Entrepreneurship and business planning /
edited by Jonathan Stech.
- First edition.
- v, 272 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The road to entrepreneurial success: Business plans, lean startup, or both? -- Business plan competitions and nascent entrepreneurs: a systematic literature review and research agenda -- Transnational entrepreneurship: opportunity identification and venture creation -- Business model innovation in corporate entrepreneurship: exploratory insights from corporate accelerators -- Form growth and its determinants -- Business resilience skills for SMEs -- The effects of digital servitization on business competitiveness: a case study of Spanish manufacturers -- Antecedents and consequences of effectuation and causation in the international new venture creation process -- Factors influencing choice of strategic management modes of small enterprises -- The role of experience and gender in founders' business planning activities: a meta analysis.
"This book, "Entrepreneurship and Business Planning" sheds light on various aspects of the entrepreneurial journey and provides insights into achieving success. It explores the question of whether business plans, lean startup methods, or a combination of both are the key to entrepreneurial success. Additionally, it covers the significance of business plan competitions for nascent entrepreneurs through a systematic literature review and proposes a research agenda in this area. The book also explores transnational entrepreneurship, focusing on opportunity identification and venture creation. It sheds light on the topic of business model innovation within corporate entrepreneurship, drawing exploratory insights from corporate accelerators. Firm growth and its determinants are examined, along with the essential business resilience skills required for small and medium enterprises (SMES). The effects of digital servitization on business competitiveness are studied through a case study of Spanish manufacturers. Furthermore, the book investigates the antecedents and consequences of effectuation and causation in the international new venture creation process. It reviews the actions taken by entrepreneurs and their correlation with venture success, offering suggestions for future research. The role of experience and gender in founders business planning activities is analyzed through a meta-analysis. The factors influencing the choice of strategic management modes for small enterprises are explored, and the impact of innovation cloning on the examined from an entrepreneurial perspective"-- Back cover.