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What is Business Growth

Chapter 15
Handbook of Research on Ethics, Entrepreneurship, and Governance in Higher Education
The combination of income, employees, and capital to offer products and services increased in the market.
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University Social Responsibility and Its Effects on the Promotion of Entrepreneurship and Growth: Small and Medium Enterprises in Chile
Alejandro Vega-Muñoz (Autonomous University of Chile, Chile), Claudia Martínez-Villanueva (University of Chile, Chile), and Guido Salazar-Sepúlveda (The Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception of the Virgin Mary, Chile)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5837-8.ch015
Abstract
From a descriptive-functional paradigm, this study explores how universities contribute to the promotion of entrepreneurship and the growth of small and medium enterprises in Chile. This fact constitutes the first approximation to the phenomenon of installing a national network of business development centers driven by the Technical Cooperation Service (SERCOTEC, for its acronym in Spanish), a private law corporation and a body dependent on the Ministry of Economy, Development, and Tourism of Chile. The study uses a qualitative methodology of phenomenological order, and it concludes as of diverse experiences about the achievements evidenced by a group of sixteen business owners advised by these centers from different locations of Chile.
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The Influence of Government Support Interventions on the Growth of African Foreign-Owned SMMEs in South Africa
A stage where the business reaches the point for expansion, measured in terms of the increase in business’ sales, profits or number of employees.
Published in Chapter: The Influence of Government Support Interventions on the Growth of African Foreign-Owned SMMEs in South Africa; From: Analyzing the Relationship Between Innovation, Value Creation, and Entrepreneurship
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University-Industry Linkage Through Business Incubation: A Case Study of the IPN Incubator in Portugal
Refers to the growth of companies through the expansion of their business in regional, national or international markets, resulting from the combination of resources and capacities used in the production of marketable goods or services that increase business performance over a period of time compared to previous periods (e.g., sales turnover, market share, job creation, internationalization).
Published in Chapter: University-Industry Linkage Through Business Incubation: A Case Study of the IPN Incubator in Portugal; From: The Role of Knowledge Transfer in Open Innovation
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