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Index and
Abstracts
for Volume 5, 2000
Volume 5, Number 1
April 2000
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Refereed Articles
Women
Entrepreneurs in Russia: Learning
to Survive the Markett;
Alexei
Izyumov and Irina Razumnova
Intrapreneurship Modeling in
Transition
Economies: A Comparison
of Slovenia and the United States; Bostjan Antoncic and
Robert D. Hisrich
Exploring
Entrepreneurship in a Declining Economy
Attahir Yusuf and Minet Schindehutte
Small
Enterprise Promotion and Sustainable Development:
An Attempt at Integration
; John Olatunji Adeoti
Shorter Articles
Competi
tive Dynamics and New Business Models for SMEs in the Virtual
Marketplace
Brad
Kleindl
Women Entrepreneurs in Russia:
Learning to Survive the Market
Alexi
Izyumov and
Irina Razumnova
AuthorsÍ
Note
Alexi
Izyumov is
Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, College of
Business and Public Administration (CBPA), University of
Louisville.
Irina
Razumnova is a
founder and director of Small Business Development Center
ñGuildia,î in Moscow, Russia.
Research assistance for this paper provided by Rebecca
Voegele.
Abstract
The
explosion of
unemployment and increase in economic discrimination against
women in
Russia since the start of market reforms has pushed m any of them
into
the ranks of microentrepreneurs.
The paper surveys the status of women-owned businesses
in
Russia with an emphasis on the training needed for a successful
transition from unemployment to entrepreneurship.
Advantages for female entrepreneurs of home-based
businesses,
in particular Internet-mediated information services, are
discussed.
A case study is presented based on the authorsÍ survey of
participants of a training program for women entrepreneurs in
Moscow
province.
Key
Words:
Female entrepreneurs, economic development,
unemployment,
entrepreneurial education, and information services.
Intrapreneurship Modeling in
Transition Economies: A Comparison of Slovenia and the United
States
Bostjan
Antoncic
and Robert D. Hisrich
AuthorsÍ
Note
Bostjan
Antoncic is
faculty member at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Robert D.
Hisrich is
Mixon Chaired Professor at the Weatherhead The Martin J. Whitman School of Management,
Case
Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Abstract
While it
has been
suggested that intrapreneurship is an essential vehicle for success
of
established organizations, its merits have been shown and
discussed
mainly with an emphasis on firms in developed economies,
especially in
the United States. This
study looks at the role of intrapreneurship in a transition economy
by
comparing patterns of relationships and levels of constructs in the
intrapreneurship model between Slovenia and the United
States. The results of path analysis suggest that patterns do
not
differ across the two countries and that levels of intrapreneurship
are slightly lower and performance levels (growth and profitability)
are much lower in Slovenia relative to the United States.
For existing firms in transition economies,
intrapreneurship
represents a particularly important challenge and opportunity for
increasing performance.
Key
Words:
Intrapreneurship, transition economy, United States
comparison
with Slovenia
Exploring Entrepreneurship in a Declining
Economy
Attahir Yusuf and
Minet Schindehutte
AuthorsÍ
Note
Attahir
Yusuf is a
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management Systems, Massey
Univeristy, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
This year (2000) he is a Visiting Lecturer at Sultan Qaboos
University, Al Khod, Sultanate of Oman.
Minet
Schindehutte
is visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship with the Page Center for
Entrepreneurship, School of Business, Oxford,
Ohio.
The
authors thank
Michael Morris, the editor, and three anonymous reviewers for their
useful comments and suggestions, and Salisu Adaya for his insight
into
the Nigerian economic situation.
Abstract
The paper
explores
entrepreneurship in a period of economic decline by identifying
reasons for business start-ups under such conditions and examining
whether the reasons were extrinsic in nature and entrepreneurial in
origin. The effectiveness of formal enterprise support programs
and
initiatives was also examined. The
findings indicate that business start-ups were not motivated by
extrinsic factors alone, even in adverse economic
circumstances.
As expected, it was also found that adverse conditions tend
to
produce more survivalist or ñmom and popî types of ventures as
opposed to innovative, growth-oriented firms. Enterprise support programs and initiatives designed to
support the small business sector as agents of economic recovery
were
found to be ineffective in this role.
Key
Words:
Declining economies, entrepreneurship, developing
countries,
enterprise support systems
Small Enterprise Promotion and Sustainable
Development: An Attempt at Integration
John
Olatunji
Adeoti
AuthorÍs
Note
John
Olatunji Adeoti
is with the United Nations University Institute for New
Technologies
(UNU/INTECH), Keizer Karelplein 19, 6211 TC Maastricht, The
Netherlands.
Abstract
The last
decades of
this century have witnessed strong advocacy for environmentally
sustainable behavior of economic agents.
However, this very important aspect of economic
development has
been grossly neglected in the promotional strategies of small-scale
enterprises in developing countries.
This paper identifies small-scale enterprise promotional
strategies in developing countries to include programs for
employment
generation, entrepreneurship development, skills acquisition and
training; and offers suggestions on how they could be integrated
into
the framework for environmentally sustainable development in
developing countries.
Key
Words:
Environmentally sustainable development, small-scale
enterprise, private and social costs, developing countries
Competitive
Dynamics and New Business Models for SMEs in the Virtual
Marketplace
Brad
Kleindl
AuthorÍs
Note
Dr.
Kleindl is an
Associate Professor at Missouri Southern State College.
He conducts research in the entrepreneurship, innovation,
and
cross-cultural study areas, and has published articles related to
international consumer behavior and international
competitiveness. His work has been presented at national and international
marketing and entrepreneurship conferences.
Abstract
This
article
explores the competitive dynamics impacting SMEs that are not
Internet
technologically enable. The
introduction of the Internet and the World Wide Web is leading to
fundamental changes in operating models employed by businesses,
and a
number of new models are described.
SMEs often lack the resources of larger firms and may not
have
the brand name recognition of Internet first movers, yet still must
determine some means of competing in this new environment.
Implications are drawn and suggestions provided for
ongoing
research.
Key
Words:
SME, Internet, competition
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