Research suggests that barriers and constraints encountered by women are gender-specific, and that women are subject to discriminatory practices. However, by focusing on what women are prevented from doing, much research portrays women as victims of circumstance rather than as individuals with...

This paper critically examines the role of trust and government agency in the creation of artificial industrial districts by means of 'instructing' clusters of companies in specific geographic areas to form entrepreneurial networks in order to obtain a public subsidy. The paper is based on a...

' ... the Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship is an important contribution to the field, and should be referenced in any paper using qualitative methodologies to investigate the entrepreneurial phenomenon.'--Craig S. Galbraith, Journal of Enterprising Communities. 'There...

Recent years have seen the emergence of a new incubator model, the "networked incubator", which is a hybrid form of the archetypal business incubators, based on territorial synergy, relational symbiosis and economies of scale, to the benefit of the participating 'incubatees'. The question...

This paper gives some relevant background information on proposals put forward by Cheah and Robertson (1992), and thus serves as a basis for my comments and critiques.The paper begins with a presentation of Cheah and Robertson's (C&R) suggestions, followed by an analysis of some of their core...

This paper proposes an integrative framework to conceptualize important social dimensions of entrepreneurship. The paper reviews and evaluates the current status of research dealing with entrepreneurship, social capital and trust. The proposed framework rests on the recognition that...

Purpose – To advance knowledge about therelationship between small firm networks and social capital by considering thenetwork experiences of women business owners. To engage in such research, thepaper proposes a conceptual model of business owner networking which isinformed by social support...

This paper uses insights from cognitive developmental psychology, constructivism and social neuroscience to move beyond entrepreneurial intentions to explore deeply-held beliefs associated with entrepreneurial thinking. From those insights, we propose identifying those developmental experiences...

The connection between managerial and organizational growth in high-technology entrepreneurial ventures was examined.A recent study of twenty-four information technology (IT) and biotechnology start-ups in Denmark was analyzed in order to determine the factors that influence managerial and...