.... Originality/value It is very important to investigate entrepreneurial behaviour in terms of networking practices at festivals. This research might help festival organisers to better understand and support the entrepreneurs conducting their business at these festivals and the organisers can offer services...

... the antecedents to strategic corporate entrepreneurship influence the entrepreneurial intensity of emerging economy firms in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative study was carried out, using a telephone survey to obtain responses from 146 established South African firms. Findings...

... of a reasonably paying job in their lively capital city with its Mediterranean life‐style and legendary nightlife is very appealing. From a base of five employees at the beginning, the staff has risen to 95 all of whom are graduates and most of whom are either bilingual or trilingual. Entrepreneurialism...

... behavior, pro‐activity and assuming risk in international transactions. Small to medium‐sized enterprises Globalization Entrepreneurialism Brazil Over recent years, there has been a growing body of studies on the internationalization of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Although...

...Lida P. Kyrgidou; Mathew Hughes Purpose The question of how to integrate strategic and entrepreneurial management to achieve a better balance between advantage‐ and opportunity‐seeking behaviours has received increased academic and practitioner interest in recent years. However, little consensus...

... and sporting goods, was a successful role model for innovation and its innovation process could serve as a guidepost of transformation for small‐medium enterprises. Entrepreneurialism Innovation Fitness centres Brands Public health Taiwan © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009...

... activities in order to free managerial capacity for the entrepreneurial pursuit of opportunities. This in turn drives the specialization and enhanced productivity of economies. Research limitations/implications This paper advances the non‐ownership discussion in service research and integrates...

... Group Publishing Limited 2009 Ukraine United States of America Family firms Entrepreneurialism National cultures This is a study of family businesses across two countries (Ukraine and the USA) which empirically investigates the cultural foundations that are said to underlie...

...Mika Ruokonen; Sami Saarenketo Purpose This paper addresses the strategic orientations (entrepreneurial orientation, learning orientation, and market orientation) of rapidly internationalizing small software companies. Design/methodology/approach The empirical analysis is based on an intensive...

... Keywords: Business excellence, Entrepreneurialism,Leadership www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/09555340710714126 This article originally appeared in Volume 19 Number 1, 2007, pp. 4-22 of European Business Review, Editor: Göran Svensson Outstanding reviewer...

... of technological and managerial expertise within the region. Practical implications The results suggests that a country like Sweden, with high R&D spendings and innovative activities, should be encouraged to increase its entrepreneurial activities in order to benefit even further from its R&D...

... in today's dynamic environment of opportunities. Design/methodology/approach The authors' research has focused on the foundation of successful entrepreneurial management leadership in the achievement of organizational excellence. Data were collected primarily from well‐known entrepreneurs identified...

... and the Spanish Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial – Center for Industrial and Technological Development – (year 1999), will enable the modeling of this success. Entrepreneurialism Europe Small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises The creation and closing down of businesses depend on multiple...

... Entrepreneurialism Genetic testing Horticulture With increasing monetary integration, the relaxing of international trade barriers among members of the European Union (EU), and the interest of EU membership by European countries, the question of the compatibility of international business management...

...David J. Brunnen © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> New ventures Information management Entrepreneurialism Colin   Coulson‐Thomas . The Information Entrepreneur . 3Com UK Ltd , 100 pp. , ISBN: ISBN 0‐9538126‐0‐X Colin’s writing has itself trodden this path along...