Entrepreneurship and the creation of small firms : empirical studies of new ventures / edited by Carin Holmquist, Johan Wiklund

Holmquist, Carin, 1948- ; Wiklund, Johan

Englisch

Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass : Edward Elgar, 2010

1 Online-Ressource (xi, 214 p) : ill

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe- Entrepreneurship and the creation of small firms. - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2010. - IX, 214 S.

978-1-78100-058-8 : e-book

Weitere Ausgaben: 9781848440418 (hardback) (andere physische Form), 1848440413 (hbk.) (andere physische Form)

DOI: 10.4337/9781781000588

Introduction / Carin Holmquist, Johan Wiklund

New start up firms among Swedish patent holders / Roger Svensson

Entrepreneurial human capital : a real options perspective / Karl Wennberg

New ventures' entry strategies : a comparison of academic and non academic business startups / Sari Roininen, Håkan Ylinenpää

How human capital affects self employment among the science and technology labor force / Johan Wiklund, Frédéric Delmar, Karin Hellerstedt

Framing of new business concepts in established corporations : an explanatory investigation / Christian Czernich, Ivo Zander

Refueling or running dry : entrepreneurs' energetic resources and the start up process / Anders Landberg

International entrepreneurship and the theory of effectuation / Svante Andersson

Learning from Swedish entrepreneurship research / Carin Holmquist, Johan Wiklund.

*Schweden / Entrepreneurship / Klein- und Mittelbetrieb / Unternehmensgründung

*Entrepreneurship ; New business enterprises ; Entrepreneurship -- Sweden ; New business enterprises -- Sweden ; Small business ; Small business -- Sweden

*Unternehmensgründung ; Kleinstbetrieb ; Electronic books

Entrepreneurship / Unternehmensgründung / Hochtechnologie / KMU / Schweden

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: HB615

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 338.04;

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: QP 230: Q Wirtschaftswissenschaften / QP Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre / QP 200-QP 240 Forschung. Rationalisierung und Wachstum des Unternehmens / Unternehmensgründung, Unternehmenswachstum, Unternehmensliquidation

bcl: 85.00

This timely study focuses on the important issue of new venture creation. Using a variety of data sources, methods and theories, the authors demonstrate the factors that aid or hinder new venture creation in a number of settings. The empirical context for this research is Sweden- a small open economy with a renowned quality of data that allows important research questions to be addressed in unique ways. This book presents extensive and high quality work, and considers issues that are of great importance to scholars and policy makers alike