Entrepreneurship and the Industry Life Cycle

Description

Adopting evolutionary and behavioral approaches, this volume presents the latest research advances in knowledge competencies and human capital, as well as the changing structural dynamics, highlighting their links with entrepreneurial activities. It provides a set of international, benchmark case studies on initiatives (at the national, regional or individual level) geared towards entrepreneurship development. Focusing on diverse environments, systems and life cycle stages: young, established and transition industries and markets; as well as regions, it offers a valuable guide for scholars and practitioners interested in the interaction of entrepreneurship, knowledge competencies, human resources management and innovation. Front Matter ....Pages i-vi Introduction (Serena Cubico, Giuseppe Favretto, João Leitão, Uwe Cantner)....Pages 1-9 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 Entrepreneurial Competences: Comparing and Contrasting Models and Taxonomies (Giovanna Gianesini, Serena Cubico, Giuseppe Favretto, João Leitão)....Pages 13-32 Heterogeneity and the Origin of the Founding Team: How the Concepts Relate and Affect Entrepreneurial Behavior (Gertie M. Agraz-Boeneker, Maria del Mar Fuentes-Fuentes)....Pages 33-58 Entrepreneurial Aptitude and Gender-Related Stereotypes: A Research on Competences, Policies and Practices to Foster Entrepreneurial Culture in a Less Favoured Environment (Stefano Noventa, Serena Cubico, Maddalena Formicuzzi, Piermatteo Ardolino, Giuseppe Favretto, Francesco Ciabuschi et al.)....Pages 59-90 Co-leadership and Performance in Technology-Based Entrepreneurial Firms (Daniel Pittino, Francesca Visintin, Cristiana Compagno)....Pages 91-106 Human Capital, Organizational Competences and Knowledge and Innovation Transfer: A Case Study Applied to the Mining Sector (Margarida Rodrigues, João Leitão)....Pages 107-136 Specific Practices of Human Resource Management in the Creation and Development of Micro and Small Firms, Case Studies in Portuguese Firms (Helder Antunes, António Nunes)....Pages 137-171 Front Matter ....Pages 173-173 The Selective Nature of Innovator Networks: From the Nascent to the Early Growth Phase of the Organizational Life Cycle (Uwe Cantner, Tina Wolf)....Pages 175-204 The Decline of Innovation in the Antibiotics Industry and the Global Threat of Antibiotic Resistance: When Entrepreneurial Efforts are Not Enough (Francesco Ciabuschi, Olof Lindahl)....Pages 205-229 Entrepreneurship Success Factors in High and Low Early Stage Entrepreneurship Intensity Countries (Ruth Alas, Tiit Elenurm, Elizabeth J. Rozell, Wesley A. Scroggins)....Pages 231-245 Reasons for the Almost Complete Absence of High-Growth Ambition and Innovation Activity of Early-Stage Entrepreneurs in Brazil (Ronald Jean Degen, Nicholas Harkiolakis)....Pages 247-268 Hindering Factors to Innovation: A Panel Data Analysis (Joana Costa, Anabela Botelho, João Matias)....Pages 269-298 Front Matter ....Pages 299-299 Women Entrepreneurship in India: A Work-Life Balance Perspective (Ajay K. Jain, Shalini Srivastava, Serena Cubico)....Pages 301-311 The Pentagonal Problem and the Offshore Energy Sector in Portugal: Why Does It Matter? (Ana Pego)....Pages 313-328 Entrepreneurial Urban Revitalization (Carlos José Lopes Balsas)....Pages 329-340 Unconventional Entrepreneurship and the Municipality: The Role of Passion and Competences (Francesca Simeoni, Federico Testa)....Pages 341-358 Assessing Entrepreneurial Profiles: A Study of Transversal Competence Gaps in Four European Countries (Marlene Amorim, Marta Ferreira Dias, Helena Silva, Diego Galego, Maria Sarmento, Carina Pimentel)....Pages 359-376