Search for dissertations about: "entrepreneurship in established firms"

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2. 1. Discursive practices in strategic entrepeneurship : discourses and the use of repertoires in two firms

   Author : Linda Höglund; Claes Hultman; Maria Mårtensson; Björn Bjerke; Bengt Johannisson; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Strategic entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship in established firms; organisational entrepreneurship; opportunity; advantage; discursive psychology; discursive practices; interpretative repertoires; positioning; discursive devices; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This is a thesis in marketing concerned with entrepreneurship in established firms and the discursive practices that take place within a perspective of strategic entrepreneurship. The study of discursive practices in this context assumes a concern with how different aspects of entrepreneurship are produced and consumed by people in text and talk. READ MORE

4. 2. Entrepreneurship, Technology and the Growth Process: A Study of Young, Medium-Sized Technology-Based Firms

   Author : Rögnvaldur J. Saemundsson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; firm growth; entrepreneurship; management of technology; the growth process; small and medium-sized firms; technology-based entrepreneurship;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the study of the growth process in young technology-based firms. Two sets of issues are addressed in the thesis which are related to one another by using a conceptualization of Penrose's theory of the growth process. READ MORE

5. 3. Arctic geographies in the making : understanding political economy, institutional strategic selectivity, and agency in tourism pathway development

   Author : Dorothee Bohn; Doris A. Carson; Linda Lundmark; E. Carina H. Keskitalo; Dimitri Ioannides; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Arctic tourism; political economy; institutional strategic selectivity; agency; tourism pathways; uneven development; metagovernance; regional development funding; resort enclave; firm financing;

   Abstract : Tourism has long been promoted as a catalyst for socio-economic development in sparsely populated areas based on the commodification of culture and natural environments. This thesis examines the case of Arctic tourism in the two neighbouring northern counties of Finnish Lapland and Norrbotten (Sweden). READ MORE

6. 4. The Dynamics of Innovation and Knowledge-Based Regional Development

   Author : Peter Svensson; Magnus Klofsten; Per-Olof Brehmer; Dylan Jones-Evans; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Innovation process; dynamics; knowledge-based regional development; social networks; entrepreneurship; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

   Abstract : Geographical regions as diverse as Silicon Valley, California and Linköping, Sweden have been the sources of new technology and endogenously created innovations. Scholars and policymakers recognise that specific regions or clusters of businesses have the capability to engage in more innovative activities and new business formation and to experience higher employment growth than others. READ MORE

7. 5. Patterns of performance in new firms : estimating the effects of absorptive capacity

   Author : Erik Wetter; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : New firms are crucial for economic growth and development, especially in the knowledge-intensive service and manufacturing industries that compose an increasing portion of developed economies. As many new firms fail and performance varies widely for surviving firms, studying new firm entry and pre-formation processes is necessary but not sufficient to create increased understanding of the important contribution of new firms to economic growth. READ MORE