Babson Entrepreneurship Professors Among Authors of the Life Cycle of New Ventures - Emergence, Newness and Growth

WELLESLEY, Mass., Dec. 31, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Babson professors I. Elaine Allen, Candida Brush, Bradley George, Erik Noyes, and Andrew Zacharakis are among co-authors of The Life Cycle Of New Ventures Emergence, Newness and Growth, (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010).

Professor Brush is also an editor of the new book along with Lars Kolvereid, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Bodo Graduate School of Business, Norway, and L. Oystein Widding and Roger Sorheim, Associate Professors of Entrepreneurship, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. Former Babson Professors Mark P. Rice and Timothy Habbershon are also among the co-authors.

The book's contributors together provide a cross-national comparison of venture emergence, newness, and growth.

Their chapters:

• examine the influences of cultural, social, and economic factors on venture development;
• compare the approaches of entrepreneurs who move from idea to emerging organization; and
• investigate acquisition and development of resources in growth and performance.

The authors consider important issues in new ventures research such as:

• technology commercialization,
• management team development, and
• influence of equity funding.

While its particular focus is on Norway and the U.S., the book offers broad and intriguing contributions with regard to the emergence and growth of knowledge based firms in developed economies.

The book has implications for both direct and indirect government policy with regard to stimulating the formation and development of knowledge based firms.

Scholars and students of entrepreneurship, international studies, and economics; policymakers; international business experts and economic development specialists will find this rigorous analysis of the utmost importance.

For more book information, visit http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/Bookentry_Main.lasso?id=13671  

View the Table of Contents at http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/Bookentry_contents.lasso?id=13671  

Founded in 1986, Edward Elgar Publishing is a leading international publisher in economics, finance, business and management, law and public policy.

Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally as a leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson grants BS degrees through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to experienced managers worldwide. For information, visit www.babson.edu.

This news release was issued on behalf of Newswise™. For more information, visit http://www.newswise.com. 

SOURCE Babson College