Knowledge intensive entrepreneurship the birth, growth and demise of entrepreneurial firms /
How and why are firms created, expanded and terminated by entrepreneurs in the knowledge intensive economy? The authors show these entrepreneurship processes are firmly embedded in a given social and economic context, that shapes the process by which some individuals discover entrepreneurial opportu...
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Cheltenham ; Northhampton :
Edward Elgar,
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| Online Access: | https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781848449909.xml |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The role of entrepreneurship and new firm dynamics for economic development
- 2. The knowledge intensive sector : theoretical concerns, research : design and data
- 3. Birth of new firms : the geography connection with Karin Hellerstedt
- 4. Firm exit
- 5. De Novo and spinout start-ups : the organization connection
- 6. Firm growth
- 7. Concluding remarks.