Search for dissertations about: "Entrepreneurial learning"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 45 swedish dissertations containing the words Entrepreneurial learning.

2. 11. Entrepreneurial learning: Developing opportunities and business models

   Author : Stefan Sanz-Velasco; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; technology-based entrepreneurship; Sweden; business model; opportunity; entrepreneurial learning; mobile Internet;

   Abstract : The purpose of this dissertation is to explore and describe the entrepreneurial process with an emphasis on how technology-based entrepreneurs learn as they perceive and exploit opportunities. The thesis draws on a variety of entrepreneurship-oriented literature such as Austrian economics, entrepreneurial learning and the resource-based view, and it features four empirical studies, primarily among start-up ventures in the emerging Swedish mobile Internet industry. READ MORE

4. 12. Acquisition of Capabilitities through International Technology Transfer

   Author : Sverker Alänge; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industrialization; Technology transfer; Network; Entrepreneurship; Industrial economics; Innovation; Diffusion; Developing countries; Infant industry; Motivation;

   Abstract : The focus in this thesis is on the acquisition of static and dynamic capabilities in LDC industry. This has been studied in small industries in Tanzania, which were started through international technology transfer, in which small producing firms from Sweden acted as technology suppliers (The Sister Industry Programme). READ MORE

5. 13. 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

6. 14. Entrepreneurial competence development : triggers, processes & consequences

   Author : Magdalena Markowska; Johan Wiklund; Friederike Welter; Dimo Dimov; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Entrepreneurial Competence; development; cases; gourmet restaurateurs;

   Abstract : This dissertation, comprised of the cover story and the four separate but interrelated articles, focuses on exploring the development of entrepreneurial competence. Building on the assumption that purposeful engagement in entrepreneurial action potentially leads to the acquisition of specific entrepreneurial competencies, this thesis investigates the mechanisms facilitating and enabling entrepreneurs’ acquisition of entrepreneurial expertise, and the consequences of this process. READ MORE

7. 15. Entrepreneurial Methods as Vehicles of Entrepreneurial Action

   Author : Yashar Mansoori; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Entrepreneurial methods; startup accelerators; organizing framework; actionable knowledge; prescriptive theories of entrepreneurial action;

   Abstract : Entrepreneurship in general and entrepreneurship education in particular are becoming more accredited and institutionalized. This is evidenced by a large number of entrepreneurship courses and programs offered in top-tier universities worldwide. READ MORE