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Book SynopsisThe latest volume of Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth examines many questions regarding growth. What decisions and designs of the entrepreneur lead to growth? What are the beginning stages of growth? Are there differences in what drives high growth entrepreneurship versus slower growth entrepreneurship? Are new firms adopting novel approaches to growth? How do growth rates and patterns change over the life of the firm? What policies, infrastructure, and capabilities are necessary to for entrepreneurial regional growth at the macro level? What are the foundational components necessary for growth across all levels of entrepreneurship?
Table of ContentsCopyright page. Entrepreneurial Growth: Individual, Firm, and Region. Introduction. List of Contributors. Advances in entrepreneurship, firm emergence and growth. Entrepreneurial Growth: Individual, Firm, and Region. Innovation and Imitation as Entry Wedges that Lead to Firm Growth. A Glass Half Full? The Role of Entrepreneur Alternative Issue Interpretations on Firm Growth Intentions. Entrepreneurial Growth as a Process: Mechanism-Based Theorizing. Ambitious Entrepreneurship: A Review of Growth Aspirations, Intentions, and Expectations. Long-Run Drivers of Growth for UK High-Technology Firms. Sleeping Gazelles: The Unseen Job Creators?. The Economic Contribution of Start-Up Firms in Germany. Looking Inside the Black Box of Growth Efforts in Declining Small Firms: The Role of Growth Factors, Planning, and Implementation. High-Growth Firms: Stylized Facts and Conflicting Results.
