Exploration and exploitation in early stage ventures and SMEs / edited by Uriel Stettner, Barak S. Aharonson, Terry L. Amburgey ; Meriam Bezemer [and twenty-seven others], contributors.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 10, 2014).

FRONT COVER; EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION IN EARLY STAGE VENTURES AND SMEs; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PART I: INDIVIDUAL LEVEL PERSPECTIVES ON EXPLORATION VERSUS EXPLOITATION; CHAPTER 1 THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION IN SMEs; THIS VOLUME; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 SELF-REGULATION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL AMBIDEXTERITY; INTRODUCTION; THEORETICAL BACKGROUND; METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A: SURVEY INSTRUMENT ITEMS; APPENDIX B: SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS.

Chapter 3 the range of shocks prompting entrepreneurial employee turnover through the lenses of exploration and exploitation frameworkintroduction; literature review; method; findings and analysis; contribution to the literature; implications for practice: shocks as the trigger for opportunity recognition and exploitation; limitations and future research; notes; references; part ii: exploration and exploitation in early-stage ventures and sme; chapter 4 the balance between exploration and exploitation in the ""new"" venture capital cycle: opportunities and challenges; introduction.

THE VENTURE CAPITAL CYCLE AND ITS CHALLENGESTHE NEW "COLLABORATIVE" VENTURE CAPITAL CYCLE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 LOSING BALANCE: TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION INNOVATION; INTRODUCTION; EXPLORATION, EXPLOITATION, AND THE PROCESS OF INNOVATION; METHODS; FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION; LIMITATIONS, IMPLICATIONS, AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; APPENDIX: INTERVIEW PROTOCOL; CHAPTER 6 AMBIDEXTERITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL SURVIVAL: EVIDENCE FROM KOREAN SMEs; INTRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW AND HYPOTHESES; METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION.

Acknowledgmentreferences; chapter 7 exploration and exploitation from start-up to sale: a longitudinal analysis through strategy and mcs practices; introduction; literature; method, data, and analytical framework; case study; exploration and exploitation along organizational evolution; conclusion; notes; references; chapter 8 a height-distance view on exploration and exploitation; introduction; the literature; a qualitative approach; insights from the interviews; a height-distance view; discussion and conclusion; notes; acknowledgment; references; appendix: interview protocol guidelines.

Chapter 9 innovation in the australian spatial information industryintroduction; literature review; method; findings; discussion and conclusions; note; references; chapter 10 sustaining competitiveness in the economic recession: exploration and exploitation in two small- and medium-sized enterprises in a developing economy; introduction; theory; methods; findings; discussion; conclusion; note; acknowledgments; references; chapter 11 resource acquisition in high-tech start-up global strategies; research objectives; proposition -- types of global strategy; four cambridge start-ups.

Result -- examining the propositions.

This volume of Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy is devoted to research aimed at understanding the implications of Exploration and Exploitation activities in early-stage ventures and small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs).

English.

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