Entrepreneurial intentions and outcomes: a comparative causal mapping study
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This paper uses a causal map methodology to consider the contrasts between entrepreneurial intentions and outcomes. In evaluating a series of propositions drawn from the extant literature the study finds that the elicited causal maps are consistent with contrasts in entrepreneurial intentions, but not outcomes. This suggests that the existing emphasis on entrepreneurial strategies being deliberate, conscious processes may be misplaced: non-deliberate, emergent strategies may be just as influential in producing entrepreneurial outcomes. The study develops a series of output propositions suggesting that entrepreneurial outcomes are associated with causal maps which connect the internal operations of the business with the external environment. This implies that entrepreneurial success may be a result of intuitive systems thinking in which connections are made between the environment and the internal operations of the business. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Management Studies
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0022-2380
Year: 1997
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Beth Lo: taking stock of familial relationships
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Lo achieved a profound breakthrough in her ceramic design roughly in 1987. Her work became literal, narrative and figurative rather than depending merely on shape, pattern and form. Many of her latest pieces reflect an increasing complexity and a richness in nuance.
Publication Name: American Craft
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0194-8008
Year: 1999
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Folkman, Judah
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Judah Folkman has become famous for his research on the prevention of angiogenesis to fight cancer. Although, his research was initially criticized, he still persisted with his research until he discovered the first angiogenic inhibitors in mid-1980s.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 1998
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