Sökning: "capital entrepreneurship"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 61 avhandlingar innehållade orden capital entrepreneurship.

  1. 1. Students in Academic Entrepreneurship : Entrepreneurship Education and Key Actors Facilitating Student Start-ups in the University Context

    Författare :Eva Berggren; Jeaneth Johansson; Diamanto Politis; Einar Rasmussen; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Student entrepreneurs; academic entrepreneurship; university spin-offs; student start-up; entrepreneurship education;

    Sammanfattning : The ongoing discussion about academic research not being sufficiently commercialized has overlooked the individual actors in the university context, not least students as potential entrepreneurs. The purpose of this thesis is to enhance our understanding of student entrepreneurs by exploring how entrepreneurship education and key actors in the university context facilitate the formation of student start-ups. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Geography of Entrepreneurship : regional and individual determinants of new firm formation in Sweden

    Författare :Marcin Rataj; Rikard Eriksson; Urban Lindgren; Lars Fredrik Andersson; Raquel Ortega-Argilés; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; entrepreneurship; start-up; regional development; urbanization; peripheries;

    Sammanfattning : While there is a rich and growing body of literature on both individual and regional determinants of entrepreneurship, the dominant perspective assumes that these factor play a similar role in different spatial contexts. The thesis investigates in the first place the link between firm formation and economic opportunities that might be conditional on the regional setting. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Bank branches and Entrepreneurship : A spatial analysis of new firm formation in Swedish regions and industries in a changing financial landscape

    Författare :Cynthia Sin Tian Ho; Björn Berggren; Mikaela Backman; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New firm formation; entrepreneurship; financing; bank branches; proximity; spatial analysis; GWR; Sweden; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to analyse how bank branch closure has affected the formation of new firms and to explore the varying local relationships between the accessibility of bank branches and new firm formation in 290 Swedish municipalities. In the first paper, the effect of bank branch closure is examined through spatial econometric analysis, in particular, the fixed effects and the random effects spatial panel models. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Resource acquisition and the complexity of social capital : Perspectives from women entrepreneurs in Tanzania and Pakistan

    Författare :Marta Lindvert; Håkan Boter; Darush Yazdanfar; Joakim Wincent; Ulla Hytti; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; entrepreneurship; women entrepreneurs; financing; resource acquisition; social capital; context; developing countries; Tanzania; Pakistan; mixed methods research; entreprenörskap; kvinnors entreprenörskap; finansiering; resursanskaffande; socialt kapital; kontext; utvecklingsländer; Tanzania; Pakistan; flermetodsforskning;

    Sammanfattning : Women entrepreneurs all over the world contribute significantly to innovation, employment opportunities and wealth creation in their respective economies. Despite their importance as drivers of development, there is a lack of research on preconditions for women’s entrepreneurship. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Exploring Knowledge Intensity in Entrepreneurship: A Quantitative Study of Knowledge, Innovation and Performance in Entrepreneurial Firms

    Författare :Ethan Gifford; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Firm Performance; Knowledge Intensity; Search; Human Capital;

    Sammanfattning : This Ph.D. dissertation investigates the statistical and theoretical relationships between different dimensions of knowledge intensive entrepreneurship (KIE) in Europe and how knowledge intensity and performance in entrepreneurial firms can be related. LÄS MER