1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461375803321

Titolo

Entrepreneurial growth : individual, firm, and region / / edited by Andrew C. Corbett, Babson College, Babson Park, MA, USA, Jerome A. Katz, John Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA, Alexander McKelvie, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley : , : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, , 2015

ISBN

1-78560-046-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Collana

Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth, , 1074-7540 ; ; volume 17

Disciplina

300

658.4/21

658.421

Soggetti

Entrepreneurship

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Entrepreneurial Growth: Individual, Firm, and Region; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Chapters in This Volume; References; Innovation and Imitation as Entry Wedges That Lead to Firm Growth; Introduction; How and Why Do Firms and Industries Grow?; Innovation or Imitation; Stages of Industry Development; Introduction; Growth; Maturity; Decline; Patterns of Industry Emergence; Patterns of Industry Development and Institutional Theory; The Value Proposition; Evidence Supporting these Propositions; Evidence in Support of Proposition 1

Evidence in Support of Proposition 2 Evidence Supporting Proposition 3; Evidence Supporting Proposition 4; Conclusion; References; A Glass Half Full? The Role of Entrepreneur Alternative Issue Interpretations on Firm Growth Intentions; Introduction; Theoretical Foundations - Cognition and Organizational Action; Managerial Cognition and Organizational Outcomes; Role of Cognition in Entrepreneurship; Strategic Issue Interpretations and Organizational Outcomes; Toward a Theory of Entrepreneurial Issue Interpretations; Market Information



Interpretation as Gain/Loss

Market Information Interpretation as Opportunity/Threat Market Information Interpretation as Controllable/Uncontrollable; Moderating Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO); Discussion and Future Research Directions; Contributions to Entrepreneurial Growth Research; Future Research Directions; Notes; References; Entrepreneurial Growth as a Process: Mechanism-Based Theorizing; Introduction; General Theories of Firm Growth; Venture Growth; Determinants of Venture Growth; Venture Growth as a Process; Mechanisms of Venture Growth; Structural Mechanisms; Pivoting; Cultivating; Conforming

Intra-Organizational Mechanisms Imprinting; Envisioning; Formalizing; Aligning; Structuring Mechanisms; Storytelling; Legitimizing; Discussion; Notes; References; Long-Run Drivers of Growth for UK High-Technology Firms; Introduction; Long-Run Growth of High-Technology Firms; Factors Contributing to Survival and Performance; Human Capital; Innovation and Technology Strategy; Product and Market Positioning; Financing; Data and Method; Sample Selection and Data Collection; Descriptive Statistics; Methodology; Results; Long-Term and Annual Growth; Drivers of high performance; Discussion

Human Capital Innovation and Technology Strategy; Market Targeting; Funding; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Appendix A: List of Variables; Appendix B: Summary Statistics; Ambitious Entrepreneurship: A Review of Growth Aspirations, Intentions, and Expectations; Introduction; Paper Selection Process and a First Glance on the Selected Papers; Analysis; Conceptualization and Operationalization; Pioneering Studies: High-Realized Performance and Innovativeness; A New Era of Studies Focusing on High Expected Growth; A New Era of Studies Focusing on High-Growth Aspiration

Toward a Conclusion on Conceptualization and Operationalization

Sommario/riassunto

The latest volume of Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth examines many questions regarding growth. What decisions and designs of the entrepreneur lead to growth? Are there differences in what drives high growth entrepreneurship versus slower growth entrepreneurship? Are new firms adopting novel approaches to growth?



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910831187803321

Autore

McDonnell Gerald E

Titolo

Antisepsis, disinfection, and sterilization [[electronic resource]] : : types, action, and resistance / / Gerald E. McDonnell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : ASM Press, c2007

ISBN

1-68367-404-9

1-61344-248-3

1-283-01820-9

9786613018205

1-55581-644-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Disciplina

614.4/8

Soggetti

Sterilization

Asepsis and antisepsis

Disinfection and disinfectants

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; About the Author; Important Notice; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 PHYSICAL DISINFECTION; Chapter 3 CHEMICAL DISINFECTION; Chapter 4 ANTISEPTICS AND ANTISEPSIS; Chapter 5 PHYSICAL STERILIZATION; Chapter 6 CHEMICAL STERILIZATION; Chapter 7 MECHANISMS OF ACTION; Chapter 8 MECHANISMS OF MICROBIAL RESISTANCE; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the various chemical and physical antisepsis, disinfection, and sterilization methods used for infection prevention and contamination control.