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— JOURNAL (PRUSINESS OB FENTURING VOLUME 8 (1993) CONTENTS Number 1 (January) Hollister B. Sykes EXECUTIVE FORUM Business Research: A New Corporate Function 1 Anne M. McCarthy, « Reinvestment Decisions by Entrepreneurs: Rational F. David Schoorman, Decision-Making or Escalation of Commitment? 9 and Arnold C. Cooper John Hall and ¢ Venture Capitalists’ Decision Criteria in New Charles W. Hofer Venture Evaluation 25 Jess H. Chua and e Splitting the Firm Between the Entrepreneur and Richard S. Woodward __ the Venture Capitalist With the Help of Stock Options 43 Scott Shane Cultural Influences on National Rates of Innovation 59 Deborah Virginia Brazeal Organizing for Internally Developed Corporate Ventures 75 Number 2 (March) Stephen Takyi-Asiedu EXECUTIVE FORUM Some Socio-Cultural Factors Retarding Entrepreneurial Activity in Sub-Saharan Africa 91 Joseph Rosenstein, The CEO, Venture Capitalists, and the Board 99 Albert V. Bruno, William D. Bygrave, and Natalie T. Taylor Jacqueline N. Hood and Entrepreneurship’s Requisite Areas of John E. Young Development: A Survey of Top Executives in Successful Entrepreneurial Firms 115 Del I. Hawkins New Business Entrepreneurship in the Japanese Economy 137 Eileen M. Fischer, A Theoretical Overview and Extension of Research A. Rebecca Reuber, and on Sex, Gender, and Entrepreneurship 151 Lorraine S. Dyke Robin Siegel, Characteristics Distinguishing High-Growth Eric Siegel, and Ventures 169 Ian C. MacMillan Number 3 (May) Ivan Bull and e Editors’ Note: A Perspective on Theory Building in Howard Thomas Entrepreneurship 181 Ivan Bull and e Towards a Theory of Entrepreneurship 183 Gary E. Willard William J. Baumol e Formal Entrepreneurship Theory in Economics: Existence and Bounds 197 Andrew H. Van de Ven The Development of an Infrastructure for Entrepreneurship 211 William B. Gartner Words Lead to Deeds: Towards an Organizational Emergence Vocabulary 231 Arnold C. Cooper Challenges in Predicting New Firm Performance 241 William D. Bygrave Theory Building in the Entrepreneurship Paradigm 255 Lanny Herron and A Structural Model of the Effects of Entrepreneurial Richard B. Robinson, Jr. Characteristics on Venture Performance 281 Number 4 (July) Mary L. Williams EXECUTIVE FORUM Measuring Business Starts, Success and Survival: Some Database Considerations 295 D. Keith Robbins and Entrepreneurial Retrenchment Among Small John A. Pearce II Manufacturing Firms 301 Shaker A. Zahra Environment, Corporate Entrepreneurship, and Financial Performance: A Taxonomic Approach 319 Christopher Kenneth Bart General Managers Control New and Existing Products Differently 341 Michael Fay and Gender Bias and the Availability of Business Lesley Williams Loans 363 Number 5 (September) Ian C. MacMillan EDITOR’S NOTE The Emerging Forum for Entrepreneurship Scholars 377 D. Bruce Merrifield EXECUTIVE FORUM | Intrapreneurial Corporate Renewal 383 Gaylen N. Chandler and Measuring the Performance of Emerging | Steven H. Hanks Businesses: A Validation Study 391 Ellen A. Fagenson Personal Value Systems of Men and Women | Entrepreneurs Versus Managers 409 | Edgar Norton and Specialization Versus Diversification as a Venture Bernard H. Tenenbaum Capital Investment Strategy 431 Andrew J. Rosman and Comparing the Information Acquisition Strategies Hugh M. O’Neill of Venture Capital and Commercial Lenders: A Computer-Based Experiment 443 Number 6 (November) Allan A. Gibb e EXECUTIVE FORUM Small Business Development in Central and Eastern Europe—Opportunity for a Rethink? 461 Robert D. Hisrich and e The Russian Entrepreneur 487 Mikhail V. Grachev J. Robert Baum, Nationality and Work Role Interactions: A Cultural Judy D. Olian, Contrast of Israeli and U.S. Entrepreneurs’ Versus Miriam Erez, Managers’ Needs 499 Eugene R. Schnell, Ken G. Smith, Henry P. Sims, Judith S. Scully, and Ken A. Smith K. Ramachandran and e Entrepreneurial Orientation and Networking: Some S. Ramnarayan Indian Evidence 513 Hans Landstrém e Informal Risk Capital in Sweden and Some International Comparisons 525 e Index 541 ~~ She Richard Forsythe Chair~ in Entrepreneurship Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration Miami University Miami University is pleased to welcome nominations and applications for the Richard Forsythe Chair in Entrepreneurship. The Forsythe Professor will develop a clear niche in entrepreneurship, sensitive to emerging issues in entrepreneurship, yet building on the strength of Miami as a leading liberal education university and on the mission of the School in providing excellence in undergraduate business education. The Forsythe Professor will teach courses and promote scholarship in entrepreneurship and will serve as the Director of the Thomas C. Page Center for Entrepreneurship. Candidates must have either a minimum of a Master's degree and significant accomplishment as an entrepreneur or an earned doctorate with significant accomplishment as teacher and scholar. All nominations, applications, and requests for further information about the position may be sent to: Dr. O. Homer Erekson, Chair Forsythe Chair Search Committee Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056