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Intention, economic opportunity and their impact on venture creation
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-11-07)
This dissertation includes three essays and focuses on nascent entrepreneurship, that
period in an entrepreneur's pursuit between first taking an action to form a venture and either
getting the venture operational or ...
The governance-performance relationship: examining the impact of nonprofit governance on financial performance in medium-sized nonprofit organizations
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)
As the nonprofit sector has grown rapidly in size and significance in recent
decades, the role and impact of governance of nonprofit organizations have become
increasingly important and popular topics among nonprofit ...
The paradox of prosperity in China: the interplay among entrepreneurs, government, and venture capitalists at initial public offering
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-16)
This dissertation includes three essays and focuses on a key entrepreneurial event in a life
of a new venture, the initial public offering. Each essay investigates the mechanisms through
which three key players, namely ...