Knowledge intensive entrepreneurship the birth, growth and demise of entrepreneurial firms
1. The role of entrepreneurship and new firm dynamics for economic development -- 2. The knowledge intensive sector : theoretical concerns, research : design and data -- 3. Birth of new firms : the geography connection with Karin Hellerstedt -- 4. Firm exit -- 5. De Novo and spinout start-ups : the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham
Edward Elgar
c2010
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 1. The role of entrepreneurship and new firm dynamics for economic development -- 2. The knowledge intensive sector : theoretical concerns, research : design and data -- 3. Birth of new firms : the geography connection with Karin Hellerstedt -- 4. Firm exit -- 5. De Novo and spinout start-ups : the organization connection -- 6. Firm growth -- 7. Concluding remarks How and why are firms created, expanded and terminated by entrepreneurs in the knowledge intensive economy? The authors show these entrepreneurship processes are firmly embedded in a given social and economic context, that shapes the process by which some individuals discover entrepreneurial opportunities, creating new firms that sometimes grow to remarkable size, but more often stay mundane or eventually exit |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 200 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9781848449909 1848449909 9781849805056 |