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The Theory and Practice of Entrepreneurship MM22339955 -- SSMMAALLLLBBOONNEE PPRRIINNTT..iinndddd ii 2299//99//1100 1111::5511::2266 Editorial Board Rui Baptista, Technical University of Lisbon and IN+, Portugal Thomas M. Cooney, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland Henrique Diz, University of Aveiro, Portugal Hermann Frank, Economic University Vienna, Austria Mark Freel, University of Ottawa, Canada Colm O’Gorman, Dublin City University, Ireland Juan Jose Jimenez Moreno, University of Castilla la Mancha, Spain Bengt Johannisson, Växjö University, Sweden Teemu Kautonen, TSE Entre,Turku School of Economics, Finland Frank Lasch, Montpellier Business School, France Elisabet Ljunggren, Nordlandsforskning, Norway Pasi Malinen, Turku School of Economics, Finland Ricardo Hernandez Mogollon, University of Extremadura, Spain Helle Neergaard, Aarhus Business School, Denmark Monder Ram, De Montfort University, UK Peter Rosa, University of Edinburgh, UK André van Stel, Erasmus University Rotterdam and EIM, Netherlands Roy Thurik, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands The late Jose Maria Veciana, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain MM22339955 -- SSMMAALLLLBBOONNEE PPRRIINNTT..iinndddd iiii 2299//99//1100 1111::5511::2266 The Theory and Practice of Entrepreneurship Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research Edited by David Smallbone Professor of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University, UK João Leitão Head of University Management and Administration, University of Beira Interior and Research Fellow, Technical University Lisbon, Portugal Mário Raposo Full Professor of Marketing and Strategy, University of Beira Interior and Scien tifi c Coordinator, NECE, Portugal Friederike Welter Professor of Entrepreneurship, Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Jönköping University, Sweden IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ECSB Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA MM22339955 -- SSMMAALLLLBBOONNEE PPRRIINNTT..iinndddd iiiiii 2299//99//1100 1111::5511::2266 © The editors and contributors severally 2010 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited The Lypiatts 15 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Glos GL50 2JA UK Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. William Pratt House 9 Dewey Court Northampton Massachusetts 01060 USA A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2010922148 ISBN 978 1 84980 379 3 Printed and bound by MPG Books Group, UK 4 0 MM22339955 -- SSMMAALLLLBBOONNEE PPRRIINNTT..iinndddd iivv 2299//99//1100 1111::5511::2266 Contents List of contributors vii Foreword by Thomas M. Cooney ix 1 Introduction 1 David Smallbone, João Leitão, Mário Raposo and Friederike Welter 2 The entrepreneurial climate at universities: the impact of organizational factors 12 Mario Geissler, Steff en Jahn and Peter Haefner 3 Overcoming critical junctures in spin- off companies from non- elite universities: evidence from Catalonia 32 Pablo Migliorini, Christian Serarols and Andrea Bikfalvi 4 Benefi ting from publicly funded pre- competitive research: diff erences between insiders and outsiders 54 Verena Eckl and Dirk Engel 5 A feminist inquiry into entrepreneurship training 76 Janice Byrne and Alain Fayolle 6 Knowledge and experience in the internationalization of knowledge-intensive fi rms 101 Niina Nummela, Sami Saarenketo, Eriikka Paavilainen- Mäntymäki and Kaisu Puumalainen 7 The nature of international relationships and performance: policy implications from the case of globally integrated small fi rms 122 Christos Kalantaridis and Ivaylo Vassilev 8 Exploring entrepreneurial exits: a study of individual exit experiences in Finland and the UK 145 Satu Aaltonen, Robert Blackburn and Jarna Heinonen v MM22339955 -- SSMMAALLLLBBOONNEE PPRRIINNTT..iinndddd vv 2299//99//1100 1111::5511::2277 vi Contents 9 The virtualization potential of SME networks: an exploratory investigation 169 Emilio Esposito, Pietro Evangelista, Vincenzo Lauro and Mario Raff a 10 Knowledge and organizational entrepreneurship: a relational perspective 195 Ana Maria Bojica, María del Mar Fuentes Fuentes and Matilde Ruiz Arroyo 11 The impact of legitimacy building signals on access to resources 215 Cristina Díaz García and Juan Jiménez Moreno 12 Antecedents of the entrepreneurial orientation of the fi rm: the case of St Petersburg, Russia 236 Tatiana Iakovleva 13 Entrepreneurial orientation and performance in micro- sized fi rms: comparing agricultural and non- agricultural fi rms 263 Jorunn Grande 14 Entrepreneurship in urban and rural Switzerland: similar or worlds apart? 287 Heiko Bergmann and Daniel Baumgartner Index 313 MM22339955 -- SSMMAALLLLBBOONNEE PPRRIINNTT..iinndddd vvii 2299//99//1100 1111::5511::2277 Contributors Satu Aaltonen, Turku School of Economics, Finland Daniel Baumgartner, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland Heiko Bergmann, University of St Gallen, Switzerland; University of Hohenheim, Germany Andrea Bikfalvi, University of Girona, Spain Robert Blackburn, Kingston University, UK Ana Maria Bojica, University of Granada, Spain Janice Byrne, EM Lyon Business School, France Thomas M. Cooney, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland Cristina Díaz García, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Spain Verena Eckl, RWI Essen, Germany Dirk Engel, RWI Essen and University of Applied Science Stralsund, Germany Emilio Esposito, University Federico II, Naples, Italy Pietro Evangelista, University Federico II and IRAT- CNR, Naples, Italy Alain Fayolle, EM Lyon Business School, France María del Mar Fuentes Fuentes, University of Granada, Spain Mario Geissler, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany Jorunn Grande, Nord- Trøndelag University College, Steinkjer, Norway Peter Haefner, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany Jarna Heinonen, Turku School of Economics, Finland Tatiana Iakovleva, University of Stavanger, Norway Steff en Jahn, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany vii MM22339955 -- SSMMAALLLLBBOONNEE PPRRIINNTT..iinndddd vviiii 2299//99//1100 1111::5511::2277 viii Contributors Juan Jiménez Moreno, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Spain Christos Kalantaridis, University of Salford, UK Vincenzo Lauro, University of Bergamo, Italy João Leitão, University of Beira Interior and the Technical University Lisbon, Portugal Pablo Migliorini, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain Niina Nummela, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland Eriikka Paavilainen-M äntymäki, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland Kaisu Puumalainen, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland Mario Raff a, University Federico II, Naples, Italy Mário Raposo, University of Beira Interior, Portugal Matilde Ruiz Arroyo, University of Granada, Spain Sami Saarenketo, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland Christian Serarols, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain David Smallbone, Kingston University, UK Ivaylo Vassilev, Manchester University, UK Friederike Welter, Jönköping University, Sweden MM22339955 -- SSMMAALLLLBBOONNEE PPRRIINNTT..iinndddd vviiiiii 2299//99//1100 1111::5511::2277 Foreword Welcome to the fi fth RENT anthology, a collection of the best papers presented at the 22nd RENT Conference which was hosted by the University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal. This anthology was com- piled following a rigorous academic review process that equates with that employed by the top academic journals. It off ers the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB) the opportunity to showcase the exciting research that is being undertaken across Europe while giving academic recognition to those whose work is featured in the publication. The high quality of the papers in this year’s anthology represents further the successful decision taken by the Board of the ECSB at the beginning of the millennium to establish a thorough review process for conference submissions, which allows only the better abstracts to be accepted. The relatively low rates of acceptance that followed on a yearly basis have occasionally caused disquiet, but the high standard of papers continually being delivered at RENT conferences has received widespread approval. These high standards have also ensured that the fl agship event of the organization accurately represents the work of the ECSB more broadly in terms of its signifi cant contribution to the enhanced quantity and quality of entrepreneurship research found in Europe today. Besides the RENT conference and its subsequent anthology, the ECSB off ers a wide range of services and benefi ts to its members. The large package of support that you will receive as a member includes access to a network database, reduced rates for conferences and publications, online activities such as webinars, special interest groups, competitions, a free copy of the Journal of Small Business, and many others that are spe- cifi cally tailored for entrepreneurship researchers and educators. You are encouraged to go to the organization’s website at www.ecsb.org to explore the full set of off erings that make this network an important resource for people working in the fi eld of entrepreneurship research. I wish to conclude by thanking the editors and reviewers whose generos- ity of time and spirit has brought this publication to fruition. As successful professions who have to meet the ever- increasing demands of educational institutions, their willingness to proactively support our publications helps ix MM22339955 -- SSMMAALLLLBBOONNEE PPRRIINNTT..iinndddd iixx 2299//99//1100 1111::5511::2277 x Foreword to enhance the overall brand of the organization. The Board and members of the ECSB are indebted to you for your invaluable contribution. Thomas M. Cooney President, ECSB MM22339955 -- SSMMAALLLLBBOONNEE PPRRIINNTT..iinndddd xx 2299//99//1100 1111::5511::2277