Showing papers on "Entrepreneurship published in 1979"
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01 Nov 1979TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of the main competitive entry wedge and other entry wedge in the context of entrepreneurship, including career departure points, success and failure factors, and sources of ideas.
Abstract: 1. Perspectives on Entrepreneurship. 2. Success and Failure Factors. 3. Career Departure Points. 4. Sequences in Startup. 5. Sources of Venture Ideas. 6. Evaluating Venture Ideas. 7. Main Competitive Entry Wedges. 8. Other Entry Wedges. 9. Acquisition Finding. 10. Acquisition Dealing. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.
844 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, Alice Amsden, Martin Bronfenbrenner, Christopher Clague, David Felix, Joseph Reid, Kazuo Sato, and referees of this Journal for insightful comments on an earlier draft of this paper.
Abstract: Iam grateful to Alice Amsden, Martin Bronfenbrenner, Christopher Clague, David Felix, Joseph Reid, Kazuo Sato, and referees of this Journal for insightful comments on an earlier draft of this paper. I also thank the Faculty Research Program of the Columbia Business Schoolfor financial support, andjohn Millarfor able research assistance. I bear sole responsibility for any deficiencies in the paper.
322 citations
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18 Jan 1979
TL;DR: In this paper, a step-by-step look at small business from the new venture idea through its implementation and management is presented, including legal considerations and financing, as well as real life cases from actual small business management.
Abstract: Brings a new dimension to the study of small business management by integrating the concepts of starting a small business and managing small firms. Draws information from academic sources as well as actual entrepreneurs. Gives a step-by-step look at small business from the new venture idea through its implementation and management. Stresses legal considerations and financing. Explains how to avoid popular pitfalls. Includes real life cases from actual small business management.
218 citations
TL;DR: The U.S. daily press might seem to be in a strategic position to function as a claims-maker in the early construction of a social problem as mentioned in this paper, but in the case of the manufacture of environmentalism as a social reality in the 1960's and 70's, the press was fairly slow to adopt a holistic environmental lexicon.
Abstract: The U.S. daily press might seem to be in a strategic position to function as a claims-maker in the early construction of a social problem. But in the case of the manufacture of environmentalism as a social reality in the 1960's and 70's, the press was fairly slow to adopt a holistic environmental lexicon. Its reporting of environmental news even now only partially reflects concepts promoted by positive environmental claims-makers, such as planet-wide interdependence, and the threats to it by destructive technologies. The movement of environmental claims seems to have started with interest-group entrepreneurship using interpersonal communication and independent publication, gone on to attention in government, then finally—and incompletely—been put on the agenda of the daily press. Once on the press agenda, coverage of environmental issues may have improved. But there are some constraints, possibly inherent in the press as an institution, that limit its role in the incipient construction of some social problems.
187 citations
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01 Jan 1979
TL;DR: A major study of the phenomenon of entrepreneurship focuses on the significance of entrepreneurship in the socioeconomic development of a society, and the economic and noneconomic factors which promote its emergence as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: This major study of the phenomenon of entrepreneurship focuses on the significance of entrepreneurship in the socioeconomic development of a society, and the economic and noneconomic factors which promote its emergence. Comparatively and analytically, it looks at five societies that achieved industrialization during the 18th and 19th century (England, France, Prussia-Germany, Japan, and the U.S.) and one that did not (Russia).
179 citations
01 Aug 1979
TL;DR: Samples of minority and non-minority females and females in general were compared using personal characteristics and expressed values and needs as discussed by the authors, finding that minority female entrepreneurs differed significantly from females in the general population.
Abstract: Samples of minority and non-minority females and females in general were compared using personal characteristics and expressed values and needs. Female entrepreneurs differed significantly from females in general; however, minority female entrepreneurs and non-minority female entrepreneurs have much in common on business and background characteristics.
177 citations
01 Aug 1979
TL;DR: Measures of locus of control, risk-taking, satisfaction with previous jobs, and demographic data were obtained from groups of managers who recently had been promoted within an organization or moved....
Abstract: Measures of locus of control, risk-taking, satisfaction with previous jobs, and demographic data were obtained from groups of managers who recently had been promoted within an organization or moved...
168 citations
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01 Jan 1979
TL;DR: The authors reviewed the book "The Last Entrepreneurs: America's Regional Wars for Jobs and Dollars" by Robert Goodman and found that the book is a good introduction to entrepreneurship in America.
Abstract: The article reviews the book “The Last Entrepreneurs: America's Regional Wars for Jobs and Dollars,” by Robert Goodman.
46 citations
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01 Jan 1979TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that entrepreneurship is a pervasive activity because of the social and economic dynamics that characterizes our society and because no one can escape the on-going dynamics.
Abstract: I BEGIN WITH THREE INNOCENT QUESTIONS. WHO ARE THE ENTREPRENEURS IN OUR SOCIETY? WHAT DO THEY DO AS ENTREPRENEURS? What is the economic value of the function they perform? On the first question, entrepreneurship is a pervasive activity because of the social and economic dynamics that characterizes our society and because no one—not even ivory tower professors OR institutionalized priests—can escape the on-going dynamics. ACCOMMODATIONS and adjustments are the order of the DAY/ AND these entail entrepreneurship.
25 citations
TL;DR: Men-doza's experience suggests the need to adjust development programs to local cultural exigencies, rather than the reverse, as most analysts have argued as discussed by the authors, and a four-part sequence to this effect is presented.
Abstract: Analyses of the cultural factors supporting modernization and development have moved along a continuum from the clear-cut formulations of Parsons, Schumpeter, and Weber to the paradoxical assertions of contemporary scholars. The failure of countries like Argentina to achieve sustained development after spectacular starts has contributed to the confusion. This study examines two popular cultural explanations for such developmental problems, and finds them both wanting. Men-doza's experience suggests the need to adjust development programs to local cultural exigencies, rather than the reverse, as most analysts have argued. A four-part sequence to this effect is presented.
21 citations
TL;DR: The economic history of modern India (ca. 1800-1947) has attracted increasing attention in recent years, the subject remains a congeries of intriguing puzzles as mentioned in this paper and there is no agreement about the general shape or dimensions, much less the causal relationships, that define the economic career of the region during the century and a half before independence.
01 Jan 1979
TL;DR: The role of entrepreneurship in the economic development of eastern Canada in the nineteenth century is explored in a collection of papers by as mentioned in this paper, containing preliminary findings by scholars in several disciplines, which may serve to stimulate further investigation and discussion of the entrepreneurial history of the region.
Abstract: In this collection of papers we have raised more questions than we can answer about the role of
entrepreneurship in eastern Canada in the nineteenth century. If no definite conclusions emerge, this is
perhaps because historical inquiry into the economic development of the region remains in its infancy.
We hope that the papers in this collection, containing preliminary findings by scholars in several disciplines, may serve to stimulate further investigation and discussion of the entrepreneurial history of the region.
01 Jan 1979
TL;DR: The case of the Rio Tinto Company, 1873-1939 as discussed by the authors, is a classic example of the problem of entrepreneurship in business history and business history, and it has been studied extensively.
Abstract: (1979). Business History and the Problem of Entrepreneurship: The Case of the Rio Tinto Company, 1873—1939. Business History: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 3-22.
TL;DR: In the early 1970's, a score of local prosecutors around the United States instituted programs to address the problem of white-collar crime and consumer fraud as discussed by the authors, and analyzed this process of innovation as a form of policy entrepreneurship.
Abstract: In the early 1970's a score of local prosecutors around the United States instituted programs to address the problem of white collar crime and consumer fraud. This article analyzes this process of innovation as a form of policy entrepreneurship. The article concludes with consideration of key questions addressing the sources, character, and consequences of local policy entrepreneurship and the character of federal influence.
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01 Jan 1979
01 Jan 1979
TL;DR: In this paper, it was precisely the conflict which infused into the area certain, otherwise unavailable, capital resources, modern technology and skills, which undermined economic stability, deterred foreign and even domestic entrepreneurship, distorted allocation of resources, and interfered with development projections and targets.
Abstract: It is a sheer coincidence that the non-oil-producing Arab countries are identical with the confrontation countries in their protracted struggle against Israel. (1) But this coincidence has resulted in a serious economic and financial imbroglio and growing dependence of these “have-nots” on the Arab “haves” and on other suppliers of capital resources. It undermined economic stability, deterred foreign and even domestic entrepreneurship, distorted allocation of resources, and interfered with development projections and targets. Nevertheless, in view of the economic performance of the Middle East in relatively peaceful periods and of countries not directly involved in the regional conflict, the latter cannot be made exclusively responsible for the inadequate economic and social progress. Moreover, it was precisely the conflict which infused into the area certain, otherwise unavailable, capital resources, modern technology and skills. Therefore, the reasons for prevailing fluctuations, bottlenecks and insufficient growth must be sought in more complex and fundamental factors.
01 Jan 1979
TL;DR: A number of studies on European industrialisation have taken as their starting point the quality of entrepreneurship since, in the last analysis, the decision whether or not to adopt a new technology is made by individual businessmen as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: A number of studies on European industrialisation have taken as their starting point the quality of entrepreneurship since, in the last analysis, the decision whether or not to adopt a new technology is made by individual businessmen. For example, it has been argued that the French business environment in the nineteenth century was characterised by a preponderance of family firms reluctant to seek funds for expansion for fear of jeopardising family control, distaining direct competition whenever it could be avoided and drowning in a sea of excess liquidity maintained as a precaution against the social stigma of bankruptcy. Similarly the relative decline of British industry from the last quarter of the nineteenth century has been attributed to the lethargy, conservatism, complacency and amateurism displayed by British entrepreneurs when confronted by the challenge of foreign competition. These entrepreneurial theories of retardation turn on the internal dynamics of business expansion (e.g. the family firm, third generation decline, outmoded traditions of craftsmanship, etc.) as well as upon the general social environment to explain the failure to innovate and expand.