The High Growth in New Metal-Based Manufacturing and Business Service Firms in Finland

Small Business Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-200

  Littunen, Hannu ^a   Tohmo, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042073080     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025014427294     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (68)

1. Almus, M. and E. A. Nerlinger, 1999, 'Growth of New Technology-Based Firms: Which Factors Matter?' Small Business Economics 13, 141-154.
2. Amstrong, H. and J. Taylor, 1985, Regional Economics and Policy, Oxford: Philip Allen Publishers.
3. Baldwin, J., T. Gray, J. Johnson, J. Proctor, M. Rafiquzzamon, and D. Sabourin, 1997, Failing Concerns: Business Bankruptcy in Canada, Ottawa: Ministry of Industry, Statistics Canada.
4. Birley, S., 1985, 'The Role of Networks in the Entrepreneurial Process', Journal of Business Venturing 1, 107-117.
5. Bygrave, W. D. and C. W. Hofer, 1991, 'Theorizing About Entrepreneurship', Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 16(2), 13-22.
6. Cachon, J. C., 1990, A Longitudinal Investigation of Entrepreneurial Teams, Part One: Who is Involved and What Makes Them Succeed', in N. C. Churchill, W. D. Bygrave, J. A. Hornaday, D. F. Muzyka, K. H. Vesper and W. E. Jr. Wetzel (eds.), Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Wellesley, MA: Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Babson College, pp. 100-102.
7. Calton, J. M., 1993, 'What is at Stake in the Stakeholder Model?', in D. C. Ludwig (ed.), Business and Society in a Changing World Order, Lewiston: The Edwin Mellen Press.
8. Carland, J. W., F. Boulton and J. A. Carland, 1984, 'Differentiating Entrepreneurs for Small Business Owners: A Conceptualization', Academy of Management Review 9(2), 354-359.
9. Carroll, A., 1993, Business and Society, Business Ethics, and Stakeholder Management, Dallas: South Western Publishing.
10. Carroll, A., 1995, 'Stakeholder Thinking in Three Models of Management Morality: A Perspective with Strategic Implications', in J. Näsi (ed.), Understanding Stakeholder Thinking, Jyväskylä, Finland: LSR Publications, pp. 47-74.
11. Chrisman, J. J., A. Bauerschmidt, and C. W. Hofer, 1998, 'The Determinants of New Venture Performance: An Extended Model', Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 23(1), 5-30.
12. Cooper, A. C. and W. C. Dunkelberg, 1987, 'Entrepreneurial Research: Old Questions, New Answers and Methodological Issues', American Journal of Small Business 11(3), 11-23.
13. Cooper, A. C. and F. Gascon, 1992, 'Entrepreneurs, Processes of Founding, and New-firm Perfomance', in D. Sexton and J. Kasarda (eds.), The State of the Art of Entrepreneurship, Boston: PWS-Kent, pp. 301-340.
14. Cooper, A. C., F. J. Gimeno-Gascon and C. Y. Woo, 1994, 'Initial Human and Financial Capital Predictors of New Venture Performance', Journal of Business Venturing 9, 371-395.
15. Curran, J., R. Jarvis, R. A. Blackburn and S. Black, 1993, 'Networks and Small Firms: Constructs, Methodological Strategies and Some Findings', International Small Business Journal 11(2), 13-25.
16. Das, T. K. and Bing-Sheng Teng 1997, 'Time and Entrepreneurial Risk Behavior', Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 22(2), 69-88.
17. Donckels, R. and E. Fröhlich, 1991, 'Are Family Businesses Really Different? European Experiences from STRATOS', Family Business Review 4(2), 149-160.
18. Dubini, P. and H. Aldrich, 1991, 'Personal and Extended Networks are Central to the Entrepreneurial Process', Journal of Business Venturing 6, 305-313.
19. Ensley, M. D., J. W. Carland, J. C. Carland, J. M. Näsi, S. Näsi and M. Banks, 1998, 'Entrepreneurial Teams in High Growth Ventures: A Cross-cultural Comparison', International Journal of Entrepreneurship 2, 13-25.
20. Ensley, M. D. and M. C. Banks, 1992, 'Raising Questions About Entrepreneurial Teams', in M. Schnake (ed.), The Proceedings of the 1992 Southern Management Association Meeting, 438-440.
21. Evans, D. S. and L. S. Leighton, 1990, 'Small Business Formation by Unemployed and Employed Workers', Small Business Economics 2(4), 319-330.
22. Freeman, R. E., 1984, Strategic Management - A Stakeholder Approach, Boston: Pitman.
23. Freeman, R. E., 1995, 'Stakeholder Thinking: The State of the Art', in J. Näsi (ed.), Stakeholder Thinking, Jyväskylä: LSR Publications, pp. 35-46.
24. Fischer, E., A. R. Reuber, M. Hababou, W. Johnson and S. Lee, 1997, 'The Role of Socially Constructed Temporal Perspectives in the Emergence of Rapid-growth Firms', Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 22(2) (Winter), 13-30.
25. Gartner, W. B., 1985, 'A Conceptual Framework for Describing New Venture Formation', Academy of Management Review 10(4), 696-706.
26. Gibb, A. and L. Davies, 1990, 'In Pursuit of Frameworks for the Development of Growth Models for the Small Business', International Small Business Journal 9(1), 15-31.
27. Gilad, B. and P. Levine, 1986, 'A Behaviour Model of Entrepreneurial Supply', Journal of Small Business Management 24 (October), 45-51.
28. Isaksen, A., 1996, 'Towards Increased Regional Specialization? The Quantitative Importance of New Industrial Spaces in Norway, 1970-1990', Norsk Geogarfisk Tidsskrift 50(1), 113-123.
29. Johannisson, B., 1990, 'Building an Entrepreneurial Career in a Mixed Economy: Need for Social and Business Ties in Personal Networks'. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 12-15 August.
30. Johannisson, B., 1985, 'Management Technology for Entrepreneurship and Change'. Paper presented at the seminar 'Entrepreneur 85' at the Institute of Finnish Entrepreneurs, Dipoli Conference Center, Helsinki, Finland, November 11-12.
31. Johannisson, B., 1998, 'Personal Networks in Emerging Knowledge-based Firms: Spatial and Functional Patterns', Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 10(4), 297-312.
32. Kettunen, P., 1985, Yrittäjäkirja, Suomen Yrittäjäin Keskusliitto ry.
33. Krueger, N. F., 1993, 'The Impact of Prior Entrepreneurial Exposure on Perceptions of New Venture Feasibility and Desirability', Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 18(1), 5-21.
34. Krueger, N. F. and D. V. Brazeal, 1994, 'Entrepreneurial Potential and Potential Entrepreneur', Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 18(3), 91-104.
35. Krueger, N. F. and A. L. Carsrud, 1993, 'Entrepreneurial Intentions: Applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour', Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 5, 315-330.
36. Lechler, T. and H. G. Gemuenden, 1999, Social Interaction: A Determinant of Entrepreneurial Team Venture Success, London, U.K.: European Council For Small Business, November 25-26, 1999.
37. Lehti, M., 1990, The Formation of the Resource Allocation Strategy of the Firm and the Underlying Performance Related Mechanism. An Empirical Study of the Finnish Consumer Goods Trade, Helsinki: The Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration.
38. Littunen, H., 2000, 'Networks and Local Environmental Characteristics in the Survival of New Firms', Small Business Economics 15, 59-71.
39. Littunen, H., 1992, The Success of Newly-established Firms: Implementation of the Study and Review of Start-up Situations, University of Jyväskylä, School of Business and Economics, Publications of Centre for Economic Research 124 (Finnish).
40. Littunen, H., 1991, Yritysten sijaintitekijät ja hyvä toimintaympäristö (Factors in the Location of Firms and a Good Environment), Publications of Centre for Economic Research 109 (Finnish).
41. Littunen, H., E. Storhammar and T. Nenonen, 1998, 'The Survival of Firms Over the Critical First 3 Years and the Local Environment', Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 10(3), 189-202.
42. Low, M. B. and I. C. MacMillan, 1988, 'Entrepreneurship: Past Research and Future Challenges', Journal of Management 14, 139-161.
43. Mintzberg, H., 1987, 'The Strategy Concept I: Five ps for Strategy', in G. Carrot and D. Vogel (eds.), Organizational Approaches to Strategy, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ballinger Publishing Company, pp. 7-20.
44. Mole, K., 2000, 'Gambling for Growth or Setting for Survival: The Dilemma of the Small Business Adviser', Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 7(4), 305-314.
45. Norman, R., 1976, Creative Management of Firms, Lund, Sweden: Aldhus.
46. Näsi, J., 1995, 'What is Stakeholder Thinking? A Snapshot of a Social Theory of Firms', in J. Näsi (ed.), Understanding Stakeholder Thinking, Jyväskylä: LSR Publications, pp. 19-32.
47. Pahkinen, E. and R. Lehtonen, 1989, Otanta-asetelmat ja tilastollinen analyysi (The Sampling Techniques and Statistical Analysis), Helsinki: Gaudeamus.
48. Pikkarainen, M., 1993, Aluetalouksien haasteet Suomessa 1990-luvulla (The Challenges of the Local Economies in Finland in the 1990s), Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto.
49. Porter, M. E., 1980, Competitive Strategy, New York: Free Press.
50. Porter, M. E., 1985, Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, New York: Free Press.
51. Ray, D., 1993, 'Understanding the Entrepreneur: Entrepreneurial Attributes, Experience and Skills', Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 5, 345-357.
52. Reynolds, P. D., 1992, 'Predicting New Firm Births: Interactions of Organizational and Human Populations', in D. L. Sexton and J. D. Kasarda (eds.), The State of the Art of Entrepreneurship, PWS-Kent Publishing Company, pp. 268-297.
53. Reynolds, P. D., 1995, 'Who Starts New Firms? Linear Additive versus Interaction Based Models', in W. Bygrave, B. Bird, S. Birley, N. Churchill, M. Hay, R. Keeley and W. Wetzel (eds.), Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 1995, Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Entrepreneruship Research Conference, Babson College, pp. 32-46.
54. Sandberg, W. R. and C. W. Hofer, 1987, 'Improving New Venture Performance: The Role of Strategy, Industry Structure, and the Entrepreneur', Journal of Business Venturing 2, 5-28.
55. Sapienza, H. J. and C. M. Grimm, 1997, 'Founder Characteristics, Start-up Process, and Strategy/Structure Variables as Predictors of Shortline Railroad Performance', Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 22(1), 5-24.
56. Shapero, A. and L. Sokol, 1982, 'The Social Dimensions of Entrepreneurship', in C. Kent, L. Sexton and K. Vesper (eds.), Encylopedia of Entrepreneurship, Prentice-Hall, pp. 72-90.
57. Smallbone, D., R. Leigh and D. North, 1995, 'The Characteristics and Strategies of High Growth SMEs', International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research 1(3), 44-62.
58. Smallbone, D., D. North and R. Leigh, 1993, 'The Growth and Survival of Mature Manufacturing SMEs in the 1980s: An Urban rural Comparison', in J. Curran and D. Storey (eds.), Small Firms in Urban and Rural Areas, London and New York, pp. 79-131.
59. Spilling, O., 1996, 'Regional Variation of New Firm Formations: The Norwegian Case', Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 8, 217-243.
60. Storey, D., 1982, Entrepreneurship and New Firm, London: Croom Helm.
61. Storey, D., 1994, Understanding the Small Business Sector, London: Routledge.
62. Storey, D. and P. Wynarczyk, 1996, 'The Survival and Non Survival of Micro Firms in the U.K.', Review of Industrial Organization 11, 211-229.
63. Tervo, H. and H. Niittykangas, 1994, 'Development in the Growth, Location and Turbulence of Business Services in Finland', Papers in Regional Science 73(1), 73-95.
64. Timmons, J. A., 1976, 'Characteristics and Role Demands of Entrepreneurship', American Journal of Small Business 3, 5-17.
65. Vesper, K., 1992, 'New-Venture Ideas: Do Not Overlook the Experience Factor', in W. Sahlman and H. Stevenson (eds.), The Entrepreneurial Venture, Boston Massachusetts: Harvard Business School Publications, pp. 73-80.
66. Vesper, K., 1990, New Venture Strategies, Revised Edition, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
67. Vyakarnam, Shailendra, R.C. Jacobs and J. Handelberg, 1997, 'Formation and Development of Entrepreneurial Teams in Rapid Growth Businesses', Working Paper.
68. Zhao, L. and J. Aram, 1995, 'Networking and Growth of Young Technology-intensive Ventures in China', Journal of Business Venturing 10, 349-370.