Title :
The influence on SMEs entrepreneurial process within a cluster business network
Author :
Zhao, Yanping ; Ding, Cuihua
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage., Jiangsu Univ., Zhenjiang, China
Abstract :
Through the research on business network under cluster environment, the paper determines to explore the influence on SMEs entrepreneurial process within a cluster business network in order to make better use of network resources for entrepreneurial business to achieve great success. Firstly taking the cluster as the background, we describe the concept and composition of a cluster business network, then we analyze chances and resources for SMEs entrepreneurial process as well as the team concept and characteristics based on Timmons´ entrepreneurial process model. Also through analyzing the influence of three main factors and processes of SMEs entrepreneurial process under different dimensions of a cluster business network, we propose the function model, expecting it can provide a reference for the SMEs entrepreneurial activities.
Keywords :
finance; innovation management; risk management; small-to-medium enterprises; team working; SME entrepreneurial activities; SME entrepreneurial process; Timmon entrepreneurial process model; cluster business network; cluster environment; network resources; team concept; Biological system modeling; Humans; SMEs; cluster; entrepreneurial network; entrepreneurial process;
Conference_Titel :
Information Management, Innovation Management and Industrial Engineering (ICIII), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sanya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1932-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICIII.2012.6339849