Search for dissertations about: "external entrepreneurs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words external entrepreneurs.

  2. 1. Human Capital, Social Networks and New Firm Formation - The Role of Academic and External Entrepreneurs in University Spin-offs

    Author : Anders Billström; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; organisational imprinting; social networks; entrepreneurial team; academic entrepreneurs; university spin-offs; external entrepreneurs; human capital;

    Abstract : There is a debate about the development and performance of university spin-offs, i.e. firms created to commercialize university knowledge. READ MORE

  4. 2. Learning among entrepreneurs in formal networks : Outcomes, processes and beyond

    Author : Pontus Bergh; Maj-Britt Johansson Lindfors; Joakim Wincent; Tomas Mullern; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; formal learning networks; entrepreneurs; small and medium sized enterprises; learning outcomes; learning situation; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

    Abstract : This dissertation focuses on how entrepreneurs learn to acquire entrepreneurial knowledge and competence, which ultimately can open doors to business success. Contemporary critics suggest that programs designed to develop general competence are not sufficiently relevant to these entrepreneurs. READ MORE

  5. 3. Trust between entrepreneurs and external actors : Sensemaking in organising new business ventures

    Author : Leif Sanner; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with trust for new business ventures. In the literature trust is seen as important for successful establishment of the new venture, but the issue has been neglected so far regarding indepth empirical studies covering the business start and the first few years. READ MORE

  6. 4. Personalising service user engagement : entrepreneurs and membership organisations in the mental health sector

    Author : Hilda Näslund; Urban Markström; Stefan Sjöström; Martin Börjeson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mental health; social mobilisation; service user movement; experiential knowledge;

    Abstract : New modes of social mobilisation are emerging in the mental health sector. Member-based mental health service user organisations (MHSUOs), targeting people with lived experience of mental ill-health and occasionally their relatives, have been active in Sweden since the 1960s. READ MORE

  7. 5. Essays in empirical finance

    Author : Jieying Li; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : “Going Online? The Motive of Firms to Borrow from the Crowd” investigates firms’ motivation to seek crowdlending using a novel Swedish dataset. Firms that borrow from the crowd have higher growth rates and external financing demand, but lower tangibility and fewer available assets to pledge as collateral, compared with firms that borrow from banks. READ MORE