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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480745403321

Titolo

Handbook of entrepreneurial dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : the process of business creation / / editors, William B. Gartner ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks ; ; London, : SAGE, c2004

ISBN

1-4522-0454-3

1-4522-6195-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (609 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GartnerWilliam B

Disciplina

658.11

Soggetti

New business enterprises

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; PART I; 1 - Overview: Life Context, Personal Background; 2 - Gender; 3 - Race and Ethnicity; 4 - Household Structure; 5 - Household Income and Net Worth; 6 - Labor Force Participation and Residential Tenure; 7 - Personal Background; 8 - Family Background; 9 - Time Use; 10 - Work Participation History; PART II; 11 - Overview: The Cognitive Characteristics of the Entrepreneur; 12 - Career Reasons; 13 - Entrepreneurial Expectancies; 14 - Job and Life Satisfaction; 15 - Decision-Making (Innovator/Adaptor) Style; 16 - Role Models and Perceived Social Support

17 - Entrepreneurial Intensity18 - Individual Problem Solving; 19 - Attribution and Locus of Control; 20 - On Economic Sophistication; 21 - Social Skills; PART III; 22 - Overview: The Start-up Process; 23 - Nature of Business Start-ups; 24 - Opportunity Recognition; 25 - Start-up Problems; 26 - Business Start-up Activities; 27 - Teams; 28 - Firm Founding; 29 - Social Networks; 30 - Knowledge and Use of Assistance; 31 - Funding the First Year of Business; 32 - Measures of Financial Sophistication; 33 - Future Expectations for the New Business; PART IV

34 - Overview: The Entrepreneurial Context and Environment35 - Perceptions Of Entrepreneurial Climate; 36 - The Economic and



Community Context for Entrepreneurship: Perceived Environmental Uncertainty; 37 - Competitive Strategy; 38 - Technology Entrepreneurs; Conclusion; Appendix A: Data Collection; Appendix B: Data Documentation, Data Preparation, and Weights; Appendix C: Examples of Analysis: Work File Preparation, Comparisons, and Adjustment of Weights; Name Index; Subject Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

'The Handbook of Entrepreneurial Dynamics' provides an important forum for scholars to generate new theory, identify promising research directions, & present important insights to a very wide audience of scholars in entrepreneurship.

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Record Nr.

UNISA996384670503316

Titolo

A pleasant history of a gentleman in Thracia [[electronic resource] ] : which had foure sonnes, and three of them none of his own; shewing how miraculously the true heire came to enioy his inheritance. To the tune of, Chevy Chace

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Printed at London, : For H.G., [1633]

Descrizione fisica

1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

M. P <d. 1656?> (Martin Parker)

Soggetti

Ballads, English - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Sometimes attributed to Martin Parker.

Publication date suggested by STC.

Verse: "In searching ancient chronicles ..."

In two parts, separated for mounting.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018