[HTML][HTML] Growth of small businesses: a literature review and perspectives of studies

HPV Machado - Gestão & Produção, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
Teorias desenvolvidas para explicar o crescimento de grandes empresas não são
adaptadas para explicar o fenômeno em pequenas empresas (Davidsson et al., 2010), mas …

Understanding the diverse scaling strategies of social enterprises as hybrid organizations: The case of renewable energy cooperatives

T Bauwens, B Huybrechts… - Organization & …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This article seeks to shed light on the diversity of scaling strategies of social enterprises,
which can be considered as emblematic hybrid organizations. By comparing three Flemish …

The impact of government financial support on the performance of new firms: the role of competitive advantage as an intermediate outcome

A Pergelova, F Angulo-Ruiz - Entrepreneurship & Regional …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This research examines the influence of government financial support on new firms'
performance. Extant empirical research on the topic has found mixed results, which warrants …

“Let them not make me a stone”—repositioning entrepreneurship

S Dodd, A Anderson, S Jack - Journal of Small Business …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Entrepreneurs create our tomorrows and we have a responsibility to comprehend as well as
appreciate what they do. A repositioning of entrepreneurship scholarship is essential, if we …

Comparable yet distinct: a systematic review of social and small and medium-sized enterprises growth trajectories

MF Figueroa Herrera, MJ Murcia - Social Enterprise Journal, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to expand the concept of business growth by incorporating
sustainability demands, particularly in the context of the Anthropocene era. It explores the …

Understanding entrepreneurial opportunities through metaphors: A narrative approach to theorizing family entrepreneurship

AD Cruz, E Hamilton, SL Jack - Families in Business, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
The concept of opportunity is central to entrepreneurship theory. This article contributes to
theorizing family entrepreneurship across generations by examining how entrepreneurial …

Do organizations really co-evolve? Problematizing co-evolutionary change in management and organization studies

G Abatecola, D Breslin, J Kask - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2020 - Elsevier
This conceptual article discusses and, from some aspects, also problematizes the state-of-
the-art regarding co-evolutionary research in Management and Organization Studies (MOS) …

Imagery of ad-venture: Understanding entrepreneurial identity through metaphor and drawing

J Clarke, R Holt - Journal of Business Venturing, 2017 - Elsevier
We examine how visual metaphor can reveal the tacit assumptions entrepreneurs use to
make sense of their lives. While metaphor is often equated with linguistic metaphor, here we …

Towards a 'long view': historical perspectives on the scaling and replication of social ventures

RK Blundel, F Lyon - Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Social ventures are now widely regarded as playing an essential role in addressing
persistent and pervasive societal challenges. This insight has prompted an active search for …

Effectual entrepreneuring: sensemaking in a family-based start-up

O Jones, H Li - Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper we examine the microprocesses associated with a successful business
established by two young brothers (16 and 18). The study is informed by recent processual …