This chapter describes the contribution of the operations management (OM) field to entrepreneurship and startup practices in terms of extant knowledge, emergent trends and research opportunities. To characterize the extant knowledge, we review relevant literature in the first half of the chapter...

The climate change debate and economic recovery strategies in various industries demand transformational projects in clean technology. Transformation in this context refers to a nearly tenfold improvement in a key technical performance indicator that is typically conditioned upon making high...

Clean technology startups face multiple sources of uncertainty, and require specialized know-how and longer periods for revenue growth than their counterparts in other industries. These start-ups require large investments and have been hit hard during the current credit squeeze. On the other...

Whether to invest in process development that can reduce the unit cost and thereby raise future profits or to conserve cash and reduce the likelihood of bankruptcy is a key concern faced by many startups firms that have taken on debt. We explore this concern by examining the production quantity...

The problem focus is on startup decisions associated with staged venture financing, where both R&D and marketing are significant percentages of overall expenses. When should a startup owner acquire working capital, and how should she/he distribute that capital between R&D (to improve product...