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Author Masouras, Andreas

Title Entrepreneurship in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (328 pages)
Series Business Issues, Competition and Entrepreneurship Ser
Business Issues, Competition and Entrepreneurship Ser
Contents Intro; Contents; List of Figures; List of Diagrams; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1; Introduction; 1.1. Introductory Note: Purposes, Central Questions, and Assumptions of This Study; 1.2. Analytical Framework: Institutionalism, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation; 1.3. Measuring Entrepreneurship and Its Related Concepts-Indicators; 1.4. Originality Parameters of This Study; 1.5. The Connection between Entrepreneurship, Young Entrepreneurship, and Innovation under the Lens of Institutional Analysis; 1.6. Methodology
1.6.1. The Young People's Opinion of Institutions -- Perceptions Analysis1.7. Structure of This Study; Chapter 2; Theory; 2.1. Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness under the Prism of the Institutional Approach: A Theoretical Analysis; 2.2. The Conceptual Approach of Institutional Economics; 2.3. Global Inequalities, Growth Rates, and Competitiveness; 2.4. Setting the Boundaries of the Theoretical Field; 2.5. A Discussion of the Characteristics of Cypriot Economy and Entrepreneurship; Chapter 3; Literature Review; 3.1. Institutions, Competitiveness, and Growth
3.2. The Issue of Entrepreneurship3.3. The Issue of Young Entrepreneurship; 3.4. Implementing Innovation in Businesses, with Emphasis on SMEs: The Practical and Institutional Approach; 3.5. The Red and Blue Oceans Strategy: Entrepreneurship and Innovation under the Prism of Competition; 3.6. Porter's Five Forces and Their Correlation with Innovation; 3.6.1. The Threat of New Entrants; Economies of Scale and Experience; Product Differentiation; Access to Distribution Channels; 3.6.2. Bargaining Power of Buyers; 3.6.3. The Bargaining Power of Suppliers; 3.6.4. The Threat of Substitutes
3.6.5. Rivalry between Incumbents3.7. Institutional Analysis through the PESTEL Approach; A. Political Factors; B. Economic Factors; C. Social Factors; D. Technological Factors; E. Environmental Factors; F. Legal Factors; 3.8. Institutions and Economic Policy; 3.9. The Four Groups of Institutional Barriers to Entrepreneurial Growth: PRCM; A. Political Barriers; B. Barriers Related to Available Resources; C. Cognitive Barriers; D. Motivation Barriers; 3.10. Institutions, Social Policy and Entrepreneurship; 3.11. The Cultural Dimension
3.12. The Gap in, and This Study's Contribution to, the Scientific DebateChapter 4; Research Methodology: The Methodological Approach to the Institutional Analysis of Entrepreneurship; 4.1. The Research Approach to the Study; 4.1.1. The Research Design; 4.1.2. The Research Strategy; 4.2. Sampling; 4.3. The Type of Research Method; 4.3.1. Secondary and Primary Research; 4.3.1.1. Secondary Research; 4.3.1.2. Primary Research; 4.3.1.3. The Quantitative and Qualitative Research Approach; 4.4. The Design of the Primary Research Tools; 4.4.1. Questionnaires (Fully Structured Interviews)
Notes 4.4.2. Telephone Interviews
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Subject Entrepreneurship.
Small business -- Management.
entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurship
Small business -- Management
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1536159239
9781536159233