Entrepreneurship and the Theory of the Firm

By Mark C. Casson. 2005

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The (New) Nature and Essence of the Firm (2009, background): “Entrepreneurs enter 23 Casson (2005) considers the identification of a market-making opportunity that results from “entrepreneurial synthesis of information” as a reason for vertical integration (pp 335-336).”
Cross-border Market Co-creation, Dynamic Capabilities and the Entrepreneurial Theory of the Multinational Enterprise (2010, background): “…(DCs) based views (Dosi et al., 2000, 2008; Teece et al. 1997; Pitelis, 2007b; Teece, 2007; Di Stefano et al., 2010; Kay, 2010; Romme et al., 2010), as well as the entrepreneurship literature (Casson, 2005; Rathe and Witt, 2001), scholars are beginning to explore more fundamental issues.”
Recent developments in the economics of entrepreneurship (2008, background): “In addition, some scholars have shown that entrepreneurship is a key to the growth and survival of firms in a volatile environment, because entrepreneurial judgment is necessary for success in making complex decisions under uncertainty (Casson, 2005).”
Capital Is Not Enough: Innovation in Developing Economies (2012, background): “…with more specific education and work experience are more likely to © 2012 The Authors Journal of Management Studies © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and Society for the Advancement of Management Studies recognize opportunities (Casson, 2005) and to exploit those opportunities (Roberts, 1991).”
Born to be alive? The survival of innovative and non-innovative French micro-start-ups (2014, background): “…of an individual with an idea and some work who succeeds in modifying the economics landscape: innovative entrepreneurs described as “market makers” (Casson, 2005), able to detect entrepreneurial opportunities defined as “market newness” (Dahlqvist & Wiklund, 2012).1 With such a representation,…”
Founders’ human capital and the performance of UK new technology based firms (2012, background): “These decisions include the creation of new products/services and the identification of appropriate markets and will ultimately define a firm’s performance and growth (Casson 2005).”
Capabilities and strategic entrepreneurship in public organizations (2013, background): “Casson (2005) submits that private entrepreneurs and ﬁrms also can create markets.”
Affordable loss: behavioral economic aspects of the plunge decision (2009, background): “A second reason why entrepreneurs may underweight upside potential is overconfi dence and overoptimism (Camerer and Lovallo, 1999; Cassar, 2008; Casson, 2005).”
Institutional Entrepreneurship (2006, background): “So, while Casson (1999) points to the idea that entrepreneurial decision making/judgment is a necessary element in any comprehensive synthesis of theories of the firm, I would also add that institutional entrepreneurship is necessarily implicated in the theory of the firm precisely because the…”
Export propensity, export intensity and firm performance: The role of the entrepreneurial founding team (2012, background): “…and therefore the quality of decisions made by a firm is regarded as a reflection of its top management team (Oviatt and McDougal, 1994; 1997; McDougal and Oviatt, 2000; Casson, 2005; Leonidou and Katsikeas, 1996; Bloodgood et al, 1996; Westhead et al, 2001; 2002; Filatotchev et al, 2009).”
A Multivariate Model of Micro Credit and Rural Women Entrepreneurship Development in Bangladesh (2009, background): “Innovation and system-wide coordination is also emphasized in other studies (Malechi 1997; Casson 1990, Casson 1999).”
Gender factors and female entrepreneurship: International evidence and policy implications (2010, background): “Casson (2005) explained that the resource theory highlights the importance of human resources—as reflected in competencies and capabilities—to the performance of the firm.”
The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship (2005, unknown): “Indeed, the focal entrepreneur becomes aware of the competition for opportunity only when she seeks to exploit the opportunity and finds it difficult to obtain the necessary resources at a favorable price (Casson 2005b).”
The Importance of Being Emotional : How do Emotions Affect Entrepreneurial Opportunity Evaluation and Exploitation? (2010, background): “Researchers following the notion of new institutional economics have started to extend the basic model by assuming bounded rationality (Dequech, 2006; Casson, 2005; Shane, 2000, 2003; Delfgaauw and Dur, 2007) and behavioral scholars are now broadening the model by incorporating robust psychological ”
Toward a Theory of Public Entrepreneurship (2010, background): “Shared objectives must be formulated; different time horizons reconciled; and free-riding mitigated (Cyert and March, 1963/1992; Casson, 2005; Pitelis, 2007).”
Does innovativeness reduce startup survival rates (2015, background): “The process of new venture creation is at the core of entrepreneurship research (Casson, 2005; Samuelsson and Davidsson, 2009; Shaneand Venkataraman, 2000).”