LEADER 03624nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910779125003321 005 20161219111434.0 010 $a1-4522-0454-3 010 $a1-4522-6195-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105612 035 $a(EBL)996472 035 $a(OCoLC)809771998 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000675636 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12292597 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000675636 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10671035 035 $a(PQKB)10611006 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC996472 035 $a(OCoLC)1007859397 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000071549 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105612 100 $a20120405d2004 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aHandbook of entrepreneurial dynamics$b[electronic resource] $ethe process of business creation /$feditors, William B. Gartner ... [et al.] 210 $aThousand Oaks ;$aLondon $cSAGE$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (xxvii, 575 p.) $cill 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-41636-2 311 $a0-7619-2758-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a17 - 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 327 $a34 - 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 330 8 $a'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. 606 $aNew business enterprises$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 606 $aEntrepreneurship$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 615 0$aNew business enterprises 615 0$aEntrepreneurship 676 $a658.11 701 $aGartner$b William B$0718382 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779125003321 996 $aHandbook of entrepreneurial dynamics$93765125 997 $aUNINA