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

• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, : Sage, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvii, 575 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 658.11
• Soggetto topico: New business enterprises; Entrepreneurship
• Altri autori: GartnerWilliam B
• 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Process of business creation
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of entrepreneurial dynamics
• ISBN: 1-4522-0454-3; 1-4522-6195-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813317303321
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