Table Of Content— JOURNAL
(PRUSINESS
OB FENTURING
VOLUME 8 (1993) CONTENTS
Number 1 (January)
Hollister B. Sykes EXECUTIVE FORUM
Business Research: A New Corporate Function 1
Anne M. McCarthy, « Reinvestment Decisions by Entrepreneurs: Rational
F. David Schoorman, Decision-Making or Escalation of Commitment? 9
and Arnold C. Cooper
John Hall and ¢ Venture Capitalists’ Decision Criteria in New
Charles W. Hofer Venture Evaluation 25
Jess H. Chua and e Splitting the Firm Between the Entrepreneur and
Richard S. Woodward __ the Venture Capitalist With the Help of Stock
Options 43
Scott Shane Cultural Influences on National Rates of
Innovation 59
Deborah Virginia Brazeal Organizing for Internally Developed Corporate
Ventures 75
Number 2 (March)
Stephen Takyi-Asiedu EXECUTIVE FORUM
Some Socio-Cultural Factors Retarding
Entrepreneurial Activity in Sub-Saharan
Africa 91
Joseph Rosenstein, The CEO, Venture Capitalists, and the Board 99
Albert V. Bruno,
William D. Bygrave, and
Natalie T. Taylor
Jacqueline N. Hood and Entrepreneurship’s Requisite Areas of
John E. Young Development: A Survey of Top Executives in
Successful Entrepreneurial Firms 115
Del I. Hawkins New Business Entrepreneurship in the Japanese
Economy 137
Eileen M. Fischer, A Theoretical Overview and Extension of Research
A. Rebecca Reuber, and on Sex, Gender, and Entrepreneurship 151
Lorraine S. Dyke
Robin Siegel, Characteristics Distinguishing High-Growth
Eric Siegel, and Ventures 169
Ian C. MacMillan
Number 3 (May)
Ivan Bull and e Editors’ Note: A Perspective on Theory Building in
Howard Thomas Entrepreneurship 181
Ivan Bull and e Towards a Theory of Entrepreneurship 183
Gary E. Willard
William J. Baumol e Formal Entrepreneurship Theory in Economics:
Existence and Bounds 197
Andrew H. Van de Ven The Development of an Infrastructure for
Entrepreneurship 211
William B. Gartner Words Lead to Deeds: Towards an Organizational
Emergence Vocabulary 231
Arnold C. Cooper Challenges in Predicting New Firm
Performance 241
William D. Bygrave Theory Building in the Entrepreneurship
Paradigm 255
Lanny Herron and A Structural Model of the Effects of Entrepreneurial
Richard B. Robinson, Jr. Characteristics on Venture Performance 281
Number 4 (July)
Mary L. Williams EXECUTIVE FORUM
Measuring Business Starts, Success and Survival:
Some Database Considerations 295
D. Keith Robbins and Entrepreneurial Retrenchment Among Small
John A. Pearce II Manufacturing Firms 301
Shaker A. Zahra Environment, Corporate Entrepreneurship, and
Financial Performance: A Taxonomic
Approach 319
Christopher Kenneth Bart General Managers Control New and Existing
Products Differently 341
Michael Fay and Gender Bias and the Availability of Business
Lesley Williams Loans 363
Number 5 (September)
Ian C. MacMillan EDITOR’S NOTE
The Emerging Forum for Entrepreneurship
Scholars 377
D. Bruce Merrifield EXECUTIVE FORUM |
Intrapreneurial Corporate Renewal 383
Gaylen N. Chandler and Measuring the Performance of Emerging |
Steven H. Hanks Businesses: A Validation Study 391
Ellen A. Fagenson Personal Value Systems of Men and Women |
Entrepreneurs Versus Managers 409 |
Edgar Norton and Specialization Versus Diversification as a Venture
Bernard H. Tenenbaum Capital Investment Strategy 431
Andrew J. Rosman and Comparing the Information Acquisition Strategies
Hugh M. O’Neill of Venture Capital and Commercial Lenders: A
Computer-Based Experiment 443
Number 6 (November)
Allan A. Gibb e EXECUTIVE FORUM
Small Business Development in Central and Eastern
Europe—Opportunity for a Rethink? 461
Robert D. Hisrich and e The Russian Entrepreneur 487
Mikhail V. Grachev
J. Robert Baum, Nationality and Work Role Interactions: A Cultural
Judy D. Olian, Contrast of Israeli and U.S. Entrepreneurs’ Versus
Miriam Erez, Managers’ Needs 499
Eugene R. Schnell,
Ken G. Smith,
Henry P. Sims,
Judith S. Scully, and
Ken A. Smith
K. Ramachandran and e Entrepreneurial Orientation and Networking: Some
S. Ramnarayan Indian Evidence 513
Hans Landstrém e Informal Risk Capital in Sweden and Some
International Comparisons 525
e Index 541
~~ She Richard Forsythe Chair~
in Entrepreneurship
Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration
Miami University
Miami University is pleased to welcome nomi-
nations and applications for the Richard
Forsythe Chair in Entrepreneurship. The
Forsythe Professor will develop a clear niche in
entrepreneurship, sensitive to emerging issues
in entrepreneurship, yet building on the strength
of Miami as a leading liberal education university
and on the mission of the School in providing
excellence in undergraduate business educa-
tion. The Forsythe Professor will teach courses
and promote scholarship in entrepreneurship
and will serve as the Director of the Thomas C.
Page Center for Entrepreneurship. Candidates
must have either a minimum of a Master's
degree and significant accomplishment as an
entrepreneur or an earned doctorate with signif-
icant accomplishment as teacher and scholar.
All nominations, applications, and requests for
further information about the position may be
sent to:
Dr. O. Homer Erekson, Chair
Forsythe Chair Search Committee
Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056
