...Ayobami Adetoyinbo; Rhett Harrison; Dagmar Mithöfer Purpose This study analyzes the influence of entrepreneurship on the resource-based performance of rural farmers and traders in dynamic agribusiness situations. Design/methodology/approach The study proposes a new conceptual framework...

... investigations and the eight most important research questions in need of answers. Family firm Radical innovation Family firm innovation Willingness and ability Socioemotional wealth Resources Agency Stewardship Family radical innovation assumptions Innovation is vital to the survival...

... concludes with a discussion of the findings, acknowledging limitations and outlining specific recommendations to guide future research and practice. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Entrepreneurs Networking Immigrants Qualitative techniques Resources Ethnic groups...

...). These firms were deliberately selected as extreme exemplars of growth rural firms and in adopting pro-environmental behaviour. Resources Technology Growth Small- to medium-sized enterprises Motivation European and the UK policymakers have emphasised the impacts of climate change and the need...

... that there will be distinctive differences in SMEs’ strategic behaviour across different settlement patterns, utilising resource‐based and opportunity‐based theoretical perspectives. This leads to three research questions which are concerned with three elements when comparing urban and rural SMEs; their characteristics...

... modes are jointly determined by the technological regime, industry‐specific factors and resource‐based view (RBV), as well as firm‐specific factors. Four Taiwanese top publicly traded pharmaceutical companies dedicated to biotechnology are studied. Findings This paper demonstrates that firms most...

..., and were analysed using survey and case study methods. The formation of strategy by these entrepreneurs relied more on emergent than planning approaches, but some elements of the planning approach were strongly associated with growth. Some key resources were essential for the firms and their strategy...

... in this particular context. Entrepreneurs Resources Portugal Small firms Start‐ups Technology Firm creation can be regarded as a process of resource acquisition in which capabilities, technology and funds are drawn, involving several sources and interveners (Smilor and Feeser, 1991; Van de Ven...

... of some in the UK and the USA, which have not only survived, but also appear to be both filling “the gap”and investing successfully. Identifies a number of resources other than finance which these organizations have found it necessary to supply in order to generate success among their investee businesses...