..., but globally, continues to be invested in supporting entrepreneurship, especially in times of economic crises, this particular question becomes even more critical. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Small firms Entrepreneurialism Business formation New venture creation Business support...

... schemes, for example, or “soft” when it comes in the form of advisory assistance (Wren and Storey, 2002). In the current paper the focus is on “soft” advisory assistance. Entrepreneurs Business support services Intention Start‐ups Business formation France Starting a new organisation...

... new venturers. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 United Kingdom Banks Entrepreneurs Relationships Business support services Business formation Funding New ventures the perceived nature of the small firm‐bank relationship (in general terms); the perceived nature...

... Group Publishing Limited 2011 France Entrepreneurialism Business development Business formation The theoretical approach we use to study the trigger of the entrepreneurial process draws heavily on the works of Krueger and Carsrud (1993) that rely on the Theory of Planned Behavior...

... is a complex phenomenon. It is not one‐dimensional. It is hard to predict and assess. Further, it can manifest itself in various ways, and consequently it can have differential effects on several different levels. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Belgium Business development Business...

... process) and development leading to business formation include entrepreneurial alertness; information asymmetry and prior knowledge; social networks; personality traits, including optimism, self‐efficacy, and creativity; and type of opportunity itself (Ardichvili et al., 2003 ; Fletcher, 2006...

... this dimension of effectiveness should be examined. Juita‐Elena Yusuf can be contacted at: wieyusuf@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Entrepreneurialism Work study Business formation This study focuses on nascent entrepreneurs – those entrepreneurs who are involved...

...” category with the other surviving companies. These high‐growth firms were identified on the basis of two criteria: Business formation Business development Entrepreneurialism Business environment Combining several theoretical perspectives may be beneficial when analysing firm growth...

... venture creation. Originality/value A comparison highlighting critical events, resource configurations and environmental conditions of different start‐up processes depending on the new ventures' origin. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Business formation Entrepreneurialism...

... amount of “research protectionism” and/or “academic myopia,” regardless of intention, between group constellations of researchers when it comes to the academic literature. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Globalization International business Business formation Entrepreneurialism...

..., recognition, admiration, power and family reasons. These would appear to be very strong motivators, and yet could be the type of beliefs that could change over time. Entrepreneurialism Small enterprises Business formation Knowledge management While the literature available on reasons to become...

... Politis can be contacted at: diamanto.politis@fek.lu.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Business formation Learning Organizational effectiveness Entrepreneurs Traditionally, entrepreneurship research has tried to identify the traits of successful entrepreneurs...

... in notorious development, is considered interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary (Davidsson, 1989). Entrepreneurialism Education Business formation Motivation (psychology) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 The entrepreneur's age seems to be inversely related to innovation...

... as a possible business proposition emerged. And when the potential for starting appeared positive, this became active engagement in the process of starting a business (Figure 2). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Business formation Entrepreneurialism Levels of start‐up of new...

... for: … [an investor] who had an awful lot to offer. Business formation Small enterprises Finance Scotland © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Given that small firms and new businesses have become an increasingly important component of economic development (Denis, 2004 ; OECD, 1998...

... the conceptual model; the second was to find a method to select target cities for investigation in order to generalise the characteristics of entrepreneurship in China through comparisons between different cities. Entrepreneurialism Business formation Questionnaires China...

.... Practitioners must resolve these tensions. Originality/value In spite of the intimate relationship between freedom and entrepreneurial motivation, this is perhaps the first paper to focus exclusively on autonomy as a start‐up motive. Business formation Freedom Small enterprises The question...

... Limited 2006 Business formation Rural areas England Support for the creation of new firms has been an emphasis of UK government policy since at least the Bolton Report in 1971, which identified the importance of new venture creation to future economic development and growth...

... could very well lead to increased entrepreneurial activity. Corporate ownership Business formation Unemployment Small and new firms nowadays are often considered to be the driving force behind the (developed) economies. Thurik and Wennekers (2004) , Jovanovic (1982) , Ericson and Pakes...

..., which are themselves a recent phenomenon and a novel concept in academic literature. Lambert T. Koch can be contacted at: koch@wiwi.uni‐wuppertal.de © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Business policy Business formation Germany The rationale behind publicly funded...