VOLUME 4(1) • 2011
DOES A FREE PRESS NURTURE ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
ABSTRACT. Entrepreneurship is the main engine of economic growth and prosperity. Previous research has explored both the factors that make individuals more likely to be entrepreneurs and the economic policies that foster entrepreneurial activity. In this paper we explore, for the first time, the rel..
DOES EXPERIENCE DICTATE ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRM PERFORMANCE? A Meta-Analysis on the Experience-Performance Relationship
ABSTRACT. The impact of experience on entrepreneurial performance has been widely tested across the literature. Although experience is expected to positively impact performance, results are varied. This research synthesizes the current literature by determining systematic sources of variation throug..
ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION: CASE STUDIES FROM MEMPHIS
ABSTRACT. Entrepreneurial innovation encourages economic progress, and an institutional climate that encourages risk taking, rewards success, and weeds out failure is essential to a well-functioning economic system. This research explores a cluster of path-breaking entrepreneurial innovations that h..
The Power of One Entrepreneur: A Case Study of the Effects of Entrepreneurship
ABSTRACT. This study examines the effects of entrepreneurship through qualitative case study methods. It examines the life and work of a single small-business entrepreneur in Tupelo, MS to discern how she affects her community both economically and non-economically. Results from the interviews, obse..
GENERATIONAL STAGES IN FAMILY FIRMS: EXPANDING THE DATABASE - KOSOVO
ABSTRACT. Expanding the authors’ international database of family businesses, this investigation compared first, second and third-generation family businesses in a sample from Kosovo. Both supporting and challenging the existing literature, the findings indicate that, as family businesses move from ..