Entrepreneurship and the Industry Life Cycle

<p> </p><p>PART I: Entrepreneurial and knowledge competencies.-&nbsp;Entrepreneurial Competencies: Comparing and Contrasting Models and Taxonomies.-&nbsp;Heterogeneity and the origin of the Founding Team: How the concepts relate and affect Entrepreneurial Behavior.-&nbsp;Entrepreneurial aptitude and gender-related stereotypes. A research on competencies, policies and practices to foster entrepreneurial culture in a less favoured environment.-&nbsp;Co-leadership and performance in technology-based entrepreneurial firms.-&nbsp;Human Capital, Organizational Competencies and Knowledge & Innovation Transfer: A case study applied to the Mining Sector.-&nbsp;Specific practices of Human Resource Management in the creation and development of micro and small firms, case studies in Portuguese firms.-&nbsp;PART II: Innovative networks and entrepreneurial activities.- The selective nature of innovator networks: from the nascent to the early growth phase of the organizational life cycle.-&nbsp;The decline of innovation in the antibiotics industry and the global threat of antibiotic resistance; when entrepreneurial efforts are not enough.-&nbsp;Entrepreneurship success factors in high and low early stage entrepreneurship intensity countries.-&nbsp;Reasons for the almost complete absence of high-growth ambition and innovation activity of early-stage entrepreneurs in Brazil.-&nbsp;Hindering factors to Innovation. A Panel Data Analysis.-&nbsp;PART III: Entrepreneurship for Change.-&nbsp;Women Entrepreneurship in India: A work-Life Balance Perspective.-&nbsp;The pentagonal problem and the offshore energy sector in Portugal. Why does it matter?-&nbsp;Entrepreneurial Urban Revitalization.-&nbsp;Unconventional Entrepreneurship and the Municipality: The Role of Passion and Competencies.-&nbsp;Assessing entrepreneurial profiles: a study of transversal competence gaps in four European countries.</p>