Browsing 2021 UMKC Dissertations - Freely Available Online by Thesis Department "Entrepreneurship and Innovation (UMKC)"
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An analysis of the decision to formally register a new venture in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2021)This dissertation considers the factors that influence the decision to formally register a new venture, by nascent entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding these factors is important because registration is the ... -
An attention-based view on environmental exigencies and opportunity valuation
(2021)Attention-based view of the firm (ABV) combines structural components of the task environment with cognitive components of the decision-maker, developing a comprehensive perspective of strategic behavior. ABV suggests ... -
CEO narcissism and strategic entrepreneurial behaviors: the moderating role of industry environment
(2021)The role of firm-level entrepreneurial behavior in explaining firm performance is well established in the entrepreneurship literature. Scholars can capture firm-level entrepreneurial behavior employing strategic entrepreneurial ... -
Emerging Methods for Use of Real-World Clinical Data for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research
(2021)The purpose of this dissertation is to describe methods for use of real-world data resources to study quality of care and outcomes for patients with critical limb ischemia. We used the Cerner Health Facts de-identified EHR ... -
The Systemic Risk of Consolidation in the Cloud Computing Industry
(2021)The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of consolidation within the cloud computing industry related to the reliability and availability of computing resources. This dissertation begins by assessing the scale ...