This thesis studies the performance of a cohort of French firms between 2006 and 2009 using a theoretical framework developed for this purpose. This framework is based on the author’s entrepreneurial experience and conviction that firm performance is dependent on solving a managerial problem with two components: (i) an entrepreneurial component which focuses on creating market power with respect to customer wants, resources, means of production, and technology and (ii) an organisational component aiming to implement adequate labour division and coordination and motivation mechanisms in the firm. Solving both aspects of the managerial problem in firms is expected to increase frim performance over time. This book describes the origins of the managerial problem in the economic literature, studies its dual organisational and entrepreneurial aspect, and measures its effect on firm performance.:INTRODUCTION
PART I: LITERATURE REVIEW, RESEARCH QUESTION, AND RESEARCH PLAN
CHAPTER 1 : LITERATURE REVIEW
CHAPTER 2 : RESEARCH QUESTION
CHAPTER 3 : RESEARCH PLAN
PART II: THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 4 : THE PROCESS THEORY OF ORGANISATION
CHAPTER 5 : A MODEL OF FIRM PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER 6 : LEVERAGES ON FIRM PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER 7 : THE MANAGERIAL PROBLEM
PART III: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 8 : BUILDING A MODEL TO ASSESS FIRM PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER 9 : ENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITY AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS
CHAPTER 10 : ORGANISATIONAL ABILITY AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS
CHAPTER 11 : THE IMPACT OF MANAGEMENT ON FIRM PERFORMANCE
PART IV: OUTLOOK
APPENDIX A: THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL OF THOUGHTS AND ITS EVOLUTION
APPENDIX B: A CALCULATED EXAMPLE OF FIRM PERFORMANCE WITH NESTED PROCESSES
APPENDIX C: ON STRUCTURING AND DRIVING THE FIRM
APPENDIX D: LANDMARKS TO UNDERSTANDING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS
APPENDIX E: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
APPENDIX F: MODEL SPECIFICATION
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| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:36221 |
| Date | 27 November 2019 |
| Creators | Zieschank, Olivier |
| Contributors | Brezinski, Horst, Fritsch, Michael, Stephan, Johannes, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:doctoralThesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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