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Cooper, Arnold C. (Born 1933)

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Arnold C. Cooper is a pioneer and a world-renowned authority on entrepreneurship. He has made key contributions to the fields of entrepreneurship and strategic management in diagnosing the ‘small firm effect’, and a more complex understanding of both the process of new firm formation and predictors of new venture success.

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Selected Works

  • Cooper, Arnold C. 1964. R&D is more efficient in small companies. Harvard Business Review 42: 75–83.

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  • Cooper, Arnold C. 1971. Spin-offs and technical entrepreneurship. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 19: 2–6.

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  • Cooper, Arnold C., and D. Schendel. 1976. Strategic responses to technological threats. Business Horizons 19: 61–69.

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  • Cooper, Arnold C., C.Y. Woo, and W.C. Dunkelberg. 1988. Entrepreneurs’ perceived chances for success. Journal of Business Venturing 3: 97–108.

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  • Cooper, Arnold C., J. Gimeno, and C.Y. Woo. 1994. Initial human and financial capital as predictors of new venture performance. Journal of Business Venturing 9: 371–395.

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  • Cooper, Arnold C., J. Gimeno, and C.Y. Woo. 1997. Survival of the fittest? Entrepreneurial human capital and the persistence of underperforming firms. Administrative Science Quarterly 42: 750–783.

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  1. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Charlotte R. Ren

  2. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA

    Timothy B. Folta

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  1. Stanford University , Stanford, California, USA

    Mie Augier

  2. Tusher Ctr Intellectual Capital, University of California Tusher Ctr Intellectual Capital, Berkeley, California, USA

    David J. Teece

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Ren, C.R., Folta, T.B. (2016). Cooper, Arnold C. (Born 1933). In: Augier, M., Teece, D. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94848-2_49-1

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