What are the influential factors determine SME’s performance in transition economy? From the resource-based view, researchers have explored the effects of social ties, absorptive capacity and entrepreneurial orientation on firm performance. This study adds to this literature by distinguishing the types of social ties based on the resources they supply, while prior studies generally focus on the...

This paper presents a qualitative study of high-technology entrepreneurial networks conducted in Beijing, China. In pursuing the question of what kind of entrepreneurial networks is especially conducive to performance in the context of emerging economies, we have developed a new construct called network extensibility, grounded in qualitative evidence collected from field research. Extensibility...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the suitability of a social enterprise model for community health promotion organisations working in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. It focuses on organisational culture, social resources and capacity as pre-requisites for entrepreneurial activities. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is based on ethnographic case studies in England including semi-structur...

The University of Glamorgan has been allocated European Union monies to assist in increasing the entrepreneurial capacity of the region through a programme of work entitled Enterprise College Wales (ECW). The programme currently consists of an on-line web based degree in Enterprise, aimed at creating business start-ups, new business ideas and business development and growth in areas where typic...

Managing a personal sporting career and conducting an entrepreneurial initiative are two vitally connected processes. Most athletes require second many engage in entrepreneurship. Research on the similarities differences of sports management process - with special emphasis necessary capacities will have ready audience among practitioners. This study begins task closing surprising gap. In entrep...

This paper focuses on differences in male and female early-stage entrepreneurship in Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia. The analysis was performed on two levels: cross-country analysis and inter-country analysis. The paper focuses on three main characteristics of early-stage entrepreneurial activity among adults: entrepre-neurial capacity, analysed through entrepreneurial awareness and risk aversio...

This paper is part of a broader program that is opening up a new area of research, namely: institutional preparedness for entrepreneurial economic development. In particular , it examines the preparedness of industry associations for economic development. The membership of these associations is predominantly made up of entrepre-neurial firms that are trading globally (Obrecht 2000: p. 185). Thi...

The study assessed the entrepreneurial behaviour of smallholder cassava farmers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was employed in the selection of 108 cassava farmers across the agricultural zones in Ebonyi state using pretested and structured questionnaire from which data and information were elicited. Analytically, the study employed entrepreneurial behavioural index (EB...

the study assessed the entrepreneurial behaviour of smallholder cassava farmers in ebonyi state, nigeria. multistage sampling technique was employed in the selection of 108 cassava farmers across the agricultural zones in ebonyi state using pretested and structured questionnaire from which data and information were elicited. analytically, the study employed entrepreneurial behavioural index (eb...