This paper maintains that the consistent application of subjectivism helps to reconcile contemporary entrepreneurship theory with strategic management research in general, and the resource−based view in particular. The paper synthesizes theoretical insights from Austrian economics and Penrose’s (1959) resources approach, arguing that entrepreneurship is inherently subjective and firm specific. ...

Purpose: Considering the importance of rural entrepreneurship development, the aim of this study was identifying the effective components on rural entrepreneurship development of Kurdistan handicrafts. Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative. The research population was of rural entrepreneurship development documents of the ...

Biographical notes: Poh Kam Wong is currently Associate Professor, Business School and Director, Entrepreneurship Centre, National University of Singapore. He obtained two BS degrees, an MS and a PhD from MIT. He has published in numerous international journals on innovation strategy/policy and technology entrepreneurship, including Organization Science, Journal of Business Venturing, Informati...

The strategy and entrepreneurship literatures suggest that an entrepreneurial orientation (EO) improves firm performance, but the empirical results are mixed. In this article, we investigate the EO of small businesses and find that a main-effects-only analysis provides an incomplete picture of performance. Access to capital and the dynamism of the environment are important to small businesses, ...

With the advent of innovative technologies and multi-dimensional researches along the setting of entrepreneurship development, philosophy, context and business handling has been transformed from being traditional to innovative. Depending on diversity and nature of the transformation, innovation has been shifted from closed to open to crowdsourcing innovation. Ranging from small entrepreneurs to...

Small business Internet usage has gained much popularity among researchers in Information Systems and Entrepreneurship over recent years — with many undertaking surveys of small businesses or Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The newness and dynamic nature of this area, however, means that multiple research methods are needed to obtain an in-depth understanding of the key issues. In this paper...

WHAT IS ENTREPRENEURSHIP? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of entrepreneur is “one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.” Each of these words is important. Entrepreneurship occurs in a business context, meaning the objective is to sell a product or service and make a profit. In business, risk is associated with uncertainty, which most commonly arise...

entrepreneurship is an emergent field in the recent decades which has been accompanied by very important efforts towards recognition of the grounds for its development. this research is conducted through a mixed method of questionnaire and interviews. the target group consists of students from the university of tehran, and shahid beheshti as well as the sharif university of technology who have ...