Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice articles from September 1994

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice archives from September 1994

Emerging business, emerging field: entrepreneurship and the family firm.
September 22, 1994... Both entrepreneurship and family business are prehistoric in origin. Archaeologists have discovered evidence worldwide of commerce, venture creation, and the involvement of family members that predates written records. Yet both fields have only...

Entrepreneurship and family business research: comparisons, critique, and lessons.
September 22, 1994... Academic interest in family business is relatively recent. However, interest is rapidly growing among a diverse group of researchers. This rapid increase is similar to that which occurred in the field of entrepreneurship during the last two...

Meanderings of a resurrected psychologist or, lessons learned in creating a family business program.
September 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION What is a Family Firm? As with entrepreneurship, there is no widely accepted definition of a family business, least of all one acceptable to owners of the enterprises themselves. There are certainly as many definitions as there...

Copreneurs and dual-career couples: are they different?
September 22, 1994... Though the phenomenon of married couples working together is as old as the family, and although the phenomenon is rapidly growing, it was less than 10 years ago that it was defined (Barnett & Barnett, 1988; Nelton, 1986). Barnett and Barnett...

Entrepreneurship and family business: exploring the connections.
September 22, 1994... From the early writings of Joseph Schumpeter until the present day, much of the research on entrepreneurship has focused on answering two questions: Who is an entrepreneur? and What does an entrepreneur need to do to start a successful business?...