2001
DOI: 10.1108/eum0000000006809
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Emergent strategies and etnrepreneurial managers in public and mixed‐mode enterprises: the evolution of community/business resource centres in south‐east England

Abstract: Utilising qualitative research methodology, this pilot study of telecottages/business resource centres in South‐east England interviewed 13 centre managers to identify problems, needs, models and ideas that could be related to enterprise televillage development. The research also aimed to improve the quality of management guidance and the long‐term future for these centres. Questions were posed to identify the extent to which centre managers perceived their business strategies to be entrepreneurial and innovat… Show more

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“…Interestingly, and to a certain degree in contrast, the small study of Broadhurst et al. () found publicly funded/mixed enterprises are more successful in the same market than their private counterparts. At the same time, not all of the public managers surveyed saw themselves as entrepreneurs.…”
Section: Results: a Framework Of Determinants Related To Entrepreneurmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…Interestingly, and to a certain degree in contrast, the small study of Broadhurst et al. () found publicly funded/mixed enterprises are more successful in the same market than their private counterparts. At the same time, not all of the public managers surveyed saw themselves as entrepreneurs.…”
Section: Results: a Framework Of Determinants Related To Entrepreneurmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…In the literature, there is also a term for contingency strategies, which are characterized by trial-and-error adaptation of market demand. They are more appropriate for small business resource centres in the early stages of development than prescriptive strategies that assume environmental certainty (Broadhurst, Paterson, & Ledgerwood, 2001). We conclude that entrepreneurs design innovative BMs that must respond sequentially to the triad of viability, a complex and uncertain process in which an idea becomes a product (Morente & Ferràs, 2018).…”
Section: The Concept Of Viability According To Renowned Authorsmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…The adapted strategy should be used with the planned strategy that is set by the management for flexibility to solve problems at hand or certain critical situations (Moncrieff, 1999). Apart from that, the organisation must be able to sense the sign of change in order to analyse the influencing factors and create a framework or agreement within reporting structure and the joint utilisation of available resources with external organisation by focusing on more flexible system (Arlene, Andrew, & Grant, 2001;Effie, Ozcan, & Denis, 2016).…”
Section: Emergent Strategymentioning
confidence: 99%