Aldrich and colleagues have used intensive study of samples of convenience in their research on social networking among female entrepreneurs. This means that several questions remain only partially answered. Foremost among these is the incidence of social networking itself, differences in the...

The last years of the 20th Century may well have reflected a brief golden age for human resource management. In an economy where ideas and capital were plentiful, the critical facet for success increasingly became human resources. Having the people on hand, with the right skills to bring new...

Purpose – In this paper the authors aim to introduce a concept that they call the “entrepreneurial growth ceiling” (EGC). They develop arguments that new venture IPOs hit the EGC prior to their IPO, and the ceiling is part of the impetus for going public. The paper argues that proceeds...