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Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness : Competing with Constraints.
Title:
Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness : Competing with Constraints.
Author:
Corbett, Andrew C.
ISBN:
9781781900192
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (220 pages)
Series:
Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth ; v.15

Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth
Contents:
FRONT COVER -- ENTREPRENEURIAL RESOURCEFULNESS: COMPETING WITH CONSTRAINTS -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ENTREPRENEURIAL RESOURCEFULNESS: COMPETING WITH CONSTRAINTS -- REFERENCES -- WINNING AN UNFAIR GAME: HOW A RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED PLAYER USES BRICOLAGE TO MANEUVER FOR ADVANTAGE IN A HIGHLY INSTITUTIONALIZED FIELD -- SUCCESSFUL BRICOLEURS: THE OAKLAND A'S -- INSTITUTIONAL THEORY AND MANEUVERING FOR ADVANTAGE -- METHODS -- THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF BASEBALL -- SABERMETRICS -- BRICOLAGE AND THE INDUSTRY RECIPE -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- SELECTIVE OR PARALLEL? TOWARD MEASURING THE DOMAINS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL BRICOLAGE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONCEPT OF BRICOLAGE -- SCALE DEVELOPMENT -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- THE BLESSING OF NECESSITY AND ADVANTAGES OF NEWNESS -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- METHOD -- RESULTS AND ANALYSIS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: CASE SUMMARIES -- SELF-DOUBT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSISTENCE: HOW FOUNDERS OF HIGH-GROWTH VENTURES OVERCOME COGNITIVE CONSTRAINTS ON GROWTH AND PERSIST WITH THEIR VENTURES -- INTRODUCTION -- SELF-DOUBT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSISTENCE -- METHODS AND DATA -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCEFULNESS: THE ROLE OF PURPOSEFUL RESOURCE FOCUS VACILLATION IN IMPLEMENTING CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- PROPOSITIONS -- DISCUSSION AND RESEARCH ASSERTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- REENACTING CONTEXTUAL BOUNDARIES - ENTREPRENEURIAL RESOURCEFULNESS IN CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: RESOURCEFULNESS AND CONTEXTS -- REVIEWING ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR IN CHALLENGING CONTEXTS -- CONTEXTUALIZING RESOURCEFULNESS.

THE VALUE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL RESOURCEFULNESS -- A ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- KNOWLEDGE FLOWS AND CONSTRAINTS TO THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS -- INTRODUCTION -- ENTREPRENEURSHIP: PROCESS AND CONTRAINTS -- KNOWLEDGE IN THE LITERATURE: NATURE, UNDERSTANDING, AND LIMITATIONS -- A FRAMEWORK OF KNOWLEDGE FLOWS -- INTEGRATING PROCESS, CONSTRAINTS, AND KNOWLEDGE FLOWS: A PROPOSED MODEL -- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES.
Abstract:
Explores the theme of "resources" in entrepreneurship, and examines entrepreneurs that persevere in uncertain times to build new businesses. The different perspectives gathered in this volume present new ways of thinking about how entrepreneurs acquire, borrow, and make use of resources in seemingly impossible environments.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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