Ambitious Entrepreneurship: The determinants of SME and Self-Employed Entrepreneurs Innovation strategy and growth performance. SMESESAP BELSPO Project.
15/01/2011-14/07/2014
Abstract
This project represents a formal research agreement between UA and on the other hand the Federal Public Service. UA provides the Federal Public Service research results mentioned in the title of the project under the conditions as stipulated in this contract.
The key aim of this project is to develop an evidence-based model of what may be called ambitious entrepreneurship. An ambitious entrepreneur is defined as someone who identifies and exploits opportunities to create new products, services, processes or organizations with high entrepreneurial intensity, where the latter is reflected in employment creation, innovative activity and/or sales growth. The interest in this type of entrepreneurship is related to the observation that entrepreneurial value generation beyond mere self-sufficiency is critical for a society’s economic growth and progress” (van Witteloostuijn, 2011).This project studies the determinants of SME and Self-Employed Entrepreneurs' Innovation Strategy and Growth Performance.
Funding(s)
POD WET.B
Researcher(s)
Arjen van Witteloostuijn
Dendi Ramdani
Johanna Vanderstraeten
Research team(s)
ACED/Management