Emerging economies face daunting economic development challenges. Economists and management consultants have generally suggested global solutions which typically focus solely on foreign direct investment. Yet a resource-based theory approach offers an alternative view that economic development...

How companies respond to impending regulations is a significant aspect of corporate strategy. Regulations, especially environmental regulations, are expanding quickly and are increasingly important to firm success. The threat of impending environmental regulation forces companies to choose...

Academic research has identified a broad array of resources that exist in communities that have an established technology-based entrepreneurial venture population. These studies have focused upon well-known areas such as the Silicon Valley, the 128 loop in Boston and Austin, Texas.Yet even in...

It has long been held that business start-ups contribute to economic development through job creation, innovation, and the competitive disciplining of markets. While the effects of new venture formation on job creation and innovation have been investigated extensively, relatively little...

This article provides a review and analysis of institutional entrepreneurship research with a focus on the emergence of this literature within two largely divergent streams: sociology-based institutional theory and economics-based institutional economics. The authors completed a review of 141...