Evaluating the Economic Returns to Entrepreneurial Behaviour

This research study also identifies 4 entrepreneurial firm capabilities that include: alertness, subjective judgment, dispersal ability and risk-taking. These capabilities were simulated using an agent-based model and experiments were run to examine their effect on firm performance over time and across different types of strategic landscapes. Furthermore, to inform the dynamics of firm behavior and the spatial elements of this model, an ecological metaphor of organizations was introduced that utilized concepts from community ecology and biogeography. The results of these experiments highlight the need for firms to develop entrepreneurial capabilities to succeed in the new competitive environment.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Ross, Robert Brent

Contributors dc:contributor

• Westgren, Randall E.

• Business Administration, Management

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3270012

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/82986