Regional opportunities and policy initiatives for new venture creation

Regional Opportunities and Policy Initiatives for New Venture Creation

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The New Venture Creation Process: How Nascent Entrepreneurs Behave When Forming a New Venture

Which Internet Policy? Assessing Regional Initiatives in Spain

We examine the effect of public policy on the growth of Internet use. Using a decentralized country—Spain—as an example, we compare the 17 Spanish regions to test different Internet policy designs, taking into account the quality and number of specific programs promoted by regional governments, as well as the presence or absence of strategic planning in each region. We treat the percentage of I...

The Use and Effect of Social Capital in New Venture Creation – Solo Entrepreneurs vs. New Venture Teams

This paper examines the use of social capital in the venture creation process. We compare solo entrepreneurs (n=182) and new venture teams (n=274) from a random sample of start-ups in innovative industries and test social capital use and its effects on firm performance. Our results reveal that solo entrepreneurs and new venture teams do not differ in their degree of use of social capital. Howev...

Develop Solutions: Identifying New Value-Creation Opportunities

In this chapter we discuss the development of solutions from two viewpoints: Commercialization: We explain why firms need to use customer-value research in order to create a deep understanding of customers’ business realities. The key questions here focus on what creates value for the customers and how do customers measure success. Industrialization: We show that the cornerstone of a successful...