Introduction and Definition of Terms

  • Elias G. Carayannis
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Abstract

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    Most new businesses fail, all businesses ultimately fail—we will discuss meanings of “success” and “failure”—what do they mean and how do they play out?

     
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    We define “serious”—does it simply mean financial size or are there other measures of importance?

     
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    We define “entrepreneur”—are we really including new businesses established within existing corporations? If not, why not?

     

Keywords

Strategic Management Absorptive Capacity Knowledge Economy Technological Learning Creative Destruction 
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