VOLUME 3 • 2010
How Far Will They Go? Intellectual Property and the Range of Market Participation by Nascent Firms
ABSTRACT. This paper considers whether nascent firms that have a competitive strategy in intellectual property (IP) have a greater likelihood of servicing markets that are geographically farther in distance. Unlike the born-global literature that identifies characteristics that impact a nascent firm..
Deficits of Microfinance Institutions and Informal Responses under Rapid Urban Growth: a Funeral Insurance Perspective
ABSTRACT. The main objective of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), namely the provision of a broad range of financial services such as deposits, loans, payment services, insurance and money transfers to the poor and to those excluded from the formal financial system, is not being effectively achieved..
Association between Entrepreneurial Inclination and Entrepreneurial Characteristics
ABSTRACT. The aim of this paper is to examine the associations between the entrepreneurially inclined and entrepreneurial characteristics. In so doing, the study attempts to distinguish between those who are entrepreneurially inclined and those who are not on the basis of psychological entrepreneuri..
Start-Up and Growth Constraints on Small-Scale Trading in Bangladesh
ABSTRACT. Small-scale trading among other categories of business is helping in generating gross domestic product in Bangladesh. Business start-up is an attractive alternative to the feared competition with people in an economy already suffering from far too few jobs. This study aimed at ascertaining..
The Effects of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Performance: An Exploratory Study of Life Insurance Agents in Sabah, Malaysia
ABSTRACT. Globally, life insurance anchors people’s wealth development. The industry is intensifying and developing steadily with increased standards of living in developing countries. Numerous recent studies examining entrepreneurship have disclosed specific characteristics of entrepreneurial orien..