Essays about: "academic entrepreneur"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 29 essays containing the words academic entrepreneur.

  1. 16. THE CHALLENGES FASHION ENTREPRENEURS FACE WHEN ENTERING THE FASHION INDUSTRY

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Gerhard Hendrik Van Den Berg; Óscar Almanza; [2016]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose. The survival rate in the Fashion Industry (FI) is dramatically low and the reasons remain unclear. This research aims to identify the main challenges that the fashion entrepreneur faces when entering the FI and how relevant these are through the fashion start-up process. Methodology. READ MORE

  3. 17. From Publishing to Patenting: Survey construction of Swedish academics’ motivations

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Yuan Tian; [2015-07-09]
    Keywords : Academic patenting; motivation; self-determination theory; publishing-patenting; U-I; commercialization; technology transfer; Swedish academics; academic inventor; academic entrepreneur; scientific publishing;

    Abstract : Abstract This master thesis contributes to the topic of knowledge and technology transfer, by exploring the motivations for patenting in Swedish academia. Patent is a dispensable indicator to evaluate innovation output performance. READ MORE

  4. 18. A New Era for Crowdfunded Leaders? : A critical analysis of an alternative financing model and its implications on personal development and effects on Leadership skills and behaviours

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Lisa Speiser; [2015]
    Keywords : Leadership; Crowdfunding; Entrepreneurship; Act of Crowdfunding; Crowdfunded Leaders;

    Abstract : The new trend of Crowdfunding is worldwide changing the market for start-ups, as well as small- and medium-sized enterprises to finance their business, as well as increasing the opportunities and possibilities for realizing ideas. Thus, this thesis aims to enlighten the concept of Crowdfunding and its effects. READ MORE

  5. 19. Strategy in Born Global enterprises in a peripheral region of Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Bittencourt Nayron; [2015]
    Keywords : Born Globals; strategy; strategy making process; strategic lenses; strategic schools of thought;

    Abstract : The purpose of this research study is to explore how decision-makers at Born Global enterprises form their strategies during the pre-internationalisation phase. In this study the researcher has combined theories from two academic fields, namely the strategic management field and the international entrepreneurship field. READ MORE

  6. 20. To Avoid Failure - An empirical study of common factors for failures in the Swedish Venture Capital industry

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Josefine Finsbäck; Anna Meyer; [2014-07-02]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Background and academic problem The industry of venture capital is characterized by high risk and potential high returns. Required return is the most common criteria measuring if an investment is successful or not. However, according to research, eight out of ten investments fail when measured by the required return. READ MORE