Purpose Failure plays a pivotal role in entrepreneurial learning. Knowledge of the learning
process that enables an entrepreneur to re-emerge stronger after a failure, though …

This paper provides an evaluative overview of the new venture survival literature. Since
Stinchcombe's primary attempt to explain the mortality rates of new ventures, different …

'This ambitious book draws upon a wide variety of literature in developing a comprehensive
theory of entrepreneurship, ranging from the discovery of entrepreneurial activities, to …

This article uses UK data to consider how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) 1
coped during the recent financial crisis. This is important, as SMEs are major contributors to …

By serving as a conduit for knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship is the missing link
between investments in new knowledge and economic growth. The knowledge spillover …

This article uses empirical evidence from the UK to consider how demand for external
finance changed as the economy entered recession and whether external finance became …

Despite a growing body of research on firm survival, little is known about the factors
impacting upon survival rates at a micro-spatial level. This study, therefore, analyses firm …

This paper uses British large scale survey data to examine the extent to which the recent
financial crisis has affected firms' operational activity, and whether or not the existence of …

Differences in entrepreneurial activity and entrepreneurial attitude are substantial and
persistent across nations and regions. However, studies on entrepreneurship that …

This book offers insights into the process and the practice of local economic development.
Bridging the gap between theory and practice it demonstrates the relevance of theory to …