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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Entrepreneurial decision-making."”.
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There’s a dad for that! : Naming men in work-life balance and entrepreneurial decision-making
… explores work-family balance in relation to entrepreneurial decision-making using men and masculinities literature as the lens of critical analysis. This research critically examines men’s subjective work-life balance experiences by evaluating their attempts to navigate between their …
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The HR Consulting Entrepreneur: Firm-Builder, Market-Maker and Diffuser of HR Management Knowledge in an Emergent Business System
… practices transfer, it uses the lenses of two entrepreneurial theories of decision-making in early markets---the effectuation and the nexus of individual-opportunities approaches---to unravel how the building of HR consulting firms sets practice theorization and diffusion processes into motion …
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POPULATION LEVEL CONDITIONS AS SIGNALS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES: A COGNITVE SYNTHESIS OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAITS AND POPULATION RATES PERSPECTIVES
… general self-efficacy influence entrepreneurs decisions to engage in entrepreneurial action. This thesis proposes a model that integrates the population rates and entrepreneurial traits perspectives by focusing on entrepreneurs' hypothetical decisions to invest in entrepreneurial opportunities …
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Investigating the Impact of Social Movements on African-American Business Success
… shocks. Challenging this narrative are cases of entrepreneurial achievement that seem to coincide with periods of social change in the United States. This two-part study explored the effects of social movements on the trajectory of entrepreneurial firms. Study one delved into the business …
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Learning Style AND Entrepreneurial Operations:A Small Business Study
… services in 2010, an increase of 4.8% over 2009, making the pet industry a market segment ripe with opportunity for entrepreneurial small business venture (American Pet Products Association, 2013). Small businesses invite innovation, create and provide new jobs, foster entrepreneurial spirit and …
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Experiencing and Learning from Entrepreneurial Failure
… literature has long focused on stories of entrepreneurial success. However, in recent years consensus has begun to build around the importance of also studying failure in order to develop a more holistic understanding of entrepreneurship. It has been argued that failure can have an impact …
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Governance and stewardship in the aged care industry : evaluating a model for corporate social entrepreneurship : the relationship of board culture to entrepreneurial behaviour.
… of Aged Care residents rather than assessing entrepreneurial opportunities in the provision of innovative approaches to the stewardship of Aged Care facilities and with a focus on resident values. To explore the research question the choice was made to use a qualitative study that focuses on …
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Purpose-driven entrepreneurship : when business venturing makes a difference.
… aspirations to make a difference in the world on decision-making in their ventures. Through an inductive qualitative research approach, this dissertation demonstrates that purpose-driven aspirations can play a significant role in shaping the venture decisions of commercial entrepreneurs and …
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Technology Venture Assessment for Early-Stage Decisions
… assessments for three important early-stage decisions, namely: (1) whether to pursue a business opportunity, (2) which process to follow to define the launch product to get the business off the ground in the short term, and (3) how to strategically align technology and market development at …