International Review of Entrepreneurship: Volume 1, Issue 2, 2003

 

Recent Submissions

  • Success Factors in Technology-Based Entrepreneurship: an MIT Perspective 

    Preston, John T. (Senate HallDublin, 2003)
    The paper focuses on intellectual property, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. It is an analysis of the authors own experience of new venture spin outs from MIT. He has founded, directed, and invested in several high-tech ...

  • Building the Professional Firm: McKinsey & Co.: 1939-1968 

    Bhide, Amar V. (Senate HallDublin, 2003)
    Returns from investments made in a professional firm's capabilities and resources are not easily appropriable. Firm owners therefore tend to under invest in crucial intangible assets such as reputations and knowledge. This ...

  • The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy 

    Cox, Larry W.; Mueller, Stephen L.; Moss, Sherry E. (Senate HallDublin, 2003)
    This exploratory study was undertaken to assess the effect of an introductory entrepreneurship course on the level of entrepreneurial self-efficacy among undergraduate business students enrolled in the course. The study ...

  • Learning Entrepreneurship Competencies: The Self-Directed Learning Approach 

    Bird, Barbara J. (Senate HallDublin, 2003)
    Individual level behavioral competency is one of the goals of entrepreneurship education in universities and colleges as well as other training venues. This paper focuses attention on the competencies of entrepreneurs to ...

  • Evaluating the Impact of Public Policies to Support Small Businesses: 

    Storey, David J. (Senate HallDublin, 2003)
    Virtually all developed economies utilize taxpayer's money to provide either free or subsidized assistance to small businesses, the self-employed or to potential small business owners. This paper provides an outline ...

  • Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance: a Macro Perspective 

    Thurik, Roy; Wenneker, Sander; Uhlaner, Lorraine M. (Senate HallDublin, 2003)
    The present paper provides a theoretical framework of the relationship between rate of entrepreneurship and national economic performance. The first part deals with some aspects of the recent economics literature on the ...