This paper sketches the contours of a theory of entrepreneurship focusing on the nature of entrepreneurship as intermediation under information asymmetries. While entrepreneurship, strategy, and finance researchers have studied the relationship between entrepreneurs and intermediaries, they tend to treat intermediaries, such as venture capitalists, as a separate organizational form that is para...

Entrepreneurship is widely recognized as a key factor in economic growth [Leibenstein, 1968]. Historical studies of commercialization a d industrialization suggest that the speed of "take off' is higher when entrepreneurs in related lines of activity work well together [Grassby, 1995]. In the aggregate, ntrepreneurs may work better as a cooperative network than as a collection of competitive in...

Eco-entrepreneurship has become an increasingly researched area, not least because it increasingly caught the attention of policy makers as one promising response to sustainable development challenges. Given the emerging character of the field, to date however most contributions remained conceptual or reported results of case study research. The discussion of eco-entrepreneurship should therefo...

introduction the experts believe that the entrepreneurs are powerful engines of economic growth and producing wealth, and crucial for improving the quality, number and variety of employment opportunities for the poor people as well as the villagers. in this situation, one of the best solutions for unemployment and progress of economic base of villagers is developing small scale businesses in ru...

Today, innovation networks are economically and technologically accessible [VBE04]; however, managers and members of such organizations notice that success and performance are not automatically given. More to this, practitioners point out that the collaboration processes are the actual challenge in the management of a networked organization. This paper summarizes the results of a research proje...

Recent times are witnessing the emergence of entrepreneurship within virtual worlds (VWs). Although, VWs offer opportunities for entrepreneurial activities, their use for such activities is rather limited. We posit that the lack of an internal governance framework within VWs, specifying the rights, duties, responsibilities and obligations for its different stakeholders is limiting the growth of...