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1. Intellectual Capital Driving SMEs Entrepreneurial Orientation towards Sustainable Development
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för management (MAN)Abstract : Addressing the scarce knowledge of sustainability practices in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the purpose of this paper is to identify how and if there is a link between intellectual capital (IC) and entrepreneurial orientation (EO), and if this connection contributes to a company’s sustainability performance. Based on a series of semi-structured interviews conducted with Swedish SMEs, our findings show that despite the limitations these companies experience in terms of financial and human resources, a focus on tackling sustainability issues appears to inspire entrepreneurial behaviour. READ MORE
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2. How Does An Entrepreneur Create A Born Global Firm? : A Case Study Of A Swedish Start-Up Trying To Enter The Indian Market.
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhetAbstract : Purpose - The purpose of this study is to assess the process of early pre-internationalised and pre-market established born global company and to provide viable advice as to how to internationalise the Indian market which is psychically and geographically distant from the Swedish market. Design/methodology/approach - This study follows a qualitative research approach with an inductive single case study design in order to examine in-depth the Swedish start-up, TurtleCare AB, throughout its internationalisation process. READ MORE
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3. Leadership influence on EO : An interview-based study on leadership influence on Entrepreneurial Orientation in KIBS-firms from the eyes of the consultants
University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella HandelshögskolanAbstract : Over the last decades, there has been a shift from a product intensive market to a service-based one which is based on knowledge being a high commodity in contrast to previous decades where tangible capital resources and products have been the primary focus. Over a similar time frame, entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has become one of the most important theories/concepts within entrepreneurial research, which is a firm’s capacity to portray innovative, proactive and risktaking behaviour to outcompete their competitors. READ MORE
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4. Corporate Entrepreneurship: How does a Change of Structure induced by new Ownership impact Employees’ Perception of Entrepreneurial Agency within SMEs?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Entrepreneurial agency theory has been designated as an important field of research within the corporate entrepreneurial context. When ownership structures in well-established corporations change, certain agitation can result. These ownership changes can subsequently influence entrepreneurial agency in such ventures. READ MORE
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5. The effect of education on entrepreneurship: Examining the influence of new venture creation programs on entrepreneurial intention and behaviour
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Although venture creation programs (VCPs) are becoming increasingly popular within entrepreneurship education, still little is known about how effective these programs actually are and if they foster more and better entrepreneurs compared to entrepreneurship master that do not oblige VCPs in their curriculum. Therefore, this thesis aims to analyse the differences in entrepreneurial intention and behaviour between entrepreneurship masters that teach according to the extreme form of experience-based pedagogy with a mandatory VCP and entrepreneurship masters that do not apply the VCP in their curriculum. READ MORE
