Entrepreneurship and the Growth of FirmsExploring the relationships between the growth of firms and entrepreneurship, the authors have drawn on many individual projects & case studies to provide a comprehensive analysis. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Entrepreneurship as growth growth as entrepreneurship | 21 |
Conceptual and empirical challenges in the study of firm growth | 39 |
Measuring growth methodological considerations and empirical results | 62 |
Firm size expectations of nascent entrepreneurs | 87 |
What do they think and feel about growth? An expectancyvalue approach to small business managers attitudes toward growth | 109 |
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Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms Per Davidsson,Frédéric Delmar,Johan Wiklund No preview available - 2008 |
Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms Per Davidsson,Frédéric Delmar,Johan Wiklund No preview available - 2006 |
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