LEADER 03046nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910456707503321 005 20211109143537.0 010 $a1-283-22453-4 010 $a9786613224538 010 $a0-7391-6448-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000000045188 035 $a(EBL)744845 035 $a(OCoLC)746927070 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000523516 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12233652 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523516 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10557463 035 $a(PQKB)11201569 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC744845 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL744845 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10492802 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL322453 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000045188 100 $a20110503d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIntertextuality in contemporary African literature$b[electronic resource] $elooking inward /$fOde Ogede 210 $aLanham, Md. $cLexington Books$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-6446-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhen an elephant rustles the bush- -- Is a picture still worth a thousand words? from documentary to investigative realism : Cyprian Ekwensi's Jagua Nana and Flora Nwapa's One is enough -- Lampoon, or the power of savage satire, and the visual object of distaste : Chinua Achebe's A man of the people and Ayi Kwei Armah's The beautyful ones are not yet born -- On the politics of love : Chinua Achebe's No longer at ease and Bessie Head's Maru -- Masking the infrastuctural frame : Christopher Okigbo and his acolytes (Labyrinths' aural and thematic echoes in Okinba Launko's Minted coins and Chimalum Nwankwo's The heart in the womb) -- Conclusion: coming out of shadow : eye on the tradition, looking for consequence. 330 $aIntellectual exchange among African creative writers is the subject of this highly innovative and wide-ranging look at several forms of intertextuality on the continent. 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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 327 $aMarket 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 327 $aIntra-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 327 $aHuman 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 327 $aToward a Conclusion on Conceptualization and Operationalization 330 $aThe latest volume of Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth examines many questions regarding growth. 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