studying performance changes on a two dimensional "growth– profitability performance space". It is well established that both … growth and profitability are important dimensions of SME performance. The majority of earlier studies tend to focus on the … evolution of firm growth or profitability separately. Alternatively, they explore the impact of growth on profitability and vice …

The purpose of this study is to identify key institutional determinants of firm emergence and growth. We do this using … likely to have contributed to an environment that discourages entrepreneurial activity and firm growth. Aspects dealt with … include: missing arenas for entrepreneurship in the care sectors and for household-related services, taxation of …

entrepreneurship may be motivated by a desire for growth. While idea driven motivations might not delineate a distinction during …Principal topic: Is habitual entrepreneurship different? Answering this is important to the field, however there is … motivation, internally versus externally stimulated decision processes and future growth aspirations. Literature suggests novices …

entrepreneurship by examining its key antecedents and its consequences for new venture emergence. In doing so we take a behavioural … nascent entrepreneurship we conduct an empirical study of ventures start-ups. Data is drawn from a screened random sample of … gestation process antecedents, we examine specific human capital measured as successful prior experience in entrepreneurship …

This research examines habitual entrepreneurship as undertaken by those currently creating a new firm and those who …

earlier claims that new firms play very significant roles in employment creation, productivity growth and innovations (van … better dealt with through the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research (Bosma & Harding, 2007; Reynolds et al., 2005 …

companies, but a handful head large, growth-oriented entrepreneurial firms. In this chapter, we profile four leading Thai women … Bruin, Brush & Welter 2006), particularly to highly successful "gazelle" entrepreneurs. Extant female entrepreneurship … entrepreneurship that take into account the role of culture (Hayton, George & Zahra, 2002) and are of a qualitative nature (Gartner …