...Aleksander Kucel; Montserrat Vilalta-Bufi Purpose – Promotion of entrepreneurial skills is often considered as an adequate policy to enhance job creation and economic growth. However, neither the definition of entrepreneurial skills, nor the costs and benefits of such a policy are clear...

... and generally focus on case studies. However, this study covers the whole population within a highly specific economic situation. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Labour market Entrepreneurialism Immigration Self-employed workers Research on immigrant self-employment has increased...

... study approach. Findings Evidence shows that the creation of personal relationships and the development of an open communication between owner‐managers and employees, and among employees themselves, can help to explain the dynamics of entrepreneurial behaviors within small firms. The openness...

... in the special issue, which investigate the relationships between human resource management and entrepreneurship from different points of view, approaches and employing different empirical contexts. Findings The papers highlight different human resource management factors of entrepreneurial behaviour...

... reached top management and their motivations to become entrepreneurs. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Senior management Women Career development Entrepreneurialism United States of America A glance at the history of women at work indicates that there has been a radical shift...

... Publishing Limited 2011 Performance related pay Entrepreneurialism Innovation China Entrepreneurship refers to different forms of novelty in firms, such as innovation, strategic renewal and establishing new ventures, and as such it is crucial to organisational survival, growth...

... be extrapolated by the enterprises with the same characteristics and, even then, with caution and care. Originality/value A firm such as Montalt‐Valencia, which is a leader in its sector and has received five Chairman's Awards between 2002‐2007, is likely to be full of entrepreneurial activity...

...Ángeles Montoro‐Sánchez; Domingo Ribeiro Soriano; Fernando Peris Bonet; Carlos Rueda Armengot; Miguel Ángel Galindo Martín Purpose This paper aims to determine factors that have an influence on human resource management and entrepreneurial success in the context of European innovative small...

...Ángeles Montoro‐Sánchez; Domingo Ribeiro Soriano; Marina Dabić; Marta Ortiz‐De‐Urbina‐Criado; Ana M. Romero‐Martínez Purpose This paper seeks to review the literature on human resource management (HRM) in entrepreneurial firms. Given the importance of human resource management for entrepreneurship...

... public entrepreneurship literature by aiming to identify which of those factors that stimulate corporate entrepreneurship in the public sector are preferred by entrepreneurial civil servants. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire was completed by a random sample (n=247) of public...

...Amelie F. Constant; Martin Kahanec; Klaus F. Zimmermann; Amelie F. Constant Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the determinants of wages and the labor market success of two kinds of entrepreneurial women in Germany: self‐employed and salaried businesswomen, and investigate whether...

...Chien‐Huang Lin; Ching‐Huai Peng; Danny T. Kao Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a quantitative analysis, in which learning orientation, market orientation, entrepreneurial orientation, and innovativeness function as key success factors in technology‐intensive firms. The authors...

... Ethics Entrepreneurialism Reference Guernsey, L. (2000), “The powers behind the auctions”, New York Times , 20 August. In Small Business Entrepreneurship: An Ethics and Human Relations Perspective, Lavern S. Urlacher has written a highly knowledgeable and practical guide...