Entrepreneurial Growth: Individual, Firm, and Region

by Jerome A. Katz (Editor), Andrew C. Corbett (Editor), Alexander McKelvie (Editor)

Overview

The latest volume of Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth examines many questions regarding growth. What decisions and designs of the entrepreneur lead to growth? What are the beginning stages of growth? Are there differences in what drives high growth entrepreneurship versus slower growth entrepreneurship? Are new firms adopting novel approaches to growth? How do growth rates and patterns change over the life of the firm? What policies, infrastructure, and capabilities are necessary to for entrepreneurial regional growth at the macro level? What are the foundational components necessary for growth across all levels of entrepreneurship?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785600470
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	08/04/2015
Series:	Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth , #17
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

List of Contributors vii

Introduction ix

Innovation and Imitation as Entry Wedges that Lead to Firm Growth Gaylen Chandler 1

A Glass Half Full? The Role of Entrepreneur Alternative Issue Interpretations on Firm Growth Intention Michael Abebe David Alvarado 27

Entrepreneurial Growth as a Process: Mechanism-Based Theorizing Byungchae Jin David A. Kirsch 63

Long-Run Drivers of Growth for UK High-Technology Firms Josh Siepel Marc Cowling Alex Coad 95

Ambitious Entrepreneurship: A Review of Growth Aspirations, Intentions, and Expectations Julie Hermans Johanna Vanderstraeten Arjen van Witteloostuijn Marcus Dejardin Dendi Ramdani Erik Stain 127

Sleeping Gazelles: The Unseen Job Creators? Anders Bornhäll Sven-Olov Daunfeldt Niklas Rudholm 161

High-Growth Firms: Stylized Facts and Conflicting Results Fabiana Moreno Alex Coad 187

The Economic Contribution of Start-Up Firms in Germany Stefan Schneck Eva May-Strobl 231

Looking Inside the Black Box of Growth Efforts in Declining Small Firms: The Role of Growth Factors, Planning, and Implementation Richard DeMartino Rajendran Sriramachandramurthy Joseph C. Miller John N. Angelis 265