneurship by examining differences between Maori and non-Maori in New Zealand.

The New Pioneers: The Men And Women Who Are Transforming The Workplace And Marketplace, Gina Vega

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

Gina Vega reviews The New Pioneers: The Men and Women Who Are Transforming the Workplace and Marketplace by Thomas Petzinger Jr.

Is European Entrepreneurship On Life Support? Neje Interview With Micael Becker, Michael Becker

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

NEJE interviews Michael Becker, Attorney at Law, Ph.D., Entrepreneur, and Sports Agent in Luxembourg

The Roots Of Entrepreneurial Research, Hans Landström

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

Research in entrepreneurship has a long radition and there is considerable knowledge within the field. However, in many instances, researches today do not do their "ground work" sufficiently well.

Work-Family Conflicts Of Indian Women Entrepreneurs: A Preliminary Report, Mallika Das

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This article examines the work-family conflicts faced by women entrepreneurs in South India. The results indicate that female entrepreneurs in India may not be encountering the same levels of work-family conflict as their Western counterparts.

Succession And Governance Across Generations: A Comparative Study Of The United States And Italy, Alberto Zanzi, Colette Dumas

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This comparative study of American and Italian family-owned firms focuses on two key aspects of family business management: succession and governance. This study also explored the impact of generation on these variables.

Learning How To Learn: Nurturing Professional Growth Through Cognitive Mapping, Robert J. Mockler, Dorothy G. Dologite

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This article examines the professional development of entrepreneurs. It describes how cognitive mapping tools drawn from knowledge engineering can be employed to help entrepreneurs both to make decisions and to grow professionally.

Where Have All The Packing Plants Gone? The New Meat Geography In Rural America, Mark Drabenstott, Mark Henry, Kristin Mitchell

Bureau of Business Research Publications

The meat industry is an economic powerhouse for rural America - accounting for roughly one of every 16 rural manufacturing jobs. Moreover, this rural powerhouse is adding jobs at a fast clip, with recent growth of 8.5 percent a year versus just 1.2 percent a year for all rural manufacturing industries. Finally, rural America has captured a commanding 52 percent of all meat industry jobs, far above the level of a decade ago.

While all these figures are welcome news to rural areas eager to expand employment, geographic shifts under way in the industry raise fresh doubts over which rural …

Nautical Namesakes Of A.C. Van Raalte, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Maritime Namesakes of A.C. Van Raalte is an article that concerns the history of the great lakes ships that bore his name for over eighty years.

Team Production In Venture Capital Investing, D. Gordon Smith

Faculty Scholarship

Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists engage in team production. Inherent in team production is an incentive problem: team members have an incentive to shirk. The incentive to shirk derives from the inability to monitor team members perfectly and compensate them based on productivity. Economic models of team production teach that solutions to shirking must involve (1) a principal (2) with authority to break the budget by realigning the claims of team members through use of a penalty or a bonding arrangement (3) based only on observations of team output, not on monitoring of individual inputs. This paper analyzes the team production …

The Effects Of Cognitive Heuristics On Strategic Action: Overcoming The Risk Hurdles To First Move, Mark Simon, Susan M. Houghton

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This article theorizes that underestimating the risks of first moving may actually enhance performance if entrepreneurs have a learning orientation, the organization is flexible, and the environment is benevolent.

Small Technology-Based Firms In A Fast-Growing Regional Cluster, Petri Ahokangas, Martti Hyry, Pekka Rasanen

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

The evolutionary framework suggested in this article provides a frame of reference for relating the behavior and development of clustered Small technology-based firms to their environment.

International New Venture Founders: Who Are They?, Eric L. Hansen, Terrence H. Witkowski

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This article reports on a comparison of the founders of 55 international new ventures with their counterparts who started 166 domestic-only new ventures.

The Four Myths, Gina Vega

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

Many of the myths that have evolved from women's treatment in other areas have drifted inappropriately into the arena of business ownership and success.