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The Life Cycle of New Ventures: Emergence, Newness and Growth
Author(s): Candida G. Brush (Editor), Lars Kolvereid (Editor), L. Øystein Widding (Editor), Roger Sørheim (Editor)
- Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
- Publication Date: December 29, 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 1848446977
- ISBN-13: 9781848446977
Book Description
The contributors to this book provide a cross-national comparison of venture emergence, newness and growth. Their chapters examine the influences of cultural, social and economic factors on venture development, compare the approaches of entrepreneurs who move from idea to emerging organization, and investigate acquisition and development of resources in growth and performance. The authors consider important issues in new ventures research such as technology commercialization, management team development, and influence of equity funding. While its particular focus is on Norway and the US, the book offers broad and intriguing contributions with regard to the emergence and growth of knowledge based firms in developed economies, and has implications for both direct and indirect government policy with regard to stimulating the formation and development of knowledge based firms.Scholars and students of entrepreneurship, international studies and economics, policymakers, international business experts and economic development specialists will find this rigorous analysis of the utmost importance.
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About the Author
Edited by Candida G. Brush, Franklin W. Olin Professor of Entrepreneurship and Co-founder and Research Director- Diana International Research institute (DIRI) Babson College, US, Lars Kolvereid, Nord University Business School, Norway, L. Øystein Widding, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Roger Sørheim, Professor, Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
