Entrepreneurial alertness and asymmetric information in a spin-glass model
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The article attempts to investigate the relative role played by alertness and asymmetric information on entrpreneurial decisions. Entrepreneurship is identified as a path-dependent phenomenon. Short-term policies aimed at increasing the prevalence of entrepreneurship are unlikely to be effective.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Venturing
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0883-9026
Year: 2004
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The effect of aging on entrepreneurial behavior
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The details of analytical model, based on Becker's theory of time allocation, which helps to understand relationship between individual's entrepreneurial behavior and aggregate entrepreneurial activity, are presented. The inherent effect of age on entrepreneurial behavior is also discussed.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Venturing
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0883-9026
Year: 2006
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Dispersed knowledge and an entrepreneurial theory of the firm
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The article proposes a theory of the firm that is based on dispersed knowledge. The circumstances leading to the emergence of a firm and questions like when and why a new firm is chosen as a vehicle to take a new idea to market, are discussed.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Venturing
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0883-9026
Year: 2004
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