About a decade ago Mitton (1989) suggested that success for start-ups not only depends on who you are but also on whom you know. Around the mid-90s research results were published showing that essential resources for start-ups were in fact acquired through the entrepreneurs' social networks...

Purpose: The importance of entrepreneurial activities and the establishment of new ventures for economic growth and employment have long been recognized. However, the interactions of underlying mechanisms that influence this process have not been understood all that well. In the light of this, a...

This paper addresses various financial issues in the context of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship. The study can be seen as an empirical test of parts of a theoretical framework previously developed to identify and explain key factors affecting the survival and preliminary growth of new...

The conservation of commonly held natural resources and the carrying capacity of the natural environment are increasingly recognised as important aspects of the company-society-nature relationship. In consequence, a growing number of business leaders have introduced environmental policy...

This research investigates the extent to which present training and education in environmental management related subjects offered to future managers actually reflects the needs of business managers. Over a period of 3 years during the mid 1990s, data was gathered from four European countries...

Based on longitudinal data, collected over a period of 16 years, this paper addresses how management responds to stakeholders' concerns about the natural environment by prioritizing their activities and thus improving the environmental performability of the firms. The paper specifically seeks to...

Many countries have introduced comprehensive environmental protection laws during the last few decades in response to the direct, visible environmental impacts of industrial activities. This has often resulted in specific technical regulations, but it has gradually been recognized that a change...