Index

Enno Masurel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

The Entrepreneurial Dilemma in the Life Cycle of the Small Firm

ISBN: 978-1-78973-316-7, eISBN: 978-1-78973-315-0

Publication date: 28 May 2019

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Masurel, E. (2019), "Index", The Entrepreneurial Dilemma in the Life Cycle of the Small Firm, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 127-130. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78973-315-020191011

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INDEX

academic entrepreneurs
, 54, 56

accidental entrepreneurs
, 54, 56

action dilemmas
, 4

America, discovery of
, 17, 67–68

bankruptcy
, 48

behavior of entrepreneurs
, 66–70

bootstrapping
, 72

Brundtland, Gro Harlem
, 25

Brundtland committee
, 25–26

business angel
, 72

Business Model Canvas
, 8, 10, 119–122

Business Registration and Licensing Agency (BRELA)
, 33

Cantillon, Richard
, 14, 15

case studies

architecture firm
, 87–90

family business
, 102–105

fashion shop
, 90–92

franchise organization
, 105–107

hotel-and-conference center
, 97–99

ICT firm
, 107–110

reprography shop
, 93–94

self-developed interactive walkway
, 84–87

spin-off company
, 95–96

travel agency
, 100–102

causation
, 69–70

communicated truth
, 10–11

contextual concepts of entrepreneurship
, 83

contractor, definition
, 15

corporate entrepreneurs
, 54, 56

corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 25

Coster, Laurens Jansz.
, 19–20

creation, distinction between discovery and
, 66–68

criminal entrepreneurs
, 54, 56

critical dilemma
, 3–4

crowdfunding
, 72

debt finance
, 71–72

dilemma, definition of
, 1–5

discovery, distinction between creation and
, 66–68

ecological value
, 17

economic dilemma
, 3

economic value
, 17

ecosystem
, 22–23

effectuation
, 69–70

Elkington, John
, 26

enterprise, meaning of word
, 15

entrepreneur, meaning of word
, 15

entrepreneurial actions
, 67

entrepreneurial behavior
, 66–70

entrepreneurial competences
, 60–62

brief descriptions of
, 61

definition
, 60

entrepreneurial death
, 17

entrepreneurial decisions
, 2

entrepreneurial dilemma
, 8–9

background of
, 6

definition of
, 1–5

objective
, 11

perceived
, 11

subjective
, 11

entrepreneurial ecosystem
, 23

vibrancy of
, 23–24

entrepreneurial finance
, 71–73

entrepreneurial motivation
, 27–28, 63–65

entrepreneurial orientation
, 68

approaches of
, 68

entrepreneurs

roles of
, 57–60

types of
, 54–57

entrepreneurship

definition
, 16–18

pull factors and push factors
, 64–65

theoretical positioning of
, 14

entrepreneurship education
, 9–10

approaches to
, 75–77

consistency in
, 80–81

teaching forms of
, 77–79

teaching materials for
, 79–80

entrepreneurship lecturer
, 79

equity finance
, 72

ethical dilemmas
, 4

exit strategies
, 50–51

exploitation
, 17

external constraints
, 27

extrinsic motivation
, 27–28

failure of entrepreneurs
, 46

female entrepreneurs
, 56

financial incentives
, 27

financial motivation
, 28

financial plan, basic
, 10, 73, 111–112

of Pizza Pete
, 113–117

fluid entrepreneurial motivation
, 65

fold situation
, 46

formalization of small businesses, degree of
, 38–39

former entrepreneurs
, 54–55

frugal innovation
, 21

full-time self-employed
, 33

gazelle entrepreneurs
, 54–56

gazelle firms
, 46

governpreneurs
, 54, 56

green washing
, 27

Gutenberg, Johannes
, 19–20

high-skilled people
, 23

high-tech start-ups
, 36

hybrid entrepreneurs
, 54, 56

incremental innovation
, 17

incremental new
, 20

innovation

buyers of
, 19

concept of new
, 19–20

date of introduction
, 21

definition
, 19

ecosystem
, 22–23

forms of
, 16, 21

frugal
, 21

incremental vs radical
, 17

open
, 21–22

of printing
, 19–20

protection
, 48–49

intrinsic motivation
, 27–28

iPhone X
, 20

leader entrepreneur
, 58–59

Lean Start-up approach
, 8, 10, 123–124

life cycle of firm
, 40–46

Churchill and Lewis model of five stages of growth
, 44, 46

decline stage
, 42–43

differences between stages
, 43

diversification in employment and
, 42

evolution stages
, 43

financing of firm
, 42

Greiner’s seminal model
, 43, 45

growth stage
, 41–42, 60

maturity stage
, 42, 59

revolutionary stage
, 43

Scott and Bruce model of five stages of growth
, 44

start-up stage
, 40–42, 59

lifestyle entrepreneurs
, 54, 56, 62

loan
, 72

logical dilemmas
, 4

Mainz
, 19

manager entrepreneur
, 58–59

micro credit
, 72

motivation of entrepreneur
, 27

financial factors and non-financial factors
, 28

M-Pesa
, 21

nascent entrepreneurs
, 54–55

necessity-driven entrepreneurs
, 65

new entrepreneurs
, 54–55

non-disclosure agreement (NDA)
, 49

non-financial incentives
, 27

objective entrepreneurial dilemma
, 11

open innovation
, 21–22, 36

opportunities
, 18

creation
, 18

exploitation
, 18

identification
, 18

opportunity-driven entrepreneurs
, 65

organograms
, 38

owner-manager of firm
, 36, 37, 38

part-time self-employed
, 33

perceived truth
, 10–11

portfolio entrepreneurs
, 54–55

printing
, 19

professional entrepreneur
, 58–59

profit-people-planet concept
, 17–18

publicpreneurs
, 54, 56

qualitative characteristics of small businesses
, 35–39

collaboration
, 39

complicated firm performance
, 37–38

degree of formalization
, 38–39

firm size
, 35–36

focus on the short-term
, 37

formal organograms
, 38

prevalence of family businesses
, 38

prominent role of entrepreneur
, 36–37

strong regional/local focus
, 37–38

umbrella organizations
, 39

quantitative characteristics of small businesses

in the European Union (EU)
, 32

level of sales
, 35

measurement of employment
, 33–35

medium-sized enterprises
, 32

micro enterprises
, 32

small enterprises
, 32

in Tanzania
, 32–33

in the USA
, 32

in the Western world
, 33

radical innovation
, 17

radical new
, 20

Say, Jean-Baptiste
, 14, 15

Schumpeter, Joseph
, 16–17, 21

serial entrepreneur
, 46

serial entrepreneurs
, 54–55

small businesses
, 8–9, 30–31

exit strategies
, 50–51

life cycle of firm
, 40–46

protection of start-up
, 47–50

qualitative characteristics of
, 35–39

quantitative characteristics of
, 31–35

small business finance
, 71–73

social entrepreneurs
, 54, 56

social dilemma
, 4

social value
, 17

stable entrepreneurs
, 54, 56

start-up

ecosystem
, 23

protection of
, 47–50

studentrepreneurs
, 54, 56

subjective entrepreneurial dilemma
, 11

sustainable entrepreneurs
, 54, 56

sustainable entrepreneurship
, 16, 25

communication and
, 26–27

decision-making in the context of
, 29

definition
, 25

issues with
, 27, 29

motivation concerning
, 27–29

pillars of
, 25

predecessors of
, 26

pull factors and push factors
, 27–28

social engagement and/or ecological engagement in
, 29

Triple P bottom line approach
, 26

Sustainable Entrepreneurship Balanced Scorecard
, 29, 125–126

Tata Nano car
, 21

teaching forms of entrepreneurship education
, 77–79

teaching/learning approaches in enterprise education programs
, 78–79

teaching materials for entrepreneurship education
, 79–80

Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs)
, 22

Thomas of Aquino
, 26

Triple Helix concept
, 21–22

Triple P approach
, 17–18

umbrella organizations
, 39

user innovation
, 22

value, concept of
, 17

value-adding
, 17, 25

value exploitation
, 18

venture capitalist
, 72

vibrancy of entrepreneurial ecosystem
, 23–24

diversity in
, 24

labor market reallocation
, 23

programs
, 24

Zeronauts
, 26