Showing papers on "Entrepreneurship published in 1975"
01 Aug 1975
TL;DR: The authors examined the relationship between entrepreneurial intentions, perceived locus of control and a graduate business school course in entrepreneurship and found that students' self-perceived intentions of star-student entrepreneurship were positively correlated with their perceived control.
Abstract: The relationships between entrepreneurial intentions, perceived locus of control and a graduate business school course in entrepreneurship were examined. Students' self-perceived intentions of star...
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01 Jan 1975
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the rise of commercial rivalries in China and the role of commercial campaigns in the May Fourth Movement and the post-war Golden Age in business and politics.
Abstract: 1. Introduction: Sino-Foreign Commercial Rivalries 2. Penetrating the China Market 3. The Rise of Commercial Rivalries 4. Motives for Merger 5. Commercial Campaigns in the May Fourth Movement 6. The Postwar Golden Age 7. Business and Politics 8. Conclusion: Imperialism, Nationalism, and Entrepreneurship Appendix: Statistical Tables A Note on the Sources Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Glossary Index
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TL;DR: The shift in the locus of European trade from the markets of the Mediterranean to the North Atlantic overthrew a centuries old pattern of commerce and established the basis for the predominant role of North Atlantic Europe in the era of industrialization as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The shift in the locus of European trade from the markets of the Mediterranean to the North Atlantic overthrew a centuries old pattern of commerce and established the basis for the predominant role of North Atlantic Europe in the era of industrialization. While the expression “commercial revolution” no longer has quite the currency that it once enjoyed, students of the early modern economy have not been negligent about trying to understand the causes of the commercial shift. The impact of entrepreneurship and Weltanschauung, capital accumulation, technical innovation in shipping and industry, and the economic and political organization of nation-states have all received attention from students of the age.
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TL;DR: In this article, the implications of a third sector in Kenya are examined alongside some Kenyan data and their implications could considerably shift the emphasis of policy, and this aspect of an important piece of research on Kenyan African businessmen and puts it into a context of the dual economy.
Abstract: Models of the dual economy so permeate research and policy that some very important developments are being overlooked. Their implications could considerably shift the emphasis of policy. This paper looks at this aspect of an important piece of research on Kenyan African businessmen and puts it into a context of the dual economy. The implications of a third sector in Kenya are examined alongside some Kenyan data.
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01 Aug 1975
TL;DR: An undergraduate course called "Entrepreneurship" as discussed by the authors was structured to include, in addition to the regular academic and conceptual topics, direct experience in starting and carrying forward a profit-making business.
Abstract: An undergraduate course titled "Entrepreneurship" was structured to include, in addition to the regular academic and conceptual topics, direct experience in starting and carrying forward a profit-m...
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01 Aug 1975
TL;DR: The approach taken in this paper is to introduce a number of original concepts which apply to the activities of the independent entrepreneur, and the author sets forth a classification of varius var...
Abstract: The approach taken in this paper is to introduce a number of original concepts which apply to the activities of the independent entrepreneur. Initially the author sets forth a classification of var...
01 Mar 1975
TL;DR: In this paper, a discussion of the additional needs of corporate plans, the evolutionary changes in the company is presented, and a complete understanding of the problems and procedures considered essential for the establishment of a suitable organization is provided.
Abstract: During the past few years it has become increasingly obvious that the traditional routes to corporate growth : increased market penetration, broadening of existing markets, movement into foreign markets, increased R & D effort and the acquisition of smaller companies are becoming extremely difficult due to market separation and competition from the Far East and Europe. In an effort to overcome the barriers to corporate growth many companies are adopting a somewhat different approach based on the exploitation of entrepreneurial talents. This can take many forms from capital investments in small companies, establishment of spin-off companies to develop ideas formed within :he large organisation and the specific :!stablishment of entrepreneurial activiies within existing organisations. The .itter approach is the one discussed in this paper and to provide a complete understanding of the problems and procedures considered essential for the establishment of a suitable organisation it will be necessary to understand not only what is meant by entrepreneurial :tctivities but also to be aware of the qualities and characteristics of the entrepreneur. To this end I have felt it necessary to develop from a discussion of the additional needs of corporate plans, the evolutionary changes in the company
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01 Jan 1975
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors extend Scitovsky's classic "Note on Profit Maximization and its Implications" to a stochastic environment and compare the implications of the model with and without uncertainty.
Abstract: In this paper we extend Scitovsky’s classic “A Note on Profit Maximization and its Implications” to a stochastic environment. Implications of the model with and without uncertainty are contrasted.
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01 Jan 1975
TL;DR: In this article, Tann's analysis of the comparative costs of animal, water, and steam power in the west-of-England wool textile industry and W. H. Chaloner's treatment of John Cartwright and the Revolution Mill each illuminate crucial stages in industrialization.
Abstract: primarily of concern to the social historian. Of the eleven remaining essays, two will be of interest to historians of technology as well as to business historians. Jennifer Tann's analysis of the comparative costs of animal, water, and steam power in the west-ofEngland wool textile industry and W. H. Chaloner's treatment of John Cartwright and the Revolution Mill each illuminate crucial stages in industrialization. The nine other essays fall well within business and economic history. D. C. Coleman argues persuasively for the distinctive features of textile growth that set that industry apart from others; G. D. Ramsay describes the undoing of the Italian mercantile colony in London after 1546; and Joan Thirsk outlines the role of fashion in the English stocking knitting industry during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. N. B. Harte attempts to establish the significance of the English (as distinct from the Scots and Irish) linen trade in the eighteenth century; S. D. Chapman raises some interesting questions about capital formation by examining the property of one thousand textile entrepreneurs during the first half of the eighteenth century; and K. G. Ponting traces the structure of the Wiltshire-Somerset border woolen industry during the first half of the nineteenth century. Finally, R. G. Wilson explains why the Yorkshire woolen and worsted industries rose to pre-eminence during the eighteenth century; D. T. Jenkins relates the history of early factory development in the West Riding of Yorkshire; and John Kelly describes the Manchester cotton trade during the 1860s from one merchant's point of view. Grateful for the contributions, the editors have been understandably reluctant to be severe with the authors of these several essays. I wish they had exercised a greater amount of editorial initiative in at least two areas: there are too many excessively lengthy quotations in the book; and in many instances, the essays simply lack conclusions that attempt to relate the trees discovered by the author to the forest of which they are a part. As a number of these chapters are parts of larger studies, I hope the weaknesses will be corrected subsequently.
TL;DR: In this paper, Scitovsky examined the conditions under which the maximizing of profits leads to the maximization of the entrepreneur's satisfaction and found that in order to maximize his satisfaction, the entrepreneur must have a special type of psychology.
Abstract: In his classic paper, “A Note on Profit Maximization and Its Implications,” Scitovsky [1943] examines the conditions under which “… the maximizing of profits leads to the maximization of the entrepreneur's satisfaction.” He finds that in order “… that maximum profits should maximize his satisfaction, the entrepreneur must have a special type of psychology …” In particular, “… the entrepreneur's choice between more and less activity — or between more income and more leisure — must be independent of his income.”
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TL;DR: De Vries' case is skillfully made in this paper, pointing out the speculative nature of some conclusions and, where necessary, cautioning the reader that conclusions supported by evidence drawn from a few farms or from restricted areas must be taken as tentative.
Abstract: not be seen in isolation from the more renowned industrial and commercial expansion of the United Provinces. Indeed, the rural economy continued to prosper after Dutch commerce and industry stagnated, and in the nineteenth century served, according to de Vries' hypothesis, as the foundation for the renewed development of the broader Dutch economy. The development of the rural economy in the earlier period was supported by local markets and transportation facilities that offered ready access to larger markets oriented toward urban populations, industrial consumption, and export. De Vries' case is skillfully made. The range of sources exploited for this study is impressive. The application of developmental theory to an era for which secular price, wage, and demographic data are often fragmentary is always a dangerous task. Nonetheless, it is one that de Vries performs well, not the least by pointing out the speculative nature of some conclusions and, where necessary, by cautioning the reader that conclusions supported by evidence drawn from a few farms or from restricted areas must be taken as tentative.