Entrepreneurial information search
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The hypothesis that entrepreneurs search for information in a rational manner is tested using a sample of 1,176 entrepreneurs. The results are decidedly mixed, revealing that information search activity is not necessarily constrained in a rational manner. For example, inexperienced entrepreneurs sought more information, not less as predicted by the hypothesis. Meanwhile, confident entrepreneurs sought less information, as posited by the hypothesis.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Venturing
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0883-9026
Year: 1995
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Reinvestment decisions by entrepreneurs: rational decision-making or escalation of commitment?
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Factors that influence financial investment decisions of entrepreneurs after the first year of operations are evaluated. An escalation bias is observed, in which entrepreneurs tend to reinvest more capital after a negative outcome. Reinvestment in this case is not necessarily good or bad but the presence of the bias indicates that entrepreneurs are influenced by psychological as well as objective and economic factors.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Venturing
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0883-9026
Year: 1993
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Geographic cluster size and firm performance
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The influence of change in cluster size on performance of firm is examined. The study indicates that cluster size increases firm returns and suggests that economies of agglomeration benefit firms.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Venturing
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0883-9026
Year: 2006
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