The five stages of small business growth

VL Lewis, NC Churchill - University of Illinois at Urbana …, 1983 - papers.ssrn.com
Develops a model relevant to small and growing businesses that delineates five stages of
firm development. These stages are:(1) existence--concerned with garnering customers and …

The entrepreneur ship paradigm (I): A philosophical look at its research methodologies

N Churchill, WD Bygrave - Entrepreneurship Theory and …, 1989 - journals.sagepub.com
Research Into. entrepreneurship Is still In Its early stages compared to almost all the physical
and most of the social sciences. At this early stage, we should welcome a diversity of …

Non-market-based transfers of wealth and power: A research framework for family businesses

NC Churchill, KJ Hatten - American Journal of small …, 1987 - journals.sagepub.com
Family businesses are basically owner-managed enterprises with the family involved within
the business. When, to family ties within the business, is added the biological inevitability of …

The entrepreneurship paradigm (II): chaos and catastrophes among quantum jumps?

NC Churchill, WD Bygrave - Entrepreneurship Theory and …, 1990 - journals.sagepub.com
Richard Feynman (1965) once wrote that mathematics is a deep way of expressing nature.
That has never been more evident than today when mathematics is enjoying unprecedented …

Entrepreneurs–-mentors, networks, and successful new venture development: An exploratory study

NC Churchill, AL Carsrud… - American Journal of …, 1987 - journals.sagepub.com
The following paper deals with the social context of entrepreneurship, specifically the effects
of mentors and networks. Although the results are not empirically conclusive, the paper is …

Non-market-based transfers of wealth and power: A research framework for family business

NC Churchill, KJ Hatten - Family Business Review, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
Family businesses are basically owner-managed enterprises with the family involved within
the business. When, to family ties within the business, is added the biological inevitability of …

[PDF][PDF] How fast can your company afford to grow

NC Churchill, JW Mullins - Harvard business review, 2001 - netfamilybusiness.com
Everyone knows that starting a business requires cash, and growing a business requires
even more—for working capital, facilities and equipment, and operating expenses. But few …

On transformation and adaptation: Building the entrepreneurial corporation

D Muzyka, A De Koning, N Churchill - European Management Journal, 1995 - Elsevier
This article is an initial attempt to classify the nature of transformations and specifically to
look at the nature of transformation which attempts to build more broadly adaptive, ‘…

[HTML][HTML] Involving service users in the qualitative analysis of patient narratives to support healthcare quality improvement

…, L Brading, G Sturmey, J Cornwell, N Churchill… - Research involvement …, 2019 - Springer
Plain English summary Patient or user involvement in health research is well-established but
is often limited to advising on research questions and design, leaving researchers to collect …

Alternative financing for entrepreneurial ventures

NC Churchill, JR Thorne - Entrepreneurship Theory and …, 1989 - journals.sagepub.com
Here are some provocative thoughts on entrepreneurship by two individuals who are experienced
both as practitioners and as observers of entrepreneurial activities. Their observations …