05853nam 2200721Ia 450 991079757290332120151005082022.01-78560-046-X(CKB)3710000000466180(EBL)2190631(SSID)ssj0001550339(PQKBManifestationID)16166300(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001550339(PQKBWorkID)14811165(PQKB)10156745(MiAaPQ)EBC2190631(Au-PeEL)EBL2190631(CaPaEBR)ebr11092114(CaONFJC)MIL824008(OCoLC)919002312(UtOrBLW)bslw09363866(EXLCZ)99371000000046618020151005d2015 uy 0engurun|||||||||txtccrEntrepreneurial growth[electronic resource] individual, firm, and region /edited by Andrew C. Corbett, Jerome A. Katz, Alexander MckelvieFirst edition.Bingley :Emerald Group Publishing Limited,2015.1 online resource (317 p.)Advances in entrepreneurship, firm emergence and growth,1074-7540 ;v. 17Description based upon print version of record.1-78560-047-8 Includes bibliographical references.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 1Evidence 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/LossMarket 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; ConformingIntra-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; DiscussionHuman 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 AspirationToward a Conclusion on Conceptualization and OperationalizationThe 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? What are the beginning stages of growth? Are there differences in what drives high growth entrepreneurship versus slower growth entrepreneurship? Are new firms adopting novel approaches to growth? How do growth rates and patterns change over the life of the firm? What policies, infrastructure, and capabilities are necessary to for entrepreneurial regional growth at the macro level? What are the foundational components necessary for growth across all levels of entrepreneurship? Advances in entrepreneurship, firm emergence and growth ;v. 17.Business & EconomicsEntrepreneurshipbisacshEntrepreneurshipbicsscEntrepreneurshipEconomic developmentBusiness & EconomicsEntrepreneurship.Entrepreneurship.Entrepreneurship.Economic development.300658.4/21658.421Corbett Andrew C793267Katz Jerome A841183McKelvie Alexander1543341UtOrBLWBOOK9910797572903321Entrepreneurial growth3796727UNINA