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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Entrepreneurial ventures"”.
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Supply, demand, and entrepreneurial ventures in the space launch industry
… of the Space Shuttle, a wave of private entrepreneurial firms are currently attempting to develop innovative reusable launch vehicle concepts independently of the U.S. government. Originally bolstered by a late 1990s bullish low Earth orbit (LEO) market, the success of these endeavors may …
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An exploratory study of social innovation in for-profit social entrepreneurial ventures in India
… research as a defining characteristic of social entrepreneurial ventures (SEVs). Social innovations are desirable as they create employment opportunities, develop new industries and introduce new business models that address social needs. In recognition, governments and practitioners worldwide …
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Entrepreneurial ventures launched by graduating MIT students : insights on founding teams, business models, execution challenges and impact
This thesis examines entrepreneurial ventures launched by graduating MIT students with the goal of understanding entrepreneurship activities of students while in full-time graduate degree programs and drawing insights on founding teams, business models, execution challenges and impact. These …
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Paradoxum Ex Machina: Exploring the Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence Technologies on the Strategies and Actions of Entrepreneurial Ventures
… AI (GenAI)—are fundamentally reshaping the entrepreneurial landscape, altering how entrepreneurs acquire critical resources, tackle uncertain environments, develop opportunity, and address entrepreneurial action processes. Despite these dramatic transformations that we have already …
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Strategic management and entrepreneurship as economic development tools
This research develops a framework of Biobased Entrepreneurial Ventures for Rural Economic Development. Rural economic development poses unique challenges and opportunities, based on available production assets, workforce trends like "brain drain," and access to industry clusters. However, certain …
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Sigma Ratings Case Study
… an essential step for the majority of successful entrepreneurial ventures. This case study focuses on MIT startup and delta v alumnus Sigma Ratings, a non-credit agency, founded in 2017 by Gabrielle Haddad and Stuart Jones Jr. It immerses the reader in the decision-making process of the company, …
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Exploring the role of township economy on youth empowerment, employment and entrepreneurship
… these problems. For these youth, micro and small entrepreneurial ventures in the informal or township economy seem to be the only viable solution out of these problems. The objective of this study was to explore the extent to which the township economy fosters entrepreneurship among the youth. The …
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Humans, machines, & entrepreneurship : an agenda to harness the potential of emerging technologies
… the development of entrepreneurs and new entrepreneurial ventures that leverage AI and digital technologies for good of society in ethical ways.
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Essays on individuals and organizations
… the performance of a growing number of firms and entrepreneurial ventures comes to depend on human capital, knowledge and creative work, there is increasing need to understand how these differences between individuals influences firms and industries. This dissertation consists of three essays …
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The relationship between financial inclusion and entrepreneurship among South African women
… and barriers affecting South African women's entrepreneurial engagement. The findings highlighted a positive correlation between women's entrepreneurial engagement and financial inclusion, implying that the latter can enable the participation of women in entrepreneurial activities. Findings …
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Academic entrepreneurial ecosystem strategy in the New York state capital region
… economic sustainability and resilience, while entrepreneurial activity is a critical development factor in cluster dependencies. Applied concepts from the MIT Regional Entrepreneurial Acceleration Laboratory (REAL) highlight innovative and entrepreneurial capacities linkages in the capital …
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Learning and Performance in Serial Crowdfunding
… in serial entrepreneurs who engage in multiple entrepreneurial ventures. The opportunity to learn from experience and find ways to systematize entrepreneurship is intriguing, and new technological developments such as the availability of crowdfunding platforms provides new possibilities in this …
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Exposing institutional influences on entrepreneurship among Kuwaiti youth
… economic downturn, which has led to the need for entrepreneurial ventures. It reviews and consolidates concepts and factors purported to facilitate and increase entrepreneurship for the benefit of the society and economy of Kuwait. This research uses a social constructionist approach to make sense …
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The introduction of Islamic banking and its projected impact on financial inclusion and economic development in Uganda
… discourage people from attaining loans for their entrepreneurial ventures. Since Islamic banking is an interest free based mode of finance, it could have the key to unlocking the door to an inclusive economy. However, there is a desire for dedicated research and efforts from the authorities to …
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Lost in translation: Linking technology to market opportunities in technology-based ventures
… and predict the behaviors of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures operating under conditions of high uncertainty. To do this, I take a deep dive into the innovative process of de novo ventures built around university inventions through a series of three related essays. The first essay …
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Challenges facing agriculture : evaluation of the impact of AgTech, recommendations, and opportunity identification in food waste reduction
… wave of investments, innovations, and entrepreneurial ventures, referred to as AgTech for the purpose of this work. The aim of this work is initially to analyze the most pressing challenges faced by global food production, communicate on their magnitude, and highlight opportunities for …
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Venture Capital Vs. Trade Credit Financing: Is There A Bias In Favor Of Venture Capital And What Is The Impact On Students?
… entrepreneurship.</p> <p>In the history of entrepreneurial studies, literature revealed VC was a relatively new and rare source of financing that impacted a very small percentage of entrepreneurial ventures. In contrast, trade credit existed for thousands of years and was shown to benefit …
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Embroidery, business enterprise and philanthropic ventures in Nineteenth Century Britain
… new form of needlework 'Art Embroidery' fuelled entrepreneurial ventures. The significance of these ventures will be explored and the contribution made by women employed in this industry, investigating their prevalent working practices and relating this to our understanding of gender history. The …
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Making social entrepreneurship part of strategic management: perspective of Abu Dhabi government.
… are part of their obligations rather than entrepreneurial ventures. Keywords: social entrepreneurship, strategic management, Abu Dhabi government, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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A THEORY OF ENTREPRENEURIAL WORK: ART, CRAFT, ENGINEERING, BRICOLAGE, AND BROKERAGE
… uses grounded theory to build a typology of entrepreneurial work and investigates the relationship between entrepreneurial categories, financial performance, longevity of the created ventures, and organizational form. Based on interviews and extensive field work observing 23 entrepreneurs, …
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