Entrepreneurial success or failure - ten years later : a study of 47 technologically oriented enterprises / by Dr. J.A. Litvak, York University, Dr. C.J. Maule, Carleton University.: C54-1/80-1980E-PDF
"During 1970-1971, the authors undertook a study to provide empirical data about the factors which advance and obstruct Canadian entrepreneurship. The population examined in this study consisted of 47 small companies, relatively newly established ventures founded by technologically-oriented entrepreneurs, which had received government assistance. Some 10 years have passed since the foregoing study was conducted. The underlying purpose of this study is to return to the original 47 firms interviewed in order to determine their present state of operations; specifically, to identify the survivors from the failures. Firms that survived are examined and divided into marginal and successful survivors. An attempt is made to compare the characteristics of business survivors with business failures, and in the case of the former between the more and less successful"--Executive summary, page iii.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Office of Industrial Innovation, issuing body. York University (Toronto, Ont.), issuing body. Carleton University, issuing body. |
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| Title | Entrepreneurial success or failure - ten years later : a study of 47 technologically oriented enterprises / by Dr. J.A. Litvak, York University, Dr. C.J. Maule, Carleton University. |
| Series title | Technological innovation studies program : research report = Programme des études sur les innovations techniques : rapport de recherche ; #80 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | I.A. Litvak is spelled "J.A. Litvak" on title page. "October 1980." Digitized edition from print [produced by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada]. Some pages rotated in this copy. Includes bibliographical references. Issued also in print format. |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Regional Industrial Expansion, Office of Industrial Innovation = Expansion industrielle régionale, Bureau de l'innovation industrielle, 1980. |
| Author / Contributor | Litvak, I. A. author.(Isaiah A.), 1936- |
| Description | 1 online resource (vi, 75, 5 pages). |
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| Subject terms | Entrepreneurship -- Canada. Business failures -- Canada. Success in business -- Canada. Entrepreneuriat -- Canada. Faillite -- Canada. Succès dans les affaires -- Canada. |
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